Frankfurt For a long time they led a shadowy existence among savers, but now they are back in focus: corporate bonds. “Since January, we have again felt lively interest from private investors,” says Jens Furkert, head of bond trading at Boerse Stuttgart.
There’s a good reason for that. As a result of the interest rate turnaround by the central banks, large companies, for example from the Dax such as Bayer, Continental or the automobile holding Porsche, are also offering annual interest rates of between 4.0 and 4.5 percent for new bonds. The car rental company Sixt from the MDax even lures with its latest bond issue with an interest coupon of 5.125 percent.
These bonds are among the interest securities that have been most in demand on the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, which is popular with private investors, in recent weeks. The Handelsblatt takes a close look at the bonds and explains what investors need to know about corporate bonds.
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