| 12/31/2014 | HY | Market Commentary: Outlook 2015: High-yield primary market robust but tempered by caution on rates, energy
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| 7/16/2014 | HY | Market Commentary: TXU bonds lower, Sun Products firms; MGIC, Radon converts off; Puerto Rico slide halted
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| 6/30/2014 | HY | Market Commentary: TXU bonds active amid court fight; iPayment rebound continues; OSG tweaks exit funding
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| 6/24/2014 | HY | Market Commentary: TXU trades around after second-lien plan nixed; Verso gyrations continue after ratings cut
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| 10/31/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Upsized Kinder Morgan megadeal, Capsugel lead $2 billion session; funds gain $753 million
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| 10/25/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Dole prices to round out $6 billion week, trades up; recent deals firm; market mostly better
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| 4/16/2013 | HY | Market Commentary: Primary quiets down, though Buena Vista Gaming deal slates; new Pinnacle Foods paper gains
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| 10/18/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: SunGard, TXU, Lennar drive-bys lead $2 billion session; SuperValu gains; funds up $52 million
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| 8/17/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: American Gilsonite prices to close out $10 billion week; new ServiceMaster posts solid gains
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| 1/17/2012 | HY | Market Commentary: Fresenius prices upsized $1.5 billion two-part deal; forward calendar swells; energy names off
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| 5/2/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: Celanese, upsized DISH drive-bys price while Lee pulls deal; International Coal jumps on buyout
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| 4/29/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: Cumulus, iPayment, Xinergy lead $1.4 billion primary, new bonds firm; TXU trades actively
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| 4/14/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: TXU megadeal, Burger King drive-by lead $4 billion session; Calumet, Rock Salt set talk
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| 4/8/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: Production Resources, Masonite, Pittsburgh Glass deals top off $5 billion week, new bonds gain
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| 4/4/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: DJO, Stewart, Aramark, Pernod drive-bys pace $2 billion day; DryShips, AEP, Masonite slate
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| 4/1/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: No joke: TXU dominates market in heavy trading; Liz Claiborne's new deal caps $6 billion week
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| 3/29/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: Resized CDW prices; Ameristar slates offering while existing bonds trade up; Fiat, Cemex price
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| 3/15/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: No deals price as market conditions weigh on calendar; American Gaming slates; secondary slips
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| 1/13/2011 | HY | Market Commentary: Upsized CityCenter leads $5 billion new-deal torrent; most issues rise in trading; funds gain
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| 7/7/2010 | HY | Market Commentary: FCE, Postmedia price, new CKE up a bit; Gulf energy names, TXU gain, Skilled Healthcare dives
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| 1/8/2010 | HY | Market Commentary: Brocade to roadshow two-part deal, market awaits UAL; Visteon vibrant, but NewPage not so much
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| 1/7/2010 | HY | Market Commentary: Upsized Qwest leads $2 billion primary session, new TXU bonds jump; funds gain $288 million
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| 11/12/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Inmarsat, Antero price, Alliance, Dollar slate deals; AMD up on settlement; funds gain $346 million
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| 10/14/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Intelsat sells notes, Mohegan slates deal; market awaits Sinclair; Tronox up more, CIT rebounds
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| 10/8/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Hercules finds strong demand, new GEO bonds firm smartly; Tronox jumps; funds add $484 million
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| 10/7/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: GEO Group, MTR price deals; talk heard on Solutia, Hercules offerings; CIT slide continues
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| 10/6/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Upsized Comstock Resources prices; new Hovnanian easier; CIT remains active; Blockbuster adds
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| 10/5/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Hovnanian sells secured notes, NOVA, Hercules, Solutia, others slate deals; CIT, TXU active
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| 9/2/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Beazer bounces as company shops new deal; Blockbuster better on liquidity move; Freeport firm
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| 9/1/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Beazer plans deal, Warner Chilcott is fall's 'big one'; DirecTV active, Asarco zooms on ruling
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| 8/18/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: CIT Canada is busiest junk name; American Axle jumps on GM aid; split-rated Watson only deal
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| 8/17/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Dole deal drops out; new Olin bonds active in otherwise quiet session; secondary in retreat
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| 8/4/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Novelis, Inverness slate deals for Wednesday pricing; ArvinMeritor up in mostly firm market
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| 8/3/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: CIT soars on revised tender; Ford firmer as sales jumped in July; three secured deals slate
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| 7/31/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Duane Reade, Jabil deals price, jump in secondary; new Ford Credit bonds busy, little changed
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| 6/18/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Upsized Wendy's, Quicksilver Resources deals price; SLM strengthens on contract news; funds gain $358 million
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| 4/29/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Market 'strong like a bull'; Hertz up despite weak numbers; MGM higher; waiting on new deals
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| 4/16/2009 | HY | Market Commentary: Seagate deal a blowout; AIG steady on asset sales; Hawker, Burlington Coat up; funds add $540 million
