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Sven March 2020

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High Yield Bonds and Oil Crash

LewisBraham

March 2020 in Fund Discussions

The energy sector is the largest issuer in the high yield market: https://barrons.com/articles/high-yield-bonds-bankruptcy-fears-oil-stocks-companies-51583764075
Bankruptcies are coming.

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Sven

March 2020

You are right. Many junk bonds are from oil fracting firms and the oil prices are free falling.
Sven

March 2020

Actually, the market could get even worse starting with the American consumer driven economy.
it looks like predictions of a “V” shaped downturn with a quick, sharp rebound are probably off base.
https://msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-the-outlook-for-the-economy-just-got-worse/ar-BB10X9S5

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