| ▲ | el_nahual an hour ago | |
I mean, that's what the yield is. The spread between what the bond pays and the Risk-Free Rate (Treasury) tells you what the market thinks the risk of default is. For a spread of 300 basis points that's still a very low probability, probably under 5%. | ||
| ▲ | toast0 an hour ago | parent [-] | |
If they had said 'the yield is' or especially the 'yield to maturity' is... that's one thing, but they said "you will get a return of" You'll probably get that, but you might not. | ||