Abstract
Exploitable seasonal patterns in high–yield bond returns are not limited to the widely studied “January effect.” On average, the high–yield sector outperforms ten–year Treasuries by a wider margin between December 1 and May 31 than between June 1 and November 30. Within the high–yield sector, single–Bs outperform double–Bs on average between December 1 and May 31, and underperform them between June 1 and November 30. The author finds that the semiannual seasonality effect does not appear to reflect seasonality in capital flows to the high–yield sector, but arises rather from a seasonal pattern in Treasury bond returns.
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