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The article cites data from financial software firm Dealogic to state that U.S. bond sales by corporations with good credit reached $103 billion in October 2015, a record for the month. According to the article, analysts believed that bond sales would continue at a high rate due to economic growth, investor demand, and efforts by corporate treasurers to secure low interest rates. The article discusses bond sales for several corporations including U.S. computer technology firm Microsoft Corp., insurer ACE Ltd., and sports apparel firm Nike Inc.

The article states that U.S. corporations such as Wells Fargo & Co., American Honda Finance Co., and AT&T Inc. put a record amount of new debt deals in eurozone bond markets as of early September 2015. The article cites data from the data provider Dealogic to state that U.S. companies had raised €54 billion in eurozone bond markets as of September 7, 2015. The article presents comments from the bank Deutsche Bank AG managing director Frazer Ross.

The article reports that financial services and banking industry executives are in discussions on the creation of an electronic securities market for the trading of corporate bonds. The discussions are attributed to concerns within those industries that U.S. regulations on securities trading will make bond trading more costly. INSET: Tale of the Tape.

The article focuses on several areas of the U.S. financial market which are seeing problems in November of 2007 as a result of concerns in the credit market related to corporate bonds. A discussion of the impact the concerns have had on the market for junk bonds, asset backed commercial paper, and the municipal bond market is presented.

The article focuses on an increase in the number of U.S. investors who are becoming involved with dealing with corporate bonds, junk bonds, closed ended funds and nongovernment bonds in August and September of 2007 as a result of an increase in yields which has been seen in the bonds during the time period. The risks associated with the bonds are discussed.

The article discusses investment in corporate bonds. Detailed is an electronic trading system from NYSE Group Inc., parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, that will allow investors real-time price quotes for bonds. Online brokerage firm TradeKing has launched a system that allows investors to buy and sell bonds under a simple price structure.

This article reports on the growth of corporate bonds in the U.S. in October 2011.

The article forecasts that there will strong issuance of U.S. corporate bond sales for the month of January 2011.

The article reports on the recovery in the corporate-bond market in the U.S. in which 10 borrowers offered new supply in lower interest rates worth close to 12 billion dollars.

The author predicts a possible growth in the corporate-bond markets over sovereign debt in 2010. He says that corporations will reduce their borrowing as government initiatives aimed at easing credit are expected to increase yields. He forecasts that the U.S. dollar and sterling will experience the same growth of investment-grade euro-denominated bond market. He adds that the requirement to reduce balance sheet of banks will increase support to corporate-bond markets as source of funding and reduce defaults.

This article presents a risk assessment for the corporate-bond market as the economy recovers in 2009. For this year, the market was able to deliver 14% to 15% returns in the U.S., Great Britain and Europe. Particular focus is given to Bank of England's corporate-bond purchasing activity. There have been some government-guaranteed bond sales in the market in spite of improved accessibility to funding sources. It notes the possibility that limited buyers would force prices down in illiquid corporate-bond markets.

The article reports on the recovery of the U.S. credit market in the third quarter of 2009 as investors focused on junk bonds. It is said that corporate bonds continue to experience gains from the second quarter while low Treasury yields kept the mortgage and corporate interest rates low. Markets for riskier assets surged between 15% and 50% to date, allowing companies to compensate for losses in 2008. Jeffrey Rosenberg of Bank of America Merrill Lynch said that the bearishness in the market had already melted.

The article focuses on investment tips concerning bond yields. It states that the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates close to zero has damaged the savings and money-market fund industries and has resulted in increased investment in bonds. It comments on increased risk in the bond market for long-duration bonds, and on risk factors for Treasury bonds and corporate, municipal, and other bonds. It suggests that Treasury bonds have the greatest risk due to the improving economy.

This article offers information on bond issues available in the high-grade corporate bond market in the U.S. in May 2009. ConocoPhillips and EOG Resources Inc. issued their own corporate bonds. Kelllogg Co. issued a bond to repay a portion of its outstanding commercial paper. Principal Financial Group Inc. expects to use the net proceeds of its bond offering for the repayment of $441 million outstanding 8.2% redeemable notes due in August 2009.

This article reports on the decisions of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and American Express Co. to bring corporate bonds to the market in the U.S. in 2009. It is noted that the decisions could help the companies disentangle themselves from government influence under the Troubled Asset Relief program. J.P. Morgan sold bonds not backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. American Express brought a deal to the market.

The article reports on the increase in the number of transactions in the corporate-debt market in the U.S. as of May 2009. Corporate bonds worth $3.75 billion were offered by Microsoft Corp. Nonguaranteed five-year notes worth $1 billion that yield 4.204% were sold by U.S. Bancorp. A $350 million price was set by SandRidge Energy Inc. on its seven-year senior notes.

