SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond (ETF) (AMEX:JNK)

The ticker doesn't lie.

Yield. Plain and simple.

Let's face it: anyone issuing junk bonds is touch-and-go to pay up for capital. Things look to be shaping up to be a very hard environment for marginal businesses. The simple math is: if new (expensive) capital can't grow profits faster than its high cost, more businesses will default on their obligations.

Basically, JNK will lag due to a coming spike in the default ratio.

much too much risk for this amount of reward.... ps 'netting' is a myth...

38.82 sold today, but bought it back thinking it will hold better in an sp500 sell off.

Stocks will go to zero well before bond payments

high yield has had a great ride. will likely retrace

Stable for quite a while now. I believe it's great yield will continue with limited risk in the price moving downward. Any continuing improvements in credit markets should only help to boost JNK's performance.

With the coming end of QE2's support of the markets and the spectre of rising interest rates, junk bonds will be hit the hardest. Close short if yields rise to 12%.

steady 10% a year keeps around 40.40-40.50 great cash cow.

As credit risk decreases this ETF may see some price appreciation. Hopefully, this will come without affecting its sweet dividend. A sweet monthly dividend of nearly 1 percent per month. Caution - rising interest rates should turn the exit sign lights on over the door for this one.

Junk it up

Solid 10% dividend paid monthly, with risk spread over a large basket of bonds essentially reducing credit risk to nil, makes this a win. expense ratio at 0.4% is justified by the spreading of risk and solid dividend edge over safer bonds. 10% yield is pretty safe, making this investment comparable to stocks.

termoil on gov bonds and banks,so this gives me 8-9% and same secrity as having cash on account in the bank or,maybe this is less risky!

Liking this high yeild (junk) bond ETF. The dividend yield is around 11% It holds quite a few bonds, so if any 1 defaulted, it wouldn't be that big of hit to the ETF. As a small investor there is no easy way you could own all the bonds they have, so this is a great way to have exposure to bonds issued by gmac, Harrahs, and so on. Here are their top holdings: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hl?s=JNK+Holdings

Junk bonds are junks

JNK is junk. Got it?

Pays a solid monthly dividend.

Long bonds and junk bonds are both traps for people who are trying to play it safe by hiding in a bear's cave. Two problems concern me about these bonds. One, foreigners stop buying bonds, which nuc all the current bonds as interest rates jump. Two, the "recovery" is a recovery in name only and some of the companies who are issuing junk become junk.
Besides these two little problems I'm sure the return on investment is more than adequate (sarcasm).