If everyone wants their money back at the same time…

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Liquidity issues in the high yield bond market have made front page news today, as expected. I don’t see the current pace of redemptions as something worth freaking out about, but awareness is probably a good idea as spreads widen and redemptions create a drying-up of demand for the $1.6 trillion asset class.

The Wall Street Journal’s got an excellent chart illustrating the phenomenon:

Jim Swanson, chief investment strategist at MFS Investment Management, which oversees about $438 billion, said he has been demanding extra yield on some bonds to reflect the risk that selling could take longer, and avoiding some less-liquid bonds. “There’s a question of what happens when everyone tries to sell [bonds] at once, and I want compensation for that,” he said.

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Source:

Junk-Debt Liquidity Concerns Bring Sales (WSJ)

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