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| 11/4/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Junk higher across broad spectrum; new MGM gains, NRG up as Exelon presses; Tenet off on guidance cut
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| 10/23/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: WaMu whacked on CDS auction; Level 3 outlook hurts; Q4 hope aids Smurfit Stone; funds up $72 million
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| 9/24/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Lehman a loser, most other junk also lower; Pilgrim's Pride in slide; First Data debt rolled into bonds
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| 6/11/2008 | HY | Market Commentary: Claire's debt dives post-numbers; Constar bonds decline
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| 12/19/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Tembec up on recap plan; Hovnanian hit by numbers; ResCap slides; Calpine steady; Legends pulls deal
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| 11/6/2007 | HY | B of A High Yield Broad Market Index down 0.26%; 2007 return falls to 3.51%
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| 10/26/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Ceridian mega-deal prices, treads water; Countrywide bonds move up; Tesoro off on Kerkorian interest
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| 10/25/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Ceridian rejigs mega-deal, Melrose sets talk; good stats little help to builders; funds lose $34 million
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| 10/24/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: TXU prices upsized 3-part mega-deal; Alliant brings reduced offering; Cablevision up as Dolan deal nixed
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| 10/24/2007 | HY | New Issues: TXU upsizes to $7.5 billion, includes $2.5 billion toggle notes tranche
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| 10/23/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Alliant revives postponed 7.5-year deal; Level 3 off on lowered guidance; Abitibi gains on merger OK
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| 10/22/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Ceridian deal hits the road; TXU price talk emerges; secondary rebounds after initial weakness
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| 10/22/2007 | HY | TXU talks $4.5 billion two-part cash-pay notes; pricing set for Wednesday
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| 10/19/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: US Investigations prices; Angiotech slides on earnings warning; Trump, GMAC ease in active dealings
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| 10/17/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Spectrum, Bon-Ton, GMAC trade lower; Cablevision up as buyout jeopardized; USIS price talk emerges
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| 10/16/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: First Data mega-deal prices, Bausch & Lomb too; Movie Gallery off on Chapter 11; GM bounces around
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| 10/15/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Bausch & Lomb downsizes, restructures deal; Level 3 off on CFO departure; GM gyrates
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| 10/15/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Bausch & Lomb downsizes, restructures deal; Level 3 off on CFO departure; GM gyrates
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| 10/15/2007 | HY | Underwriters launch $4.5 billion cash-pay notes for TXU LBO
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| 10/9/2007 | BKCVHY | S&P cuts TXU
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| 10/9/2007 | HYIG | TXU sets pricing in tender for three series of notes
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| 10/9/2007 | BKCVHY | Moody's drops TXU
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| 10/8/2007 | BKCVHY | Fitch cuts TXU
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| 10/5/2007 | HYIG | TXU gets consents needed for three series of notes
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| 9/25/2007 | HYIG | TXU tenders for $2.3 billion of debt
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| 6/15/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Remy sub bonds zoom on re-org accord; Penn National gets M&A boost
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| 6/14/2007 | BKHY | TXU LBO financing commitment calls for $25.9 billion credit facility, $11.25 billion bridge loans
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| 3/27/2007 | BKCVHY | Moody's: Investor buyout could result in deep downgrade for TXU
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| 3/13/2007 | BKCVHY | S&P rates TXU floaters BBB-, BB
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| 3/2/2007 | CVHY | S&P cuts TXU to junk
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| 3/1/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Univision prices, Freeport McMoRan ahead; TXU dives; funds see $23 million outflow, '07's first
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| 2/26/2007 | HY | Market Commentary: Allied Waste deal prices; TXU, other power bonds fall on LBO; Station Casinos mixed
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| 11/29/2004 | CVHY | Fitch rates TXU notes BBB-
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| 4/22/2003 | BKCVHY | Merrill Lynch analysis of power company capital structures favors AES, Calpine, TXU
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| 12/13/2002 | HY | Moody's cuts TXU to junk
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| 10/30/2002 | BKCVHY | TXU optimistic of remaining investment grade, sees no need to tap markets until 2004
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| 10/22/2002 | BKCVHY | Credit analyst: modest rally in TXU paper provides opportunity to exit
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| 10/18/2002 | HY | Moody's lowers Panavision's loan, confirms notes
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| 10/15/2002 | HY | B of A High Yield Large-Cap Index off 3.66%; 2002 loss widens to 15.68%
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| 10/11/2002 | HY | Market Commentary: Lucent warns of further retrenchment; abbreviated session limits activity
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| 10/10/2002 | HY | Market Commentary: Utility names firm a bit; funds continue to bleed; Amerco deal shelved, Golfsmith prices
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| 10/9/2002 | CVHY | Credit analyst sees more downside for TXU, serious costs if cut to junk
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| 10/9/2002 | HY | Market Commentary: Allegheny ratings cut to junk; Argosy bonds off on earnings warning; FMC upsizes 7-years
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| 10/7/2002 | HY | Market Commentary: Gap, retailers fall on continued West Coast port labor woes; Wynn to hit road with eight-year deal
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| 10/4/2002 | HY | Market Commentary: Market mostly ignores Conseco shuffle; Bally's off on new guidance; Brand shrinks deal
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