Credit Spread HYG to IEF Credit Contraction???
Indication of credit contraction is displayed by the yield spread between the Junk bond and treasuries.
HYG is etf is investment grade corporate bond etf and IEF is 7-10 years treasury bond etf.
When difference in HYG yield and IEF increases credit is contracting.
There are several Junk bond to Treasury ratio one can monitor: MUT/TLT, and JNK/TLT…
Junk to Treasury ratio is giving the warning what more to come in the general market.
Below daily and weekly charts tell the story : Market is highly co-related to the ratio. Third chart shows MUT /TLT vs SPX.