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Special Report: Bond Crazy
06/21/10
WaMu postpones disclosure statement hearing again
06/17/10
BP Bonds Escape Distressed List, Trade as Junk: Credit Markets
06/17/10
WaMu files new reorganization plan
06/16/10
Covered Bond Sales Rise Amid Sovereign Deficits
06/16/10
When does Distressed Debt get cheap again?
06/08/10
S&P raises Clear Channel Communications to CCC-plus
12/11/09
Dubai holds promise for distressed debt funds
12/11/09
Junk Bonds Suggest Equities Will Break to the Upside
12/11/09
Argentina Authorizes Debt Swap, $15 Billion in Bonds
12/10/09
Patel Sees double-digit high-yield gains
12/08/09
Distressed Debt Recommendations from Citigroup: AMERICAN GENERAL, CIT GROUP, CHEMTURA Corp., etc.
11/23/09
Lear ready to exit bankruptcy Monday
11/06/09
Why Appetites Are High for Junk Bond ETFs
11/04/09
YRC is seeking big concession by shareholders
11/04/09
The CIT Bankruptcy FAQ
11/04/09
DC Judge To Hold Hearing In WaMu-FDIC Dispute Over Assets
11/04/09
Hedge fund buys CanWest bonds
11/04/09
Ford Bonds Rally Amid Improving Outlook for Automaker’s Credit
11/02/09
Ford Earns $997 Million on Better Prices for Vehicles (Update1)
11/02/09
Lower-quality US junk bonds attractive-Morgan Stanley
11/02/09
Advanced Distressed Debt Lesson #2
10/30/09
Junk Bonds Have Room To Run
10/30/09
High yield bonds still offering good value
10/28/09
CIT Said to Be in Talks to Amend $29 Billion Swap (Update1)
10/27/09
Credit Is ‘King’ as HeidelbergCement’s High-Yield Bonds Soar
10/27/09
Icahn Seeks to Block CIT Debt Swap With Retail Offer (Update1)
10/27/09
Junk Bonds Still Cheap Even After Record Rally, JPMorgan Says
10/27/09
CIT Investors Should Reject Exchange Offer, Egan Says (Update1)
10/27/09
Donald Trump Must Disclose Details of Bankrupt Casino Holdings
10/27/09
Junk Loans Extend Gains as Borrowers Seek Debt, Defaults Peak
10/27/09
CIT Plans Debt Swap, Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy Option
09/30/09
Realogy Closes on $515 Million of Expected $650 Million of Second Lien Incremental Term Loans
09/28/09
Less Stress For Credit
09/24/09
CIT Group Bonds Rise as Debt Restructuring Approaches
09/22/09
Harrah's seeks $750 million loan to refinance existing debt
09/22/09
Junk-Bond Default Rate to Fall to 4%, JPMorgan Says (Adds Moody’s liquidity-stress index in sixth paragraph.)
09/21/09
Distressed Investing, Wave Of Future, Is Already Lucrative
09/18/09
Harrah’s Buys Planet Hollywood Debt, Vegas Review-Journal Says
09/15/09
High-Yield Credit Risk Drops to Pre-Lehman Level for First Time
09/15/09
A New Fund for Yield-Hungry Investors
09/10/09
KKR Turns Vulture Investor as Distressed Debt Cheaper Than LBOs - Bloomberg
09/03/09
Bonds: Is Now the Time to Buy Long-Term Munis?
