Corporate Debt

Municipal Bonds Market Shows Signs Of Healing

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Municipal Market Data, U.S. Municipal Bond Markets, Thomson Reuters, Federal Rebate, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, Tax-Exempt Bonds, U.S. Treasuries, Bonds, John Hallacy, Corporate Debt, Interest Costs, Economic Recovery, Video, Business News

CHICAGO (Karen Pierog) - The U.S. municipal bond market had its best quarterly performance in two years in the second quarter of 2011, besting bot...

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The Junk-Bond Market Is Booming Like Never Before

nytimes.com | NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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The market for high-yield securities, as junk bonds are more politely known in the business, is booming as never before. And Mr. Casey, one of today's...

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"Good Debt" and "Bad Debt?"

Joe Minarik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Minarik

Borrow for "consumption," and you get "bad debt." Borrow for things that increase future economic growth, and that is "good debt." There is no "good" public debt.

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Junk Bond Crash Coming In 2012? 'Avalanche' Of Corporate Debt Set To Mature

nytimes.com | NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the Mayans envisioned the world coming to an end in 2012 -- at least in the Hollywood telling -- they didn't count junk bonds among the perils th...

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