The article reports on the decline in the cost of protection on highly rated North American corporate bonds on May 6, 2009. The Markit CDX IG12 fell from 1.57 percentage points on May 5 to 1.44 the next day. The total amount of bonds issued in the U.S. investment-grade corporate-bond market was $5 billion. Among the issuers in the said sector are General Electric Capital Corp. and Rabobank Nederland.

The article addresses the decline of Treasury bond prices in the U.S. on April 21, 2009. The Treasury bonds were lower because of hedges associated with new corporate- and municipal bond supply and disappointment over the size of the Federal Reserve's bond purchases. According to Steve Rodosky, head of Treasury and derivatives trading at Pacific Investment Management Co., the Treasury bonds purchased by the Federal Reserve have helped improved credit markets.

ARE the credit markets showing some signs of revival? At first glance, it appears that the answer is yes, at least for high-quality corporate borrowers. The volume of investment-grade corporate bonds issued in Europe and Asia in the first three months of this year was the highest ever for any quarter, while in the United States the total fell just short of the record. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on optimism expressed by European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet and other central bankers about the stabilization of the global economy in 2009. He predicted that stabilization could be near based on the massive economic stimulus packages, low interest rates and cheaper energy prices. Trichet cited a modest rebound in corporate-bond markets as a positive indication. U.S. Federal Reserve officials saw a decline in stock prices.

The article reports on strong stock performances within the life insurance sector as the corporate bond market continues to rally in the U.S. in January 2009. Hartford Financial, Lincoln National and Genworth Financial are all up over 200% since November 2008 while MetLife which is known to be the strongest in the sector rose by more than 90%. According to Merrill Lynch, the yield of investment-grade corporate bond is 5.67 percentage points above a key market yardstick calculated from Treasury bonds.

The article reports on the sale of $6 billion debt of cigarette maker Altria Group on November 5, 2008. It says that this bond offering was priced at 6 percentage points higher than comparable U.S. Treasurys for each of the 5-year, 10-year and 30-year tranches. According to the article, more than 250 money managers, insurance companies and hedge funds had bid for a piece of the debt and the underwriters' order book totaled nearly $14 billion, far more than the Richmond, Virginia company had sought.

The article reports on the growing gap between the value of credit-derivative instruments tied to corporate bonds and commercial mortgage debt. In 2008, investors bought credit default swaps as a protection against debt defaults. However, the U.S. Federal Reserve took steps to improve trading and investors tried to sell swaps. According to the article, the widening gap between corporate bond spreads and credit default spreads result from the unwillingness of investors to take risks, thus lowering prices of credit default swaps.

The article reports on an increase in corporate-bond defaults in the U.S. According to an analysis by J.P. Morgan Chase, the default rate for noninvestment-grade firms declined to 0.34 percent in December 2007. Citigroup states that the bond market expects the rate of defaults to rise over 5.5 percent. Also noted is that home builder Tousa revealed that it missed interest payments on $485 million of debt.

The article reports on the increase in debt issuance in the investment-grade corporate bond market in the U.S. on October 10, 2007. Debt issuance was recorded to be over $10 billion. According to Jim Cusser, portfolio manager at Waddell & Reed, the increase in size and risk premiums of deals have influenced the positive performance of the corporate bond market.

The article reports on the sale of junk bonds by directory company R.H. Donnelley Corp. The company sold a drive-by offering of its 8.875 percent senior notes due 2017 that it first sold on September 19, 2007. According to J.P. Morgan, the offering provided the needed confidence for the junk bond market in the U.S.

The article focuses on new debt issues that flowed into the investment-grade corporate-bond market in the U.S. The issues include a $1 billion two-part offering from Kohl Corp. and the $250 million bond offering of Protective Life Secured Trust. It cites the effect of the weak housing market on the sector.

The article reports on the abundance of investment-grade corporate bonds issued in the U.S. on September 20, 2007. New bond issuance came from borrowers which emerged after the Federal Reserve reduced short-term interest rates by half a percentage point. One of the offerings sold is a $1.5 billion of bonds from Marathon Oil Corp.

The article reports on several corporate bond issuance in the U.S. as of August 20, 2007. It cites that Comcast Corp. sold a $3 billion two-part note offering. Bank of America Corp. sold $1.5 billion of 10-year notes while Citigroup Inc. priced $1 billion of five-year notes. SABIC Innovative Plastics sold $1.5 billion in senior unsecured eight-year notes to yield 9.5% as part of the financing for the deal to acquire GE Plastics.

The article reports on the performance of the market for corporate bonds in the U.S. on August 8, 2007. According to Aladdin Capital Management research director Scott MacDonald, the investment-grade corporate bond market is likely to see even more supply. However, the high-yield or junk bond declined during the day.

Reports on the growth of the investment-grade corporate-bond market in the U.S. as of March 10, 2006.

The article looks at the status of the junk bond market or the issuance of high-yield corporate debt in the U.S. from 1989 to 2005.