Click for Big Trump’s trade war heated up over the long weekend: The trade war between the United States and China entered a more dangerous phase on Monday, as Beijing allowed its currency to weaken, …
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MAPF Portfolio Composition : July, 2019
Turnover shot up to 18% in July, as the rally from mid-June that started to fade in early July bred dislocations in the market. There is extreme segmentation in the marketplace, with OSFI’s NVCC rule …
August 2, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
August 1, 2019
Interesting survey from the UK: Concerns putting people off accessing impartial professional retirement planning advice 44% of people are put off by the perceived cost of advice 45% fear that the financial adviser would not …
July 31, 2019
The FOMC announcement came today: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate. Job …
July 30, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
July 29, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
July 26, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
July 25, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
July 24, 2019
PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.54%, equivalent to 7.20% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield 3.43%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 375bp, …