08/27/09
Three Opportunities in Bond ETFs
08/27/09
WCI to emerge from bankruptcy
08/27/09
High-Yield Munis Rally on Recovery Prospects, Citigroup Says
08/24/09
Washington Mutual Bondholders Defy JPMorgan On Disclosure
08/21/09
Junk Funds, Up 33% This Year, Snag Billions
08/20/09
Bond Popularity Soars in Asset-Allocation Mix
08/20/09
Wells Fargo Buys Mortgage Bonds as Defaults Rise, Sloan Says
07/27/09
Junk-Rated Issuers Seek to Entice Investors Amid Weak Economy
07/27/09
Surging Profit Estimates Signal 26% Rally for S&P 500
07/27/09
Loan Market Rises on Signs of Improved Credit Quality, Earnings
07/27/09
CIT $3bn bailout may not save it from bankruptcy
07/22/09
CIT Expects Loss of $1.5 Billion, May Seek Bankruptcy
07/22/09
CIT Fails to Win U.S. Bailout as Bankruptcy Looms
07/16/09
FDIC Hesitant to Back CIT Debt on Risk
07/13/09
Muni Bond Yields Fall to 6-Week Low Amid $3.6 Billion in Sales
07/13/09
CIT Group Says Its Failure Risks Demise of Customers
07/13/09
CIT Debt Plunges as Traders Bet Lender Isn’t Too Big to Fail
07/13/09
Hartford: A Cheap Play on Distressed Debt
07/10/09
GM leaves bankruptcy protection
07/10/09
MGM, J.C. Penney Are High-Yield ‘Home Runs,’ CreditSights Says
07/08/09
Heady Junk-Bond Returns Attract Funds
07/01/09
Loan Funds Post Record Returns After First-Ever Decline in 2008
06/30/09
Will Deener explains junk bonds
06/11/09
Bankruptcy Pays 18% Stock Return in Trade as GM Files
06/03/09
U.S. distressed debt best performer in 2009: report
06/03/09
Wall Street throws General Motors into bankruptcy
06/01/09
Municipal bond returns double corporate debt this year
05/21/09
Munis Rise Most in a Month as Massachusetts Sells $700 Million
05/21/09
GM bankruptcy plan eyes quick sale to gov't
05/20/09
JPMorgan, Citigroup Paid in Junk Bonds for Harrah’s Debt Swap
05/13/09
Icahn sees opportunities in distressed debt-paper
05/12/09
Municipal Bonds Post Best April in 20 Years Amid Subsidy Deals
05/01/09
Chrysler to File for Bankruptcy
04/30/09
Chrysler Creditors Agree to Deal With Treasury
04/28/09
GM Reaches the End of the Road
04/28/09
GM Bondholders Said to Find Swap Offer Unlikely to Succeed
04/27/09
GM Offers to Exchange $27 Billion of Debt for Equity
04/27/09
Wealthy investors find opportunities in distressed private equity deals
04/13/09
Ford Bonds Rise, Credit Swaps Fall on Debt Offer
03/06/09
Obama Showers Wall Street Fees With Muni Stimulus
02/25/09
Bond Trading Highest Since '07 as Credit Freeze Thaws
02/20/09
Junk Bonds Surge As Investors Seek Yield
02/19/09
Junk Bond Sales Surge as Company Debt Market Thaws
02/18/09
Investors starting to snap up to riskier bonds
02/12/09
GM, Chrysler May Face Bankruptcy to Protect U.S. Debt
02/12/09
Sirius's Karmazin Faces Debt Payment, EchoStar Bid
02/12/09
Prospects Are Warming for Junk Bonds
02/02/09
Vitro Calls on Bondholders to Prepare for Debt Talks
01/28/09
FDIC May Run 'Bad Bank' in Plan to Purge Toxic Assets (Update 2)
01/28/09
Cemex Drops to 5-Week Low as S&P Cuts Rating to Junk
01/22/09
GMAC Bond Risk Falls as Company Gets $6 Billion From Treasury
01/07/09
Democrats May End Minimum Tax on Municipal Bonds to Spur Market
12/29/08
Buyers jump into corporate and muni bonds after Fed move
12/22/08
GMAC Debt Swap May Get 75% Participation
