Archive for October, 2009

Euro Dollar Futures

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

I am trying to incorporate a new feature today and will see if I can provide a little color on the sector. If anyone wishes to send commentary to my email which is on the blog I would be grateful for the color.Today there has been quite a bit of ...

Seven Year Result: Two Basis Point Tail

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

U.S. AWARDS 59.3% OF 7-YR TO INDIRECT BIDDERS U.S. SEVEN-YEAR NOTES BID/COVER RATIO 2.65 AT AUCTION U.S. SEVEN-YEAR NOTES DRAW 3.141%; ALLOTTED AT HIGH 46.79%

Stimulus Jobs Overstated

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Another article from the RealClearPoltics website. This one chronicles the overcounting of jobs saved by the stimulus package. I have no knowledge of the authors and do not know if they have an axe to grind. The article seems pretty straight forward.

Election Preview

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Next week brings an off off year election but there is probably some information to be derived from the outcome. There are three races with a modicum of national significance: the gubernatorial battles in Virginia and New Jersey as well as well as a battle for a Congressional seat in upstate ...

Treasury Miscellany

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Treasury market is rather weak following the stronger than expected GDP report. Most of the people with whom I speak are in the camp that the growth is not sustainable with government spending. Theoretically, that can not continue forever. I have heard of some insurance company buying of the long end ...

Morning Miscellany

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Corporate bond spreads areunchanged thus far. Trading is very light as participants digest the data. Stocks have bounced and I suspect that if the gains hold, corporate bonds should regain some of the ground which the sector surrendered yesterday. There is one decent sized deal on the docket thus far: a three ...

Option ARMS and Alt A Via RBS Securities

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

This was in a morning note from AAron Kohli of RBS and I thought it worthy of reproduction here. I can not reproduce the chart he referenced. I also visited the Saint Louis Fed website and could notlocate more detail. "Turning now to an announcement that caught our eye yesterday, the ...

IG 13 and Some CDS

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

- 5yr Snr Bank CDS: BAC 115/120 (unch), CITI 168/178 (-7), JPM 58/63 (-2), WFC 102/107 (-3) - 5yr Snr Broker CDS: GS 100/105 (-2), MS 128/138 (unch) - CDS Index: IG13 107.5/108.5 (-2)

LIBOR

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Libor is unchanged at 0.28063.

Last Buyback

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The final buyback by the Open Market Desk will cover the December 2013 through April 2016 sector.