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Companies have forsaken the debt diets they claimed at the beginning of the year; now 40% of blue-chip companies have leverage ratios more consistent with junk status.
49 deals in 30 hours: Companies across credit grades are refinancing their debt because of historically low yields.
Record-low 30-year Treasury rates make borrowing attractive, even to a company sitting on a $200 billion stockpile of cash.
Issuance signifies trend in which U.S. companies are leading euro-denominated bond sales among companies outside the financial services sector.
This week's debt-offering frenzy defies markets' expected reaction to trade uncertainty.
“Project Mars” will develop an electronic system for investors to request allocations of new debt.
The list of nonfinancial companies with the largest debt load is dominated by the tech sector.
Companies are expected to focus on paying down debt in 2019, with the goal of boosting stock prices.
XPO Logistics is issuing $1 billion of bonds to refinance debt and fund additional buybacks.
Higher risk premiums have been suppressing sales of corporate bonds for several weeks.