Nothing happened today. It was a poor day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts down 20bp, FixedResets gaining 6bp and DeemedRetractibles off 19bp; the FixedReset figure is affected by a reversal of yesterday’s …
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September 25, 2013
One thing (well, one of many things) that has bothered me over the years is the story of Henry Ford as philantropist: Henry Ford’s vision was that a mass-manufacturing solution would save so much money …
September 24, 2013
I’m glad to see someone resisting the politicization of the Fed: Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said the White House botched the nomination for Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s successor by …
DFN.PR.A To Get Bigger In Overnight Secondary Offering
Quadravest Capital Management Inc. has announced: Dividend 15 Split Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed a short form prospectus in each of the provinces of Canada with respect to an …
September 23, 2013
S&P’s chief economist has more tapering chatter: That the Fed did not announce tapering in September did not surprise us, as we have stuck to our December call. Starting to taper was conditional on U.S. …
BAM Outlook Raised to Stable by S&P
Standard and Poor’s has announced: We are revising our outlook on Brookfield Asset Management Inc. to stable from negative. At the same time, we are affirming our ratings on the company, including our ‘A-‘ long-term …
September 20, 2013
We’re getting a good start on October tapering chatter: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, a voter on policy this year who has backed record stimulus, said a small tapering of bond …
September 19, 2013
There seems to be a growing feeling that US regulators have gotten completely out of control: Rather than trying to take a stand on the conspiracy theory, I am raising the fundamental question of the …
September 18, 2013
Tapering? Schmapering! Taking into account the extent of federal fiscal retrenchment, the Committee sees the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions since it began its asset purchase program a year ago as consistent …
September 17, 2013
Nothing happened today, but I’m sure there was more tapering chatter. It was another fine day for the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts up 22bp, FixedResets gaining 18bp and DeemedRetractibles winning 37bp. The Performance …