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The author discusses how U.S. companies can help both themselves and their stockholders to avoid the double tax on dividends. He relates the impact of stocks obsolescence on the bonds and other credit markets. He describes three reasons why would shareholders be disposed to exchange their stock for income bonds.

The article reports on the performance of the junk bond market in the United States. New issues as of July 1997 top 48 million dollars. Investors are also rushing into high-yield mutual funds. The junk bond market will thrive as companies meet their debt service. Junk bonds have been one of the few places fixed-income investors could make money.

The article reports that the corporate bond market in Europe surpassed the U.S. corporate bond market in 2006 by $500 billion. In 2002, U.S. corporate bond market was worth $100 million more than the European market, but regulatory overhauls in Europe cut transaction costs to U.S. levels. The unified European financial market is larger than the U.S. market.

The author advises fixed-income investors to diversify out of Treasury bonds and into convertible preferred stocks and junk bonds. Topics discussed include the likely rise of U.S. interest rates after 2002, high yields on preferred bonds and junk bonds relative to Treasury yields, and consideration of bond-preferred hybrids. Also mentioned are the outlook for bonds and stocks from companies such as communications tower operator Crown Castle, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., and Ford Motor.

The article presents information related to banking and finance in the United States. Already, $20 billion in corporate bonds have defaulted in the year 2001. A total of $150 billion in bonds has been issued by corporations since the start of the year 2001. Banks have allowed the companies to rely on the bond market for cash.

The article reports on the impact of the European sovereign debt crisis on the U.S. corporate bond market from 2009 to 2011. It shows that interest rates on U.S. corporate bonds have been affected by corporate bond market shocks originating in Europe. It estimates contagion coefficients of around 0.44 to 0.85, which means that a one percentage point increase in European corporate bond spreads translated on average to a 0.44 to 0.85 percentage point increase in corporate bond spreads in the U.S.

The article describes the condition of the corporate bond market in the U.S. in 2018. It indicates the consequences of investing in corporate bonds in the aging business cycle. Investors are warned about the surge in so-called leveraged loans. Also discussed is the impact of an interest rate increase and corporate leverage on the corporate bond market.

The article discusses the yields on corporate bonds relevant as of February 1, 1976. Topics include comments from Albert M. Wojnilower, economist of investment banking institution First Boston Corp., on the interest rates of long-term bonds, a prognosis for 6% yield on high-grade corporate bonds by the end of 1976, and potential shifts in the trends on the U.S. bond market.

The article reports on the keen attitude of corporate bond issuers regarding the movement of stock market in the U.S. in 1982. It highlights the declination of short-term debt as companies shifted into longer-term investments. It mentions that bond issuers also avoid to predict precisely the best time of the market in the midst of a volatile condition. It also notes some firms which strengthened their capital spending including Sears Roebuck & Co., Avon Products Inc. and Holiday Inns Inc.

This article presents an overview of the current U.S. bond market and explains how municipal bonds are relatively better compared to corporate or government bonds as an investment instrument. Seeing technical correction as primary reason for the rise in municipal yields, bond market economists believe that investors may also lose relatively less in municipal bonds during price reversals than in other fixed-income securities.

The article describes the trading and buying of corporate bonds in the stock market in the U.S. Robert Holt, a buyer of bonds, admitted that he chose bonds that he perceived to have less competition. The author explained that bond prices reported in newspapers have little relation to a bond's value. Moreover, he stressed that two-thirds of bond issues in the bond board of the stock market do not trade at all.

The article reports on the success of RJR Nabisco in dealing well with investors in the U.S. The junk bonds had lucrative warrants attached which made them more attractive to potential buyers. The warrants entitle holders to buy common stocks in the company. A survey is conducted regarding the practice where bonds are bought with clients' money without the warranty.

Several charts are presented depicting the bond market statistics in the U.S. for October 2010 including short term tax-exempt yields, securities prices and corporate bond indexes from Merrill Lynch & Co.

Several charts are presented depicting the performance of the municipal bond market in the U.S. including the municipal bond index, the municipal bond prices and the Merrill Lynch & Co. corporate bond indexes.

Several charts are presented depicting the competitive bond offerings issued by corporations to various U.S. states from February 10 March 15, 2010, with details on its time of sale, financial adviser, amount, and issuer.

Several charts are presented depicting bond market statistics in the U.S. including market indicators, securities prices and corporate bonds.

