HIMI Index Changes, September 30, 2008 Issue From To Because SBN.PR.A SplitShare Scraps Volume DF.PR.A SplitShare Scraps Volume STW.PR.A Scraps InterestBearing Volume There were the following intra-month changes: HIMI Index Changes during September 2008 Issue …
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On an old thread regarding RY.PR.K, Assiduous Reader Kaitas21 asked: Hi Hymas, I wonder if you could shed some light on the RY.PR.K or even the recent Brookfield Asset Management 5.00% Cumulative, Convertible Class A …
January 22, 2008
Shock and awe in the markets today as the Fed cut 75bp to 3.5% and the Bank of Canada cut 25bp to 4.0%. James Hamilton at Econbrowser labels the Fed move an attempt to mitigate damage: …
January 21, 2008
Unlike Quebecor, the monoline ACA Capital Holdings (of CIBC and Merrill Lynch fame) was given a little breathing room by its creditors, presumably on the grounds that it doesn’t make much difference. Three comments from the story are of …
January 14, 2008
I spent a lot of time this afternoon worrying about my Assiduous Readers. “Geez”, I thought, “There’s nothing going on today and I can’t think of anything interesting to say about it. What will I …
January 11, 2008
A few stories continued today … MBIA announced its deeply subordinated bond issue (noted on January 9 will carry a yield of 14%: MBIA’s yield is equivalent to 956 basis points higher than U.S. Treasuries of …
January 10, 2008
Accrued Interest compares a list of the top ten corporate bond issuers (by weight) with the top ten components of the S&P 500 (by weight) and speculates that the apparent divergence between the stock and …
January 3, 2008
Here’s a switch! US ABCP outstanding actually increased last week, from USD 747.6-billion to USD 773.8-billion. It has been suggested that the market is stabilizing … but I’ll wait for a little more data, not …
December 20, 2007
I’m sorry. I had witty & trenchant analysis planned, the secrets of the universe unveiled and was even going to tell you what the price of oil will be exactly one year hence … but …
December 18, 2007
More news today on the LIBOR front … the ECB is offering unlimited Euros for a two week term at 4.21%. There was an instant reduction in two week Euro-LIBOR: The rate banks charge each …