Ed Altman wonders why markets are priced for certainty

May 4, 2010

High-yield credit spreads suggest the market is sanguine about credit risks, which puzzles the inventor of the Z-Score, predictor of corporate defaults.

Edward Altman doesn't get it: Why have credit spreads on US high-yield bonds returned to below historical averages?

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