Corporate Bonds Have the Best Yields in Years. They Still Aren’t Enough.

Investors can get a lot of yield by locking their money up for longer with the biggest, most creditworthy U.S. companies. But it might not be quite enough for everyone.

These days, bonds of investment-grade-rated issuers that don’t mature for at least 10 years are yielding just shy of 6%, according to ICE BofA index data via FactSet. The weighted average life of the bonds in that index is over 20 years. That yield is far more than what was typically on offer during the long lull in interest rates after the 2008-09 financial crisis, when it was often much less than 5%.

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