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 …
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May 13, 2019
Trump has indicated his disdain for the World Trade Organization and for the Trans-Pacific Partnership while starting mini-trade wars with US allies, eliminating those potential avenues to increase pressure on China to be a freer …
May 8, 2019
PerpetualDiscounts now yield 5.47%, equivalent to 7.11% interest at the standard equivalency factor of 1.3x. Long corporates now yield 3.71%, so the pre-tax interest-equivalent spread (in this context, the “Seniority Spread”) is now about 340bp, …
May 7, 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 …
May 6, 2019
Some might be interested in the Investment Executive Brokerage Report Card: Not surprisingly, the strong growth in advisors’ businesses flowed through to their bottom lines: more than a fifth (20.8%) of Report Card respondents reported …
May 3, 2019
The US jobs number was excellent: The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in half a century last month, capping the longest streak of job creation in modern times and dispelling recession fears that …
MAPF Portfolio Composition : April, 2019
Turnover picked up in April to about 11% as the migration from Straight Perpetuals to FixedResets continued, together with some opportunistic trading from an insurance FixedReset to non-regulated issues. There is extreme segmentation in the …
May 2, 2019
Lots of Fed-betting today: Treasury yields jumped as a wave of bets that the Fed will keep rates on hold longer than expected — before possibly cutting them — was unleashed in derivatives markets. Chairman …
May 1, 2019
The FOMC issued its statement: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity rose at a solid rate. Job gains have …
April 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 …