Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
I was sitting here beginning to compose my closing posts yesterday when I thought there was a forest fire in the room here at Across the Curve corporate headquarters.
It turns out that the power supply for this computer was fried and consequently I had to retreat from my outpost here ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Agency spreads widened 1/2 basis point in the 2 year sector and are unchanged in other sectors. Market participants reported very subdued levels of activity and a dearth of central bank activity.
Later on this week the Open Market Desk is expected to announce a buyback of 2016 through 2032 paper.
Freddie ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Corporate bond spreads are unchanged. There are still many participants waiting to buy just below the market. Salesmen with whom I spoke thought that it would require some mini cataclysm to ignite significant spread widening.
Spreads have narrowed in some instances to August 2007 levels. I have not quoted the three ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Swap spreads are tighter across the curve. Two year spreads are tighter by 2 1/2 basis points. Five year spreads are narrower by 3 1/2 basis points. Ten year spread are tighter by 4 basis points at 25 and thirty year spreads are narrower by 2 basis points at NEGATIVE ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Now playing at Across the Curve HQ " Let It Bleed" by the popular group from the UK known as the Rolling Stones.
Many great songs on this one. Here is a piece of trivia though which i never knew. Al Kooper who played the organ on Dylan's Like Rolling Stone ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Financial names are opening unchanged to a couple of basis points weaker this morning.
Here are selected quotes with the change from Friday.
BAC 7 5/8 2019 365/355 +2
C 8 1/2 2019 425/420 +2
GS 6 2014 240/230 unchanged
JPM 4.65 2014 225/215 +3
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Libor opened at 0.61438 versus 0.62438 on Friday.
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Prices of Treasury coupon securities continued their rebound in overnight trading as comments by the Russian Finance Minister and sharp declines in global equity markets sponsored a strong bid in the US Treasury market.
The yield on the 2 year note declined 5 basis points to 1.22 percent. The yield on ...
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Prices of Treasury coupon securities are posting solid gains again today as the rally which began yesterday continued today. For a host of reasons regarding the impulse for today's price gains, please refer to this post on swaps and mortgages and vol.
The yield on the 2 year note slipped5 basis ...
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Agency spreads are a couple tighter on the day. Two year and three year sector bonds are two basis points tighter. Five year and 10 year agencies are 3 basis points tighter.
The Federal Reserve purchased about $ 3.4 billion of 4 year through 6 1/2 year paper.
The tone is firm ...
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