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Weekly Market Summary
Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, 2023
Extra Credit*
- Investment-grade corporate bonds started 2023 with their best start in 34 years and well above the average January return for the asset class at 3.81% vs. the average January return of 0.87% since 1973.
- In high-yield bonds, risk was rewarded as CCC high-yield returned 6.06% vs. 3.29% for BBs high yield. The last time CCC high-yield bonds outperformed BB high-yield bonds by such a margin to start the year was in 2003 when CCC high-yield bonds had an excess return over BB high-yield bonds of 6.43%.
- The composition of defaults/distressed transactions over the past year includes 14 companies with only bonds outstanding, 19 companies with only loans outstanding, and seven bond-and-loan issuers.
- Recovery rates for high-yield bonds ended 2022 at 55.3%, up 5.7% YTD, 33.4% above YE20, and 15.4% above the 25-year annual average of 39.9%.
- Recovery rates for first-lien loans ended 2022 at 59.9%, up 4.25% YTD and 11.58% above YE20.
- The trailing 12-month default rate for high-yield bonds and bank loans finished 2022 at 1.83% and 1.82%, well below their long-term average of 3.2% and 3.1%.
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*Source: Morningstar®, Bloomberg, Credit Suisse. OAS is Options Adjusted Spread. 4-year discount margin is used for spread for bank loans. Yield quoted is yield-to-worst or equivalent calculation. YTD Low / High for yields are based on end of week and not intraday movements. Indexes and sub-indexes: Investment-grade corporates represented by Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index. High-yield bonds represented by Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index. Bank loans represented by Credit Suisse Leverage Loan Index.
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