High yield bonds offer superior returns with manageable risk when selected using strict criteria on credit rating, maturity, and leverage metrics. My portfolio favors bonds with maturities under 5 ...

Regardless of whether that income comes from options premiums, dividend payments or bond coupons, investors must typically ...

Once known as junk bonds, the high-yield bond market has gotten a lot safer. This market is home to debt issued by borrowers with lower relative credit quality and a higher relative risk of default, ...

Plenty of investors these days are jettisoning anything that seems risky from their portfolios. But things that look like junk may not be. High-yield bonds, issued by companies with what are commonly ...