Junk Bonds Pricier Than Stocks Mean High-Yield Getting Expensive
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Get ready to pay more to earn less relative to stocks if you’re looking to jump into the high-yield debt market.
Junk-bond investors are accepting yields that are 0.74 percentage point lower than the earnings yield on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a measure of profit as a percentage of equity prices.