2 Sep 2020
Market Metrics: US High Yield Corporate Debt
- Posted by Dejan Pekic BCom DipFP CFP GAICD, Senior Financial Planner
The pattern is repeating.
As the United States moves through this recession, the rate of debt defaults in corporate America has increased and will likely peak back above the 10% level.
As you can see from the chart- property, oil, airline, transportation and leisure sectors have all had a significant increase in the cost of borrowing. Airlines now have to pay 2.5 times more in interest to borrow money compared to December 2019.
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The point is to highlight that although the path to the current recession (COVID-19 Pandemic) is new the rhythm of this recession is not, it is still following the same routine as past recessions.
The market and investors are currently all waiting to see if financial assets will collapse a second time as they did back in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis before the bull market really takes hold.
As this recession plays out, we just patiently wait to react and take advantage when the opportunity presents.
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