BBB Rated Corporate Bonds Off to Best Start to a Year Since 1995

(Bloomberg) -- The lowest-rated investment-grade bonds shrugged off fears of a huge wave of downgrades to junk, soaring to the best first quarter performance since 1995. Debt rated BBB has returned 5.8 percent through March 28, compared to a decline of 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2018.

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