EDITION 4
Janus Henderson
Corporate Debt Index
The Corporate Debt Index is a long-term study into trends in company indebtedness around the world, the investment opportunities this provides and the risks it presents.
Nel 2022/23 le aziende di tutto il mondo hanno contratto
456 miliardi di dollari di nuovo debito netto,
facendo salire il totale del 6,2% a parità di valuta.
I debiti più
elevati sono sostenuti da profitti record -
3,62 trilioni di dollari ,
nel 2022/23
Il reddito è tornato:
il rendimento mediano delle obbligazioni investment-grade era del
4,9% a maggio,
in aumento rispetto al 4,1% di un anno fa.
Glossary
Bond | A bond is parcel of debt. By buying a bond, investors give money to a borrower, usually for a fixed term and for a fixed rate of interest. Bonds can be bought and sold on financial markets, and the value changes over time with varying market conditions. |
Cyclical Industry | The revenues and profits of an industry rise and fall over the course of an economic cycle. |
EBIT | Earnings before interest and tax, commonly called operating profit. |
Equity | The amount of money left over for shareholders if all a company’s assets were liquidated and its assets sold off. |
Gearing | The ratio of debt to equity finance on the balance sheet – not to the market value of the shares; also called leverage. |
Leverage | The ratio of debt to equity finance on the balance sheet – not to the market value of the shares; also called gearing. |
Net Debt | All borrowings minus any cash or cash equivalents. |
Running Yield | The interest paid on a bond divided by its current market value. |
Volatility | Rapid, unpredictable, changeability. |
Yield to Maturity | The interest paid on a bond divided by its current market value, taking account of the capital gain or loss that will occur when the bond matures and is repaid. |