Just the bare bones again … but today’s results have them partying! Click for Big HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index …
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April 6, 2016
Just the bare bones again! Hopefully I’ll have caught up with all my overdue things in the near future! PerpetualDiscounts now have a yield of 5.58%, equivalent to 7.25% interest at the standard equivalency factor …
April 5, 2016
Just bare bones again, I’m afraid! 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. …
April 4, 2016
We have a new investment proverb, courtesy of Steve Sosnick, an equity risk manager at Timber Hill, the market-making unit of Greenwich, Connecticut-based Interactive Brokers Group Inc., as reported by Bloomberg’s Joe Ciolli: “Consensus trades …
April 1, 2016
Jobs, jobs, jobs! Employment in the U.S. climbed and wages picked up in March, signs of labor-market durability in the face of lethargic global growth. The 215,000 gain in payrolls followed a revised 245,000 February …
March 31, 2016
Yet another bare-bones effort! 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 …
CWB.PR.C Below Expectations On Decent Volume
Canadian Western Bank has announced: that it has closed its domestic public offering of non-cumulative 5-year rate reset First Preferred Shares Series 7 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Series 7 Preferred Shares”). CWB issued 5,600,000 …
March 30, 2016
It’s nice to see a little high-level push-back against civil forfeiture: Q: What reforms would help fix the flaws in the law? A: I’m working to draft bipartisan reforms to fix these flaws. For starters, …
March 29, 2016
My old buddy Bing Li is now the proud co-author of a book, Multi-Asset Investing: A Practitioner’s Framework: Despite the accepted fact that a substantial part of the risk and return of any portfolio comes …
March 28, 2016
Another bare-bones report, I’m afraid! Geez, I hate the first quarter of the year! HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at …