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Keeping an Eye on Heavy Corporate Debt

johnNjohnN
edited March 2019 in Off-Topic
'Becareful... You may want to dip the dirty water before jumping in'

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Keeping an Eye on Heavy Corporate Debt

The opportunity to borrow at low interest rates has enticed corporations to issue more than $1.0 trillion in bonds every year since 2010. By the end of 2018, corporate balance sheets were carrying $9.1 trillion in debt, up from $5.5 trillion in 2008.1 As a result, corporate leverage amounts to about 46% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), matching levels reached during the last financial crisis.2

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  • Gary
    They are now slicing and dicing cooperate loans into high interest packages like they did liar loans back in the 2010 era. Do your diligence.
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