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The Big Shrink – How to navigate High Yield markets?

Charudatta Shende, Nicolas Jullien, Fixed Income, Research Paper
High yield markets are shrinking. Do you know that they have contracted by 25% over the past two years? The ICE BofA BB-B Global High Yield Index has lost $654 million in value. In the meanwhile, investor demand for credit and high yield has rebounded at the end of last year.
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