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IG and HY Bond Fund Flows It is common for investors to prefer investment-grade (IG) bonds over high-yield (HY) bonds when seeking lower-risk investments. Image: BofA Global Investment Strategy

USD IG Real Yields USD investment-grade real yields are extremely low. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

Utilities Dividend Yield Less 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield Goldman Sachs upgraded utilities to outperform, as the utilities dividend yield is relatively high compared to the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

Performance – Industrials vs. S&P 500 and Global Current Activity Indicator (CAI) Goldman Sachs upgraded industrials to outperform, as global economic growth is improving. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

U.S. Corporate Debt Maturity Wall This chart shows the massive wave of maturities faced by investment-grade and speculative-grade U.S. companies in coming years. Image: Oxford Economics

U.S. High Yield Bonds and Leverage Loans The pace of downgrades has accelerated in the U.S. leveraged loan market, despite declining interest rates. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

BBB Debt by Sector in the U.S. By sector in the U.S., financial institutions have the largest amount of ‘BBB’ debt: $744 billion. That’s 53% of investment-grade bonds in the United States. You may also like “The U.S. Corporate Bond Debt Rated ‘BBB’ Exceeds $3 trillion.”  Image: S&P Global Fixed Income Research