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In recent months, credit spreads have narrowed to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis. These shifts signal a robust stock market and valuations above historical averages—a dual ...

Credit spreads are critical to understanding market sentiment and predicting potential stock market downturns. The “Junk to Treasury bond” spread provides signals of market stress or impending market ...

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 ...