U.S. stocks just wrapped up their best quarter in nearly a decade, coming within a stone's throw of a record high. Junk bonds did them one better, regaining record levels and then some. Given the ...

That falls short of the 1987-2024 mean of 8.48%, as well as the 6.80% median, Fridson, whose debt analysis has been studied by Wall Street for decades, wrote in a report Thursday.

The U.S. junk bond market is sending an optimistic message about the economy, despite market volatility around tariffs. "This risk-wary market is just as bullish on the American economy as stocks ...

When we feel we are heading into a recession or the market is fully valued, we look at consumer defensive stocks ...

The S&P 500 has plunged 15% since President Trump’s tariff announcement, impacting US stocks, global equities, Treasuries, commodities, and crypto. Explore more details here.

Alcoa Inc.’s (AA) speculative-grade credit ranking at Moody’s Investors Service makes it only the second junk-rated Dow Jones Industrial Average company in at least three decades.