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by strangeattractr 1277 days ago
Junk bonds are bonds with high credit risk, what’s wrong with selling them to customers who are after high yields?
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It's not like junk was a part of the name right?
Didn't they get credit agencies to rank them as premium and not junk though? I think that we know they were junk after the fact.
Junk bonds are just High Yield bonds at a certain rating. GS doesn't set the Price/Yield or the rating.