Hunt For Yield Boosts Corporate Bond Sales and Prices

Investment-grade corporate bond issuance has reached $140 billion this month, the second strongest January in the past decade behind 2017. Source: The Wall Street Journal Corporate bond prices pushed higher Friday, extending a rally that has spurred a wave of issuance by companies of all kinds. New bond sales by U.S. high-yield and investment-grade companies…

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Corporate Debt Issuers to Kick Off Sales With Up to $35 Billion

Historically, the majority of January debt sales comes from the financial sectors as banks try to fulfill their funding needs following earnings releases. Source: Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Sales of U.S. high-grade bonds will total between $30 billion and $35 billion next week, according to an informal survey of dealers at some of Wall Street’s…

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