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Aon's $13.5B bond sale for its $17B USI acquisition draws about $65B in orders, tightening pricing despite higher borrowing costs and a difficult market.
Generating $4,750 a month from a fixed portfolio sounds straightforward until you see where the yield actually comes from and what happens to your income when markets stop cooperating.
The Federal Reserve has taken its target rate from 4.5% to 3.75% over the past year, and reinvestment risk has arrived for anyone in money market funds.
The U.S. fixed income market experienced a resurgence in investor attention last week, reaching levels not seen since early January, as tracked by VettaFi's Investor Behavior Intelligence (IBI) platform. The sector has seen moderate performance in 2026, driven by resilient economic conditions and elevated yields entering the year.
If you hold SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) for the yield, the fund's marketing rarely mentions what you actually surrender to collect it.
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:USHY) is one of the cheapest ways to access a junk-bond income stream, paying monthly distributions with a trailing yield close to 6.9% at recent prices.
The iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:USHY) has quietly become the cheapest mainstream way to own US high-yield credit, with a net expense ratio of just 0.08% as of the latest fact sheet.
Hunter Hayes of Intrepid Capital described an “incredibly healthy” market for high-yield bonds and a conservative approach to investing in the space.