The article presents a study on the economic data of the Corporate Bond Credit in the U.S. According to the author, movements in the corporate bond spreads are important to many investors and potentially informative forward-looking metrics of market sentiment. The studies reviewed show that more than half of the variation in corporate bond credit spreads is not related to the financial health of the issuing firm, but rather reflects effects such as compensation for liquidity risk.

The author reports on financial losses that investors are expecting to have for the third quarter of 2010. Topics discussed in the article include concerns that investors had over global economic recovery, decreases that were experienced in corporate bond trading for July 2010 and August 2010 and decreases that have been experienced in debt underwriting.

The article reports on the growing activity in the corporate bond market in the U.S. and Europe. Following the opening of the capital markets season after Labor Day, 28 deals were made in two days, amounting to 30 billion U.S. dollars. Some of the issuers were German hospital chain Asklepios, Total Capital and France Télécom.

The article reports on the launch by Ford Motor Credit of a $1.1 billion five year bond in the U.S. The deal shows the searing demand for U.S. corporate bonds. JPMorgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland served as bookrunners on the deal. Meanwhile, Travellers also priced a $500 million 10 year deal, Talisman Energy printed a $700 million 7.75% 10 year deal. A $400 million 10 year deal has been issued by Public Service Colorado via BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse and Scotia.

The article provides information on the U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds issued as of October 20, 2006. The bond issues of Energy Transfer Partners gained $5 billion plus of orders for a $800 million deal via bookrunners Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Wachovia. The deal of General Electric Capital Corp. has an issue/re-offer price of 99.473 which will mature on October 20, 2016.

The article provides information on the U.S. dollar-covered corporate bonds issued by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. One deal will mature on September 15, 2009. The second tranche was priced at 99.577. The joint bookrunners of the deals are Credit Suisse, UBS, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

The article reports on the increase in the demand for high grade corporate bond issues in the U.S. despite the concerns of investors on terrorist attacks, war in the Middle East and oil price increases. The decision of the Federal Open Market Committee not to increase the interest rate contributed to the demand. Drugstore chain CVS issued a $1.5 billion bond. There is a decline in the percentage of debt made up of bonds.

The article reports on the confidence of buyers to spend money in corporate bond issues in the U.S. One of the factors that influenced buyers to pour out cash is the rise of first quarter earnings. Bear Stearns, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers have added $500 million in the bond issue of Wells Fargo after launching the deal. The bonds of Countrywide Financial which was rated at Baa2/A has attracted strong demand from investors.

The article assesses the performance of the corporate bond market in the U.S. in 2005 as banks competed to launch the first attractive tax-deductible hybrid security. Citigroup and Goldman launched a $540 million 40-year non-call 10 offering for Stanley Works in November. Tax deductible hybrids provide corporates and insurance companies a new layer of capital to consider for an acquisition financing package. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. raised a $2.1 billion of non-cumulative perpetual preferred stocks in May for the acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity.

The short-end of the municipal bond market is rich relative to U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, says J.R. Rieger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the decline of U.S. Treasury yields from January to the end of May 2014. Topics addressed include the impact of weak German employment data, concerns about the U.S. economy, and underweight bond positions. Also mentioned are expectations that Treasury yields will rise when 2014 second quarter economic growth becomes sustained, and the most active investment grade corporate bonds such as Verizon Communications Inc., Tesla Motors Inc., and Steel Dynamics Inc.

The article offers an assessment of the impact of the projected decline in U.S. interest rates in 2014 on the bond market. An analysis of the trends in the Treasury bond yield is presented. Also noted is the sharp decline in the relative performance ratio of the SPDR Barclays High-Yield Bond exchange trade fund (ETF) to the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond fund on January 24 below a six-month pattern and 14-month rising trend.

Several charts are presented that offer information on the U.S. bonds market as of December 23, 2013 including the ten most active fixed-coupon high-yield, or junk, corporate bonds as of December 20, 2013, forty most active fixed-coupon corporate bonds as of December 20, 2013 and new corporate and municipal bonds offerings.

The article reports on corporate investment-grade bonds issued by U.S. companies in December 2013. Topics discussed include market participants' anticipation of when the U.S. Federal Reserve will slow down its quantitative easing program, an earlier sell-off in Treasuries, and predictions that tapering would start in March 2014. Also mentioned are U.S. corporate bond issuances by Devon Energy Corp., John Deere Capital, and media company Time Warner.

The article reports on developments pertaining to the U.S. corporate bond market as of November 29, 2013. Topics discussed include the continued growth of corporate bond sales, the debt ceiling debate in January 2014, and the 8.1 billion dollar issuance by companies that include toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker, oil field services group Schlumberer and retailer Advanced Auto Parts.

