Contagion from Liquidity Crunch at Junk-Bond Funds to Trigger “Material Second Round Effects”: EU Securities Regulator by Nick Corbishley • Sep 7, 2019 • 31 Comments The cost of dodging negative interest rates.
Bond Funds Are “Potential Source of Financial Instability,” after Years of Global QE and Low Interest Rates: Fitch by Wolf Richter • Feb 11, 2019 • 45 Comments “Liquidity issues at bond mutual funds could result in wider contagion and affect other parts of the financial system and the macro economy.”
Treacherous Times for Bond Funds Ahead by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2018 • 82 Comments They sound conservative in marketing materials, but they pack special risks & surprises in a downturn that can entail a catastrophic loss for investors.
Where’s the “Dumb Bid” in the Junk-Bond Rout? by Wolf Richter • Dec 28, 2015 • 20 Comments “Calamitous trading losses have eliminated” that “dumping ground.”
How Junk-Bond Contagion Hits Stocks by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2015 • 7 Comments “It’s contained – until suddenly it isn’t.”
