Combining derivatives with high-yield notes had gotten untold numbers of investors into trouble, especially those who invested in Lehman principal protected notes, which went belly up and left investors holding the bag.

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The most high-profile case has been Lehman principal-protected notes, which were sold as high-yield bonds.

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With yields on 10-Year Treasury notes declining to 1.84%, the high-yield REITs are looking even more attractive and these three appear to have completed short-term bottom formations.

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The yield on Portuguese 10-year notes jumped to a new crisis high of 6.33%, with the spread over German 10-year notes rising by 3.5 percentage points.

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In April 2010, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes was as high as 4.01%.

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