Companies issued a torrent of convertible bonds since the pandemic hit, even before Coinbase Global Inc. brought out its own bazooka offering earlier this week.
The appeal of convertibles, like meme stocks or buzzy companies yet to turn a profit, is the chance to make a haul if shares eventually skyrocket. The bonds also come without the downside risk of owning the stock until that happens. “It can really run the gambit. Convertible issuance is done by every imaginable type of company,” King told MarketWatch, adding that since his start in the 1980s he’s pretty much seen it all.
Those financings provided quick cash infusions to tide companies over, but also significant payouts for convertible debtholders where rallying equities triggered conversions into stock.How it works Convertible bonds aren’t the biggest part of the debt market, nor are they easy for everyone to buy, like individual stocks.
But King noted that Columbia’s fund produced a roughly 48% return in 2020, or about 4.5 times its long-term normal, which was “virtually all because of recovery plays” and highflying technology stocks that soared to new highs during the pandemic, like Tesla Inc. TSLA, -1.01%, which has issued convertible debt.
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