{"id":18507,"date":"2019-12-05T07:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18507"},"modified":"2019-12-04T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:59:05","slug":"leveraged-loan-defaults-hit-23b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/leveraged-loan-defaults-hit-23b\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveraged Loan Defaults Hit $23B"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leveraged Loan Defaults Hit $23 Billion &#8211; The Highest In Two Years<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mayrarodriguezvalladares\/2019\/11\/22\/leveraged-loan-defaults-are-at-highest-level-in-two-years\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leveraged loan defaults<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are now at $23B, which is the highest they\u2019ve reached in two years. Not only that but between October and November of this year, 11 issuers defaulted to the amount of $7.8B. None of this is good news for the market or investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comprised of lending syndicates to speculative companies that have junk grade credit, leveraged loans are high-risk credits that the US Securities and Exchange Commission does not regulate. Now, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting that leveraged loans are defaulting from every area of the economy, with the energy and retail sectors being hit especially hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/leveraged-loan-defaults-hit-23b\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Leveraged Loan Defaults Hit $23B\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leveraged Loan Defaults Hit $23 Billion &#8211; The Highest In Two Years According to Forbes, leveraged loan defaults are now at $23B, which is the highest they\u2019ve reached in two years. Not only that but between October and November of this year, 11 issuers defaulted to the amount of $7.8B. 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