Act NOW: 2012 is the Year of the Corporate Bond

Forget the 50^th movie anniversary of Ian Fleming’s famous British spy – 2012 will be better remembered as the year of the corporate bond. 

As of mid-October, market data reveals that $1.182 trillion worth of corporate bonds had already been issued by public companies in 2012. That sets a record high, and marked only the third time that bond issuance has topped $1 trillion in a given year. The last time was in 2009, with the then-record of $1.03 trillion.

 

(see my complete article in the November issue of AFP Exchange)