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DailyDAC’s Market Summary/Explainer for Seven Day Period Ending August 10, 2026
Market Watch: Week of August 4, 2026 – August 10, 2026 DailyDAC’s Sentiment Score: 4.2/10 [A note on the scale: a score of ten indicates that credit markets are fully open and few borrowers are in distress. A score of one indicates that market functioning has effectively ceased. A score of 4.2 indicates a market that continues to function, but not for all borrowers who require access to it.] Headline indices performed well. The ICE BofA high-yield spread tightened to 271 basis points from 285 at end-July, reflecting greater investor confidence. Retail investors contributed $2.76 billion to high-yield bond funds in the week ended August 5, the largest inflow since mid-April, while the payment default […]
Read MoreDailyDAC’s Market Summary/Explainer for Seven Day Period Ending August 3, 2026
Week of July 28, 2026 – August 3, 2026 DailyDAC’s Sentiment Score: 4.0/10 The bond market and the bankruptcy courts told two different stories this week. Let’s start with the bond market: “high yield spreads” are the extra interest that risky (“high yield” or “junk”) borrowers pay compared to the safest possible borrower, the U.S. government. That extra amount is measured in “basis points”– one basis point is 1/100th of one percent so 100 basis points equals 1%. As of July 30, that spread closed at 284 basis points (2.84%), […]
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