12/18/08
Ecuador May Hit 'True Monsters' Harder Than Argentina (Update 1)
12/16/08
GM Bondholders Likely to Recover More Than 25%, Moody's Says
12/16/08
El Paso to Raise $500 Million in High-Yield Bond Sale (Update3)
12/16/08
GM Bankruptcy Risk Triggers Jump in Cost of Default Protection
12/15/08
GMAC Bondholders Balk at Debt Swap
12/12/08
Treasury's Lowest Yields Offer No Help to Corporate Borrowers
12/12/08
Distressed debt to offer good returns in 2009 - experts
12/12/08
UPDATE 1 - Charter Communications bonds sink on debt plans
12/12/08
Open-and-Shut Case for Closed-End Bond Funds
12/04/08
Ford, GM Bonds Rise on Optimism U.S. Will Bail Out Industry
12/04/08
Harrah's Says $4 Billion of Bonds Are Tendered in Debt Exchange
12/01/08
For the very brave, junk bond yields should be tempting
11/25/08
High-yield bonds are a steal
11/25/08
Harrah's Bondholders to Get as Little as 40 cents in Exchange
11/20/08
GM likely to survive, bonds a "buy": JP Morgan
11/14/08
Muni Yields Rise to Rare Levels
11/06/08
MGM junk bonds sale comes at a high price
11/03/08
Pilgrim's Pride Falls After CreditSights Says Bankruptcy Likely
11/03/08
Junk bonds seen as stock alternative for bargain hunters
10/31/08
Argentine Debt Rating Cut by S&P Amid Default Concern (Update4)
10/31/08
GMAC may become bank, eyes massive debt overhaul
10/31/08
Loan-Price Declines Offer 'Opportunity of a Career'
10/24/08
LIBOR’s Plunge Sets the Stage for Corporate Bonds
10/21/08
`Armageddon' Prices Fail to Lure Buyers Amid Selling
10/20/08
Bond Trading, Not Bailout, Is How to Rescue Banks: Sandy Lewis
10/20/08
Funds Eye Distressed Plays
10/20/08
Bank Bonds Rise May Earn Pain of Refinancing $89 Billion Debt
10/15/08
Fannie, Freddie Debt Spreads Widen to Records on Bank Guarantee
10/15/08
Junk-Bond Bargains Await the Brave
10/14/08
Paulson Anticipates Buying Stakes in Thousands of US Banks
10/14/08
Bonds Keep You Afloat When Stocks Go Under
10/14/08
Vultures Circle Wall Street, but Hesitate to Feed
10/10/08
The Beauty of Washington Mutual's Collapse
10/10/08
Why You Shouldn't Bail on Stocks
10/09/08
Charter, Freescale Buy Back Bonds, Reduce Interest, Post Gains
10/07/08
Libor Soars, Commercial Paper Slumps as Credit Freeze Deepens
10/07/08
Global Stocks Retreat, Led by Banks, as Credit Crisis Widens
10/06/08
Junk Time
10/02/08
Alabama County Misses Bond Payment; Wall Street Talks Continue
10/01/08
Argentina's Defaulted Bonds Trade at Three-Month High
10/01/08
Junk Bond Spreads Are Distressed for First Time in Six Years
10/01/08
U.S. Stocks Plunge After House Votes Against Bailout Plan
09/29/08
Some Look to Buy Distressed Assets
09/29/08
Corporate Bonds Become Fund Manager's Favorite
09/29/08
Citigroup Agrees to Buy Wachovia's Banking Business
09/29/08
WaMu Bondholders are `Stranded' in Thrift Seizure, Hendler Says
09/29/08
Pilgrim's Pride Plunges 40% After Default Warning
09/26/08
Lehman Bonds a `Buy' at 15 Cents on the Dollar, Analyst Says
09/26/08
Muni `Hydra' Bites Denver, New York; Rates Hit Record
09/26/08
GMAC's Future May Hinge on Inclusion in U.S. Government Rescue
09/25/08
Argentine Defaulted Bonds Gain as New Offer Speculation Mounts
09/23/08
Qwest, Amgen Scrap Deals, Pay 14% Amid Credit Crisis
09/19/08
