In recent months, credit spreads have narrowed to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis. These shifts signal a robust stock market and valuations above historical averages—a dual ...

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As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2006 the outstanding notional amount of U.S. corporate bonds totaled $8.2 trillion, the third largest asset class after equities and mortgage-backed securities ...

Structural models of default are widely used to analyze corporate bond spreads, but have generally been unable to explain why risk premiums are as high as they are. This credit spread puzzle can be ...