Posts belonging to Category High Yield (Junk) Bonds
Posted by Page PerryonMarch 19, 2012
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig is warning junk bond enthusiasts to think twice before investing in junk bonds, especially junk bond exchange traded funds. In addition to the junk bonds themselves being overbought, the exchange traded funds that own them trade at a premium over the net asset value of the junk bonds. When […]
Categories: Bonds, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), High Yield (Junk) Bonds
Posted by Page PerryonFebruary 27, 2012
There has been a marked uptick in purchases of high-yield or junk bonds by retail investors. Junk bonds pay a higher interest rate to compensate investors for the increased risks of default, among other risks. So far this year, retail investors are have put $11.8 billion into junk bond mutual funds, $9.9 billion into investment […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Mutual Funds, Nontraded REITs, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonJanuary 30, 2012
Given the array of exotic alternative investments being sold to the public, it’s logical that many investors often don’t understand what they are buying. What is even scarier is that it is likely their professional investment adviser doesn’t understand the alternative investment either. Investment advisers ? 75 percent of them ? admit they do not […]
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Early Retirement Scams, Elder Abuses, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Fairness/Just & Equitable Conduct, Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Life Policies/Viatical Settlements, Limited Partnerships, Misrepresentation/Omission, Mortgage Backed Securities, Nontraded REITs, Oil & Gas, Preferred Stocks, Private Investments/Reg D, REITs, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes, Tenant-in-Common Interests, Unsuitable Recommendations, Variable Annuities and Equity-Indexed Annuities
Posted by Page PerryonJanuary 18, 2012
Junk bond exchange traded funds have ten times more money than they did two years ago, and are causing some of the largest price swings ever. Junk bond price swings were seven times higher in November than in May. This volatility in the junk bond market is similar to the volatility seen in other asset […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 14, 2011
When world markets move significantly in apparent response to major macroeconomic news, even supposedly “uncorrelated assets” move in unison with them, according to Jason Zweig’s Wall Street Journal article, “Caging Raging Contagion.” Such a significant move occurred last week when the Italian government and bonds collapsed over its fiscal problems, and everything else fell, too.
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Asset Backed Securities, Bonds, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage Securities & Collateralized Debt Obligation Problems, Mutual Funds, Nontraded REITs, Preferred Stocks, Private Investments/Reg D, REITs, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Stocks, Structured Notes
Posted by Page PerryonOctober 21, 2011
Many investors in alternative investments are in for unpleasant surprises. Alternative investments are very popular these days, as traditional stock and bond investments are not doing well. Alternative Investments include a wide variety of investments that fall outside the traditional stock and bond categories. Examples include structured products (such as principal protected notes and reverse […]
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Asset Backed Securities, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Elder Abuses, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Life Policies/Viatical Settlements, Nontraded REITs, Peer to Peer Loans, Preferred Stocks, REITs, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes, Tenant-in-Common Interests
Posted by Page PerryonOctober 5, 2011
Investors should use extreme caution before investing in alternative investments. Alternative investments have become the popular “investment du jour” but these investments are fraught with risks. Simply stated, alternative investments are not the panacea that so-called experts represent them to be. For the reasons discussed below, investors need to be very skeptical of any recommendation […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Credit Default Swaps, Early Retirement Scams, Elder Abuses, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Nontraded REITs, Peer to Peer Loans, Private Investments/Reg D, Promissory Notes, Regulatory Developments, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes, Variable Annuities and Equity-Indexed Annuities
Posted by Page PerryonOctober 5, 2011
The recent sell-off in the high yield bond market could mean an increase in bankruptcy filings as shaky companies that depend on that market find it is closed to them, according to Oleg Melentyev, head of high yield strategy at Bank of America. Despite the extremely low yields on traditionally safe investments such as certificates […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Bonds, Brokerage Firms, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Elder Abuses, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Unsuitable Recommendations
