High Yield Bonds

High yield bonds are bonds that offer high yields to investors because the issuer doesn’t have a good credit rating. A high credit rating issuer can issue bonds at lower interest rate because the risk on them is lower. This is what requires issuers with low credit rating to issue bonds at a higher interest rate to attract investors. These bonds carry a credit default risk in addition to the usual interest rate risk. However, a few new age companies with good fundamentals also issue high interest bonds to attract investors as they may not a have high credit rating in the initial days.