Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Prices of Treasury coupon securities posted bifurcated results today with most of the list showing small losses and the Long Bond manifesting modest gains. The benchmark 2 year note yield increased 3 basis points to 2.17 percent. The yield on the 5 year note also climbed 3 basis points and ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Delinquencies on home equity lines of credit on the rise.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Secondary market corporate bond spreads are tighter by about a nickel. The market has a robust tone and there is little paper for sale.
There has been a spate of issuance announcements from financial firms. Citibank is bringing a perpetual preferred deal and JPMorgan which brought a multi billion dollar perp ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
FNMA 5 1/2s are about 8 ticks tighter to treasuries and 5 ticks better versus swaps. Foreign buyers continue to drive the trade but there is speculation that a domestic bank or the GSEs are large buyers.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Treasury market trading opened weaker but the advent of some buying has pared the losses a bit.
Supply is a bit of a bugaboo this week in Treasuries as the Treasury will auction $8 billion 5 year TIPS tomorrow. They will also announce brand new 2 year notes and 5 year ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
From the FT, complete details on the Bank of England lending facility.
From Marketwatch the details of the Bank of America earnings report. The CEO of Bank of America notes rather specifically that he has concerns regarding the health of the consumer. As should all lenders.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Prices of Treasury coupon securities have registered mixed results in overseas trading. The yield on the 2 year note has declined by 2 basis points to 2.10 percent while the yield on the 5 year note is unchanged at 2.90 percent. Issues with maturities of 10 years or longer posted ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
In the previous post I noted that custody holdings of agency debt at the New York Federal Reserve had jumped $89 billion in the last five weeks. The economist I cited is an avid reader and reports I erred. The $89 billion is correct but it is split between $39billion ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Prices of Treasury coupon securities continue to erode and the Treasury curve continues to flatten as fear of financial Armageddon recedes. The yield on the 2 year note has climbed 13 basis points to 2.23 percent while the yield on the 5 year note has climbed 15 basis points to ...
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