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The immediate trigger of the crash in the US occurred at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on February 3 and 4, 1994, although bond prices in Japan had started plummeting just a month earlier. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] Led by Chairman Alan Greenspan , the Committee reached a consensus to slightly raise its federal funds rate target from 3% to 3.25%.
The Friday the 13th mini-crash, or Black Friday, was a stock market crash that occurred on Friday, October 13, 1989. The crash was apparently caused by a reaction to a news story of the breakdown of a $6.75 billion leveraged buyout deal for UAL Corporation , the parent company of United Airlines .
The collapse of the high yield market in 1989 and 1990 would signal the end of the LBO boom. At that time, many market observers were pronouncing the junk bond market “finished.” This collapse would be due largely to three factors: The collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert, the foremost underwriter of junk bonds (discussed above).
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Due to several deals that did not work out, as well as an unexpected crash of the junk bond market, 1989 was a difficult year for Drexel even after it settled the criminal and SEC cases. Reports of an $86 million loss going into the fourth quarter resulted in the firm's commercial paper rating being cut in late November. This made it nearly ...
Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946) is an American financier. He is known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds"), [2] and his conviction and sentence following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws. [3]
A sell-off in the U.S junk bond market is presenting investors with a buying opportunity but some are holding back, worried that a looming recession could spark widespread credit defaults. Yet ...
The fund managers invest in what they consider to be higher-rated junk bonds. The fund holds about 880 different bonds. ... the U.S. high-yield long-term tax-exempt bond market. The bonds in this ...