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High-yield bonds

Issues from low credit quality borrowers carrying an elevated coupon.

When the metric lies

The elevated coupon is payment for default probability, not a gift from the market. A portfolio of such bonds cannot be judged by its average yield while ignoring the losses it may take.

Also known as: junk bonds, high yield

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Related terms

Grace period default
Green bond
I-spread
Immunisation
Inflation-linked OFZ

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