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reaching for yield: a standalone construct

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Finance

investors' tendency to buy riskier assets within a rating class to earn higher yields when rates are low.

In finance, reaching for yield refers to investors' tendency to buy riskier assets within a rating class to earn higher yields when rates are low. This meaning comes from Becker and Ivashina (2015) in The Journal of Finance.[1]

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References

Becker, B., & Ivashina, V. (2015). Reaching for yield in the bond market. The Journal of Finance, 70(5), 1863-1902. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12199

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