The hunt for yield continues to plague many financial advisors and their clients. The longest-term Treasury bonds are yielding only about 2%. To get even a 4% yield, you'd have to venture into junk ...

In November, fallen angels demonstrated superior performance, surpassing the broad high-yield market by 1.22%. Following lower-than-anticipated U.S. inflation figures, marginally softer jobless ...

January 2023 was the strongest start to a calendar year since 2019, where broad HY posted 4.59% and fallen angels 4.67%. Still, CCC & Lower rated bonds took the lead with a 6.22% return, despite the ...

Fallen angels underperformed the broad high yield market in September by 0.35%. The seven-month drought of fallen angles ended in September as OCI NV and VF Corporation were downgraded to high yield, ...

Fallen angel high yield bonds provide a distinct value proposition that sets them apart from the broad high yield market. The unique performance drivers of fallen angel bonds (systematically buying ...

Fallen angel bond strategies are inherently contrarian. Exchange-traded funds like iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF FALN buy bonds precisely when most investors are selling. These types of funds ...