THERE was much talk at Davos, the global elite’s annual get-together in Switzerland, of wealth inequality: the gap between the haves and the have-nots. The corporate-bond market is currently displaying a similar divide—between the have-yields and the yield-nots.
Finance & economics | Buttonwood
The crazy world of credit
Where negative yields and worries about default coincide
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