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

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 ...

Krispy Kreme (DNUT), Opendoor (OPEN), Rocket Mortgage (RKT) and Kohl’s (KSS) had become the meme stocks of the moment, along ...

But only $149.8 billion in new U.S. junk bonds have been issued so far this year, versus more than $165.5 billion this time last year, according to JPMorgan research published last Friday.

I looked at how junk bond spreads were performing 3-4 weeks into the 4Q sell-off in the stock market and I saw that the “junkier” the junk bonds were, the tighter the credit spreads.

But only $149.8 billion in new U.S. junk bonds have been issued so far this year, versus more than $165.5 billion this time last year, according to JPMorgan research published last Friday.