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

DarthMaul09 (86.24) Submitted: 9/27/2009 9:43:11 PM : Start Price: $29.79 JNK Score: -2.89

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).

edenVchen (38.24) Submitted: 8/12/2009 12:17:56 PM : Start Price: $28.18 JNK Score: +4.65

yield is still ridiculously high, if economy improves they will do well, if it doesn't then it will still outperform the equity markets

mrbill6 (74.10) Submitted: 8/10/2009 10:23:10 PM : Start Price: $28.37 JNK Score: +3.29

nice dividend

zwalt99 (98.27) Submitted: 6/10/2009 10:08:39 PM : Start Price: $26.69 JNK Score: +2.71

Fixed income securities should be a part of every diversified portfolio. One should also be diversified within their bond holdings. If you're like me, you don't have enough money to buy many individual bonds, so an indexed ETF is the way to go. An ETF with junk bonds provides a little boost to your fixed income. For extra diversification among my bonds, I own this in addition to LQD and HYG.

StrategyFreak (< 20) Submitted: 5/23/2009 5:43:16 PM : Start Price: $25.48 JNK Score: -0.36

high yields

ShowMeDaDivs (59.42) Submitted: 4/23/2009 7:32:08 PM : Start Price: $23.42 JNK Score: +8.75

Once stocks boom, bonds will loom as is the cycle. Gotta love the monthly divs.

wkay (< 20) Submitted: 3/30/2009 5:46:16 PM : Start Price: $20.93 JNK Score: +15.66

Companies will have to borrow money to make up for loss of market capitalization. Given credit crisis many good companies will have to result to high yield bonds. These bonds are currently priced as if the world were going to explode tomorrow or other economic calamity that clearly isn't going to happen.

TaylorMKerns (92.46) Submitted: 3/4/2009 11:37:37 AM : Start Price: $22.99 JNK Score: +12.17

Paid Dividend

MattH42004 (99.54) Submitted: 1/28/2009 2:42:09 PM : Start Price: $22.60 JNK Score: +12.80

Junk bonds are currently pricing in a level of default either equal or greater to the Depression. As bad as the economy will get over the next year, these yields are ridiculous. This is a solid to bet to outperform just with the yield, and if we get a recovery there is some potential price appreciation as well.

SailorThor (< 20) Submitted: 1/22/2009 10:32:33 AM : Start Price: $21.88 JNK Score: -11.44

Short term, this'll do great. Once folks shift back into equities, prices on bonds will go down again. Time to buy bonds is when the stocks are booming. Definitely not now.

makura77 (88.04) Submitted: 1/3/2009 10:09:20 PM : Start Price: $22.24 JNK Score: +27.39

I think we will be well rewarded for taking on the default risk.

Relic666 (66.26) Submitted: 12/18/2008 8:11:03 AM : Start Price: $19.53 JNK Score: +48.28

Might as well give it a shot. Never really thought about junk bonds before. Not too happy about the fact that this is a Lehman, but like I said....What The Heck!

tsperbeck (99.63) Submitted: 11/24/2008 10:43:02 AM : Start Price: $19.21 JNK Score: -37.53

Bad time for junk bonds. M*.

srk85 (< 20) Submitted: 11/17/2008 10:45:26 AM : Start Price: $20.68 JNK Score: +28.73

High yield rates near 20% with massive defaults already priced in. Ride the high yield through the recession, then big capital appreciation back to normal yields.

mlaux (< 20) Submitted: 5/8/2008 2:32:11 PM : Start Price: $30.54 JNK Score: -27.61

It's really pretty simple if you look at it. When your ticker is short for "Junk", you may not want to put your eggs in this basket. Under perform.

bondsbear (73.26) Submitted: 4/24/2008 2:05:03 AM : Start Price: $30.60 JNK Score: -25.48

defaults will be brutal