After years of loose money in financial markets, some observers think the mortgage morass could cause investors to rethink their attitude to other forms of credit risk, such as high-yield bonds.

一些观察家认为，金融市场经过多年的头寸松之后，房贷泥潭可能会使投资者重新思考他们对其他信用风险形式的态度，比如高收益债券。

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Mike Thompson of Thomson Financial says that, since 1991, the correlation between the performance of high-yield bonds and the S&P 500 index has been pretty low—less than 20%.

汤姆逊金融公司的迈克•汤姆逊这样说道，自1991年，高收益债券和标普500指数之间的相关性就非常低，不到20%。

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The S&P 500 already is up 39% since March 9 and high-yield bonds are up 31%.

3月9日以来，标准普尔500指数已经涨了39%，高收益债券涨了31%。

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For high-yield bonds, this is often calculated at 50 bps over the benchmark rate.

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