Firms Pile into Bond Market in Busiest Day on Record

Twenty-nine companies tapped the bond market today, the busiest single day ever for the market by number of issuers.

By Olivia Raimonde | September 03, 2024 at 02:31 PM

A record number of blue-chip firms swarmed the U.S. corporate bond market on Tuesday, taking advantage of cheaper borrowing costs as they look to issue debt ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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S&P and Moody's are both considering downgrading the planemaker to junk. If they do, much of Boeing's $52 billion in outstanding long-term debt would be ineligible for inclusion in investment-grade indexes.

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U.S. Companies Raising Billions in Debt Markets After Rate Cut

By Olivia Raimonde & Michael Tobin | September 23, 2024

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