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BusinessWeek September 12, 2005 Justin Hibbard	Bring On The Battered Debt Lots of smart people think the junk-bond boom of the past few years is about to end with a series of defaults, and they're lining up to cash in.
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Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Susan Weiner	Proceed with Caution High-yield bond funds have hit some potholes recently, but don't consign them to the junk heap just yet.
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BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Roben Farzad	Are Junk Bonds Too Hot to Handle? An investor stampede on junk bonds has produced returns twice as high as stocks this year. Now the red flags are out.
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BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 David Fairlamb	Europe: The Bloom Is Off The Junk Worries about a rise in global interest rates, a sell-off in stocks and bonds in emerging markets like Brazil, and the impact of sky-high oil prices have sparked unease in the European high-yield junk-bond market.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Time to Sell This Junk? Junk bonds are getting pricey again.
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Eric Uhlfelder	Making the Grade Think you're safe buying an investment grade bond for your client? Guess again. Rating downgrades are coming at a record pace.
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The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Dan Caplinger	The Hidden Danger Inside Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. The recent flight to safety in the fixed-income markets reveals the distinctions among different types of bonds.
BusinessWeek October 23, 2006	Danger--Explosive Loans Collateralized loan obligations offer loads of cheap money. But payback time may be coming.
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Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	Better Yields Yield can be found in a variety of places, from the most common to the highly esoteric. Here's a look at some of them.
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Financial Advisor January 2004 Marla Brill	Bank Loan Funds Regain The Spotlight Funds that invest in variable rate loans to below-investment-grade companies may sound like a gamble, but it's one that an increasing number of financial advisors worried about the impact of rising interest rates are willing to take.
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BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 David Henry	Ahead Of A Fed Move, A Cash Cow Runs Dry Like a tightrope walker on a suddenly windy day, the bond market is trying to get back to solid ground after a heady period of high profits made from cheap money and a tactic known as the carry trade
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