Credit spreads are a useful monitoring tool, but a poor timing signal. Investors who tried to position defensively the moment ...

Corporate floating rate notes (FRNs) are often discussed when talking about interest rate risk, but credit conditions also play an important role in shaping returns. While FRN coupons adjust with ...

As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2006 the outstanding notional amount of U.S. corporate bonds totaled $8.2 trillion, the third largest asset class after equities and mortgage-backed securities ...

I back-tested selling QQQ Put Credit Spreads and particularly using Iron butterfly adjustments with Call Credit Spreads to ...

Structural models of default are widely used to analyze corporate bond spreads, but have generally been unable to explain why risk premiums are as high as they are. This credit spread puzzle can be ...

Typically, once you’ve had enough (fun or frustration) with a speculative enterprise like troubled semiconductor giant Intel (INTC), it’s usually best to part ways. However, the market still seems ...