Analysis-De-risking mood adds more demand for US corporate bonds

Analysis-De-risking mood adds more demand for US corporate bonds

By Shankar Ramakrishnan and Matt Tracy (Reuters) -Investors have begun to de-risk their equity portfolios and buy more investment-grade corporate bonds as U.S. stock indices near new record highs, in turn pushing corporate borrowing costs to their tightest levels since 1998 for the second time in eight months. Credit spreads have recovered since they were forced sharply wider on April 2, or ‘Liberation Day’, when President Donald Trump announced…

Medium-Term Corporates Lead US Bond Market In 2025 | The Capital SpectatorThe Brinsmere Funds Ad

As reported yesterday at CapitalSpectator.com, the bond market is showing a degree of resiliency despite tariff-related inflation risk. Leading the resiliency this year: medium-term corporate bonds, based on a set of ETFs tracking various types of US fixed income securities through Tuesday’s close (July 22). Vanguard Intermediate Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) is this year’s top performer with a 5.4% year-to-date advance. That 2025 increase is just s…