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Corporate Bonds in Demand

Bull market continues in bonds overall, and the 'party' rages on in investment-grade corporate debt.

By Alexandra Scaggs, Claire Boston, and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg | Updated on March 31, 2016

So much for the end of the bull market in bonds.

Recession worries and central-bank stimulus in Europe and Japan have given fresh life to a three-decade-long rally in global debt. Bonds worldwide are off to the best annual start since at least 1996. They’ve earned about 3.2 percent this quarter and added $2.1 trillion of market value, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch index that tracks securities ranging from corporate and government obligations to mortgage-backed debt.

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