Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Prices of Treasury coupon securities have, on balance, posted modest gains in overnight trading. The yield curve continues to steepen and the 2 year /10 year spread has reached a local high water mark at 195 basis points. The yield on the 2 year note has declined 4 basis points ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
I just received a note from my money market source which states that money markets are stable in Europe and he expects Libors "to be a touch lower" when they set later.
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Via Reuters a story regarding the still taut money markets.
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Bloomberg reports on a money fund operated by Wachovia which has restrivted access while the $9 billion of assets is liquidated. One more casualty of the crunch!
Vultures begin to circle as AIG prepares to shed assets.
Brad Setser with an interesting post on the Federal Reserve balance sheet.
Credit crunch makes it ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Prices of Treasury coupon securities surged today and recouped a portion of the outsized losses suffered yesterday. The yield on the benchmark 2 year note has dropped 15 basis points to 1.81 percent. The yield on the benchmark 5 year note dropped 13 basis points to 2.85 percent. The yield ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Agency spreads are wider by 6 basis points in the 2 year sector and by 2basis points in both the 5 year sector and the 10 year sector.
Liquidity remains impaired and small blocks of bonds can move the market an inordinate amount. One trader described an instance in which only ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
In the middle of the day that familiar avuncular billionaire from the heartland of America stepped in and purchsed some cheap shares as GE floated $15 billion of stock. Buffet will purchase $3billion of preferred shares and the other $12 billion in common stock will be marketed to other investors.
CDS ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
This is the note that HSBC economists sent to clients after the ISM report earlier today:
HSBC: US Sep ISM Manufacturing - Ugly Result
* ISM manufacturing drops sharply to 43.5 (consensus 49.5) from
49.9 in Aug. This is the lowest reading since ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
There is a $2billion bid list circulating through the market for the liquidation of a SIV. It is mostly credit card paper and student loans. If you wish to be a voyeur I present the list below:
AEIT 2005-2 A 02586GAD4 165mm 3.9yr card
AMXCA ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Money managers, servicers and originators have been heavy sellers,especially in the 5.5 coupon.
Consequently, mortgages lag by 6 basis points to 7 basis points.
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