Junk Bond

The name junk is not exactly a positive word, and so this connotation holds over to a junk bond, which is considered to be one issued of a poor grade, and therefore with a significant perceived rate of not paying out.

Because of this risk, these bonds generally related under BB have to pay a higher rate if interest than investment grade bonds in order to attract people to take them up in order to offset the risk.

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