Hints and tips:
...“I expect this issuance to continue,” said Henry Peabody, a portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management....
...The first was General Electric, which in 1994 was selling Kidder Peabody, the beleaguered brokerage, but was unsure how to price the assets on its balance sheet....
...“We did $1.3tn of new [debt] issuance last year and the market had no problem absorbing it,” says Monica Ericson, a corporate bond portfolio manager at DoubleLine Capital....
...“Lower rates equal longer duration by definition,” Monica Erickson, a portfolio manager with DoubleLine Capital, says....
...Monica Bonar of credit rating agency Fitch says that larger companies such as Peabody are generally better placed to survive these harsh conditions....
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