Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Lehman Brothers is one of the largest dealers in Commercial Paper, a decidedly unsexy part of the bond market. That market is accessed by Yankee banks, corporations and structured asset vehicles for short term funding of operations.I am not wishing in any way shape or form the demise of Lehman ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Prices of Treasury coupons surged today as the euphoria which dominated the market yesterday slipped away and an enervating fear replaced it. The fear is most evident in the strength of the 2 year notes which is within spitting distance of cycle lows. It can be felt in the serious ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
To coin a phrase, yesterday was the best of times in the corporate bond market. However, today is shaping up as the worst of times. The euphoria which reigned yesterday proved ephemeral. Spreads have widened significantly and the tone of the market is soft.
The IG 10 is 145/146 after opening ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Plain vanilla pass-through mortgage backed paper has taken a severe clubbing today. The paper has widened by about 16/32 to swaps. One dealer notes real money clients taking profits and hot money sellers, too. The same dealer also reported that international demand for US assets at these yield levels is ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Lehman Brothers equity has dropped by 35 percent. There is some talk that they might truly be compelled to fold as the Treasury is currently busy frying other fish. They have had quite some time to right their ship (I think the ship metaphor is ok because it follows the ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Agency spreads are opening 3 basis points to 4 basis points wider this morning. There has been some profit taking after yesterday's run up and some participants are locking in the gains.One trader with whom I spoke had an interesting take. He said that trading volume yesterday was not that ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Lehman stock is trading about 10 percent lower at the open as KDB has ended discussions with Lehman.
WAMU is also having its problems. The stock is down about 8 percent and the credit default swaps are about 10 points richer this moring. In a corporate coup the firm ousted its ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
MBS are opening about 6 ticks wider to swaps this morning. The rally yesterday was epic and so there is some normal profit taking this morning. One dealer noted that there were still small shorts capitulating. Others are looking for the convexity bid to keep the basis firm.
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
U.S. Treasury Credit-Default Swaps Increase to Record, CMA Says
2008-09-09 11:17:19.700 GMT
By Abigail Moses
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of protecting against losses
on Treasuries rose to a record on concern the U.S. government
faces higher liabilities with its rescue of mortgage companies
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, credit-default swaps show.
Contracts on U.S. government ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
The IG 10 is opening a basis point tighter at 138.
Credit Suisse analysts have a very negative view on credit spreads and hold that any near term tightening is an opportunity to reduce exposure.
They note that there has been a substantial Treasury market rally and that will lead to heavy ...
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