Stocks Soar Worldwide on Bank Bailout, Curb on Short Sales
09/19/08
Pimco, Vanguard Are Biggest Lehman Bond Fund Losers
09/18/08
Lehman Files Biggest Bankruptcy Case as Suitors Balk
09/15/08
Claire's Bonds Jump as Profit Margins Widen More Than Expected
09/12/08
AIG Stock Slides, Bond Risk Jumps on Capital Concern
09/12/08
Venezuela's Bonds Tumble After Chavez Expels U.S. Ambassador
09/12/08
Clear Channel Banks to Offer $980 Million of LBO Debt
09/03/08
Munis Gain as Tax Cuts Expire in Shift to 40% Bracket
08/28/08
Alabama County Prepares for Bankruptcy in Debt Crisis
08/26/08
ResCap, GMAC Bonds Tumble as Time `Ticks,' 2010 Maturities Loom
08/25/08
National City Bonds Show Defaults KeyCorp Can't Deny
08/19/08
Calpers Supplants Stocks With Apollo Funds Amid Rising Defaults
08/18/08
Alabama County Has `No Plan' for Ending $3 Billion Debt Crisis
08/15/08
MBIA, Ambac Jump After S&P Ends Credit Rating Review
08/15/08
Alabama County, Banks Reach Accord on Debt Reprieve
08/04/08
GMAC Reports $2.5 Billion Loss as Auto, Housing Slump
07/31/08
Claire's Bonds Plunge to Record Low After Moody's Cuts Ratings
07/29/08
Buy Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Bonds, UBS Says
07/25/08
Muni Buyers to Gain From Bond Insurer Loss, Samson Capital Says
07/23/08
GM Bonds Increased to `Buy' by JPMorgan Debt Analysts
07/22/08
Emerging-Market Bonds Gain as High-Yield Debt Demand Increases
07/21/08
Bond Sales Slow to $5.3 Billion as Spreads Approach March Highs
07/18/08
Munis Little Changed as Agency-to-Treasury Yield Gap Tightens
07/11/08
Bill Miller Woes in Stocks Spread to Bonds in Slump
07/10/08
AMD's Ruiz May Drive Bondholders Away With Losses
07/10/08
Texas Toll Road Agency Leads Muni Market With $1 Billion Sale
07/10/08
MBIA Gets Permission to Make Payment on Surplus Notes
07/09/08
Moody's Trims Default Forecast on `Loose Loan' Rules
07/09/08
Harrah's Opts to Pay Interest on Notes With More Debt
07/07/08
GM Falls to Lowest Since 1954 After Merrill Suggests Bankruptcy
07/07/08
Emerging-Market Bonds Fell on Worsening U.S. Economic Outlook
07/07/08
U.S. Stocks Slump as Oil Surges; Dow Average Enters Bear Market
07/07/08
Las Vegas Sands May Borrow $7 Billion in Macau Loans
07/07/08
Brazil Bond Yields Rise for 4th Day as Oil Surge Curbs Demand
07/07/08
Bank Bond Risk Holds Near 15-Week High Amid Loss Speculation
07/07/08
MBIA Has Sufficient Assets to Meet Collateral Call
06/30/08
Goldman to Offer $310 Million of CW Media Notes in Sale Revival
06/19/08
Tyson Falls as Fitch Lowers Debt Rating to Junk Grade
06/19/08
Clear Channel Lenders to Sell $3 Billion of Loans
06/17/08
Goldman, Banks Discount `Big Brother' Loans by 27.5%
06/16/08
Clear Channel Lenders Plan Loan Sale for Next Week, People Say
06/16/08
Cook Pine Buys Distressed Debt After Beating Peers
06/16/08
Ukraine Bonds Fall as S&P Cuts Debt Rating on Higher Inflation
06/16/08
Moody's Set to Change Municipal Bond Rating Scale
06/16/08
Floating-Rate Notes Are `Back in Vogue,' Barclays Analyst Says
06/16/08
Emerging-Market Bond Spread Narrows After U.S. Retail Report
06/16/08
MBIA, Ambac Ratings Poised to Drop to Junk, Muni Analyst Says
06/11/08
Junk Bonds Are Set for Best Month Since 2003 as Risk Appetite Rises
05/20/08
Muni Bonds Make Sense Without the Insurance
05/20/08