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Is a Debt Bomb Ticking?

johnNjohnN
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https://www.kiplinger.com/article/investing/T041-C009-S002-is-a-debt-bomb-ticking.html


Is a Debt Bomb Ticking?
Corporations have amassed a ton of debt. Protect yourself with these funds and ETFs.


If debt lights the fire of every financial crisis, as author Andrew Ross Sorkin once observed, then we may have a problem brewing. Companies have loaded up on a record amount of debt in recent years, thanks in part to rock-bottom interest rates. Most market watchers don’t expect the buildup to trigger an imminent credit disaster. Still, investors should be aware of risks that are building and choose carefully as they invest in bonds or stocks.
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