The article reports on the increase in the number of issuers in the U.S. high grade corporate bond market in January 2013. Expecting a rise in rates and increase macro-economic uncertainty, issuers have increased their activities to lock in financing. The issuers, not constrained by earnings blackouts, were prompted to stay on the sidelines because of the monthly meeting of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee and the release of non-farm payrolls data.

The article discusses U.S. bond market updates. Compared to Treasury bonds, high-grade corporate bond provides less incremental yield. Based on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch index, corporate bonds that used to offer high yields are now yielding 5.6 percent. It also lists information on activities of investment grade bonds like Morgan Stanley and Dell Inc. and convertible bonds like Amgen Inc. and Medtronic Inc.

The article reports on the continued heavy issuance in the U.S. corporate bond market in the third week of January 2013 despite mounting concerns about the U.S. debt ceiling. Nine corporate bonds worth 15.6 billion were sold, with Anheuser-Busch InBev, ConAgra and Zoetis leading the pack. With nine trading days to go before the end of the month, high grade issuance is now close to 90 billion U.S. dollars.

The article reports on developments pertaining to the corporate bond market in the U.S. as of January 7, 2013. It discusses the increased investor interest on U.S. corporate bonds after legislators reached an agreement over tax cuts. GE Capital and Ford Motor issued 6 billion U.S. dollars between them on January 3. It also reveals that a total of 717 billion U.S. dollars worth of investment grade dollar corporate bonds were issued in 2012.

The article discusses the developments in the corporate bond market in Europe. It cites the 600 million euro five year bond issue launched by defence contractor Finmeccanica, as well as the 5.5 billion euros of orders attracted by gaming firm Lottomatica from its bond issue. The lead arrangers of the Lottomatica deal include Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit.

The article considers November 2012 as the busiest month ever for investment grade corporate bond issuance in the U.S. market. The increase in borrowing is attributed to the fiscal cliff that is expected to cause a recession. During the period, corporate deals worth 26.9 billion U.S. dollars were priced in New York, resulting to a 96.6 billion U.S. dollar total deals in November.

The article reports on the developments in the U.S. high grade corporate bond market. It claims that nine firms and banks priced 11.7 billion dollars worth of deals in early November 2012 after Hurricane Sandy left the country. Among the companies and banks are Caterpillar, Stanley Black & Decker, and General Dynamics. The opinion of Union Bank of Switzerland's (UBS) Dan Botoff on the market developments is also cited.

The article reports on the slowing pace of issuance in the high grade U.S. corporate bond market in October 2012 as earnings season began. Andrew Karp of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch cited that earnings blackout and the sheer volume of issuance of the last few months as the two factors that push down supply. High grade supply reportedly slowed to 6 billion U.S. dollars between October 8 and October 9 with Columbus Day holiday damping activity although markets remained open.

Several tables are presented which provide an update on the U.S. bond market, as of October 8, 2012, including statistics on high-yield bonds and corporate bonds, results of adviser sentiment polls, and the J.P. Morgan overseas government bond index.

The article reports on the developments in the U.S. corporate bond market. It cites the move by Watson Pharmaceuticals to price 3.9 billion dollars worth of bonds in a three part trade in late September 2012 to finance its 4.5 billion euro purchase of generic drug firm Actavis. United Parcel Service (UPS) also launched a 1.75 billion dollar deal to help fund its 6.8 billion dollar acquisition of Dutch competitor TNT.

The article reports on the participation of Novartis, Total, and Vodafone in the U.S. bond market to raise funds at record low rates. The bid for investment grade credit was helped by the sharp sell-off in Treasuries. In September 2012, corporate borrowers have sold more than 56 billion U.S. dollars of investment grade bonds.

The article reports that the second busiest day for U.S. investment grade corporate bond market occurred in the week of September 14, 2012. A total of 13 deals valued at 19.7 billion U.S. dollars (USD) were launched during the week in corporate and financial institution issuance. The busiest day in dollar issuance took place on February 18, 2009, the day when Roche sold its 16.5 billion USD bond for its takeover of Genentech.

The article reports on the performance of the U.S. investment grade corporate bond market in the first half of 2012. Investment grade corporate bond issuance was driven by Yankee borrowers, hitting a record level during the first half of the year. High grade corporate borrowers' new issuance during the first half of the year reached 364 billion U.S. dollars.