To understand high yield bonds, let’s define what a bond is. A bond is an interest-bearing investment that obliges the borrower to pay a specific amount of interest for a specific period of time and then at maturity to repay the investor the original amount of the loan. High yield bonds are bonds issued by corporations. These companies pay interest rates higher than those of top quality government or corporate bonds to attract investors. Corporate assets back the bonds; incase of default, the bondholders have a legal claim on those assets.
High yield bonds can offer many advantages: 1. As the name implies, high yield bonds frequently have higher yields. They can be called (redeemed) earlier, which is one reason investors receive higher interest payments. In general these bonds have shorter maturities. Downturns in this investment category have not been as dramatic as in other investment categories.
2. High yield bonds have become a large global market and lack of liquidity is not a huge concern.
3. High yield bonds are not perfectly correlated with other investment categories.
4. High yield bonds have to earn higher returns in order to...
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