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Just when you thought it was safe to stay in the water

Investors in high-yield bonds need to lose their complacency fast — changes in regulation have made these assets much riskier and more volatile

When you are on that nice safe beach the family has gone to for years, the kids are splashing in the shallows and you are taking a lazy dip further out, the last thing you want is to see a shark fin in the water.

That is how holders of high-yield bonds should be feeling.

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