investment-grade market

noun [C] (also high-grade market) FINANCE

Definition

› a market for good quality bonds that have a low risk of not being paid back: I have no AA or AAA-rated bonds in the portfolio due to my concern for the investment-grade market.

(Definition of investment-grade market noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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