High-Yield Bonds With Strong Credit Ratings
30 bonds yielding 10% or more that are still rated A- or better - the credit band above the BBB rungs where most high-yield paper sits. Yields run 10% to 12.45% (average 10.5%), roughly double a bank FD, without dropping to the weakest investment-grade issuers to get there. Unlike the other lists here, this one is sorted by credit rating first and yield second, so the safest issuers clearing the 10% bar appear at the top. A strong rating lowers default risk; it does not remove it, and these bonds are not DICGC-insured.
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Only up to a point - yield is the market's price for risk, so nothing pays 10%+ risk-free. What you can do is avoid paying for risk twice over: as of Oct 2026 these 30 bonds yield 10% to 12.45% while still holding an A- or better rating, so the extra return over an FD comes with a stronger credit opinion behind it than a typical BBB high-yield bond.
What does an A- or better rating actually mean?
It is the band CRISIL, ICRA, CARE and India Ratings use for issuers with an adequate to highest degree of safety on timely repayment - one to eight rungs above BBB-, the lowest investment grade. It measures default probability only. It says nothing about the price you would get selling before maturity, and it can be downgraded.
Why is this list not sorted by yield?
Because sorting by yield reproduces the highest-yield list, which already exists. Here the top of the page is the strongest credit that still clears 10%, so you trade down the rating scale deliberately rather than starting at the riskiest bond on the site.