Matt Wirz

Investors fear other banks will sell mortgage-backed securities, pushing down prices.

Debt fund manager Sound Point Capital Management and insurer Assured Guaranty have agreed to combine in a bid to better compete in the booming credit-investing market. The tie-up would create a fund ma

Firms snapped up an orange-juice company, a dessert maker and other food and beverage companies using bundles of debt before interest rates started rising.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Tuesday put up for sale $392 million of mortgage-backed bonds it took over from failed banks last month, according to data from Empirasign. Results of the auction w

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. forecasts a $3.3 billion net loss for its deposit-insurance fund.

Credit investors are accelerating their exit from junk-rated loans of food companies implicated in a broadening child-labor scandal. The exodus adds to mounting [pressure on private-equity firms that bet big on the food industry](https://www.wsj/articles/private-equitys-food-binge-goes-sour-8f8

Short selling surged over the past year as many investors braced for market turbulence.

Want to understand the toll rising interest rates are taking on corporate America? Take a look at the inverse relationship between bankruptcies and bond sales. Bond sales are plummeting as borrowing costs rise for even stable companies. Meanwhile, companies are filing for bankruptcy this year at th

Credit ratings firm Moody's Investors Service placed office REIT SL Green on review for a credit downgrade Monday. A ratings cut would increase borrowing costs investors charge the company to issue bonds, a key lever REITs use to boost returns on their real estate investments. Moody's said it may

Debt markets, where lenders funnel money to businesses and consumers, are showing signs of strain.