Archive for October, 2014

Breakdown of This Week’s Corporate Issuance

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Weekly Issuance Stats; Tenors, Ratings, Sectors 2014-10-24 17:11:45.149 GMT By Lisa Loray Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- $34.475b priced from 25 issuers in 34 tranches for week ending today, 15th week this year to exceed $30b. Monthly volume $75.25b, YTD $1.167t. * Deals priced every day this week, a 1st since week ending Sept. 26 * ...

MBS

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Mortgages have seen limited activity today amidst light origination selling. FNMA 3 are lagging Treasuries by 3/4 / 32 . The 4s and 4.5s are outperforming by 1+ ticks.Fifteen year paper  is lagging 30 year paper as REITS and money managers continue to be sellers.

Treasury Market Musings

Friday, October 24th, 2014

As I made the rounds of market makers and portfolio managers this morning I find a tired group of people looking forward to the weekend. On the market making side traders report very light volumes today and little information in the types of trades going through or from the actors ...

Corporate Bond Issuance Today

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today 2014-10-24 13:49:12.44 GMT By Greg Chang Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of new issues expected to price today. * Credit Suisse, acting through its NY Branch $benchmark A1/A * 7Y * IPT +125 area * IPT +125 area</li></ul> * E.CL SA $350m ...

Swaps

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Swap spreads have leaked wider in the belly. One portfolio manager reports 5s and 10s are each wider by 1/4 basis point. The 2s and 30s are unchanged. He said that flow was minimal and he speculated that the belly widening resulted from the better bid in the Treasury market. I ...

Treasury Market

Friday, October 24th, 2014

One dealer reports foreign sellers of off the run 5 year paper and domestic end users looking to pick up off the run 2 year paper at levels above 40 basis points.

Corporate Bonds

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Corporate bond spreads are opening with very little change. The IG 23 is a smidgeon wider (+ 1/2)  at 66 1/4 to 66 3/4. Long dated financial paper is unchanged to 1 basis point wider.

Mid Term Election Analysis

Friday, October 24th, 2014

A fully paid up subscriber forwarded this analysis of the November 4 midterm and the consequences of a likely GOP takeover of the Senate Via JPMorgan (from what looks like a daily newsletter entitled J.P.Morgan Early Look at the Market Nov mid-term elections – an early preview The2014 Nov mid-term elections take place Tues ...

Dealer Positions

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Dealer Positions Fall; High Yield at Record Low 2014-10-24 10:45:00.2 GMT By Robert Elson Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Dealer positions in corporate bonds fell $4.8b to $33.3b as of Oct 15. $45.9b, seen March 5, was the high for the series Fed began April 2013; $23b low was Aug 28, 2013. * Investment grade ...

What to Watch Today

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Via Bloomberg: WHAT TO WATCH: * (All times New York) Economic Data * 10:00am: New Home Sales, Sept., est. 470k (prior 504k) * New Home Sales m/m, Sept., est. -6.8% (prior 18% * New Home Sales m/m, Sept., est. -6.8% (prior 18%</li></ul>