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The article states that construction of condominiums accounted for only 5.5 percent of all multi-family housing construction in the U.S. during the first financial quarter of 2015. According to the article, the U.S. agency the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) placed restrictions on condominium lending standards between 2008 and 2012. The article discusses preferences for condominium construction among real estate developers because of rates of return. The article presents comments from New York City real-estate consulting firm the Weitzman Group senior vice president Peter Bazeli.

The article discusses an increase in the interest of large institutions in purchasing U.S. junk bonds as prices decrease, following the sale of junk bonds by a large number of individual investors due to the small investors' concerns regarding conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine and the junk bonds' prices. Graphs are presented of U.S.- marketed high-yield corporate bonds, average yield premium to Treasurys on U.S. high-yield corporate bonds, and average yields on U.S. junk bonds.

The article discusses the relationship between geopolitical unrest and the U.S. stock market, focusing on the strength of stocks compared with bonds and other assets. Other topics include corporate earnings for the second quarter, yield rates on government bonds and junk bonds, and fluctuations in the stock market.