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The article discusses the concerns of H2O, a fund manager based in London, England, over the liquidity mismatch created by intermediaries in Europe. According to H2O, government and big-company bonds are far less liquid. Investors were worried about the illiquid bonds in question even though they were issued by companies connected to German financier Lars Windhorst.

The article discusses the concern about liquidity in the corporate bond market. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have expressed their concern about a mismatch between investors' expectations and a shortage of liquidity in the market. Investors have noted the dependence of the market's liquidity on the readiness of dealer banks to stockpile securities.

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 explores the performance of the global corporate bond market as of January 30, 2015. Topics discussed include the negative yields of European corporate bonds, the quantitative easing of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to encourage investors to purchase riskier assets and the asset withdrawal of investors in high-yield bonds.

The article focuses on the corporate bond market and concerns that an asset bubble is growing. It states that government bond yields are near record lows in many markets and return on cash is nearly zero, resulting in investors seeking higher-yield investments. It mentions risks with investing in corporate bond if the economy either dips into recession and causes more defaults or if the economy undergoes a sharp rebound.

The article discusses corporate bond default in the U.S. Bond investors in the beginning of 2009 looked at the spreads of corporate debt and saw opportunity for investment. Bank of America Merrill Lynch conducted a survey of bond managers and found that 80% saw inflows into their funds and only 2% saw outflows.

The article discusses the global financial crisis, indicating that while retail investors have begun to be willing to take risk, the financial crisis has yet to end. Topics include investors who are investing in corporate-bond funds and investor disappointment with the return on investment (ROI) of savings accounts.

The article examines the market for corporate bonds. The interest rate spreads between corporate bonds and government securities are at record highs, meaning corporate bonds offer high yields at relatively little risk, but investors remain extremely reluctant to buy them. This is a reaction to the financial crisis. In the years preceding the collapse of the housing bubble, bond issuers demanded and got very low interest rates from investors.

The article reports on problems faced by corporate-bond investors in Europe. Compared with government bonds, corporate bonds fared badly in 1999, and this year they have done worse. Corporate-bond investors' most recent problems started in Britain. The government has been running a surplus, and is therefore issuing fewer bonds. Due to this, longer-dated bonds yield has become a lot less than shorter-dated ones.