How junk bonds are signaling the same optimism about the U.S. economy as stocks Provided by Dow Jones Jul 8, 2025, 2:04:00 PM ...

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.

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The Junk Bond ETF ($35.55 on Oct. 5) is down 3.2% year to date with a negative weekly chart. The ETF is below its five-week modified moving average of $35.85 and is below its 200-week simple ...

Yield-chasing investors, whose hunger for income powered a long rally in Asian junk-rated bonds, are finally feeling the first symptoms of indigestion after a year-long binge.