Turnover slowed markedly in August to a little under 60%. This was both a normal summer slowdown and the effect of a sharply rising market in PerpetualDiscounts, which often has the effect of lifting all …
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September 2, 2009
The Boston Fed has prepared a foreclosure & house-price graphic for Massachussets: This interactive graphic, showing changing patterns in foreclosure rates and subprime mortgage originations across Massachusetts cities and towns since 1990 and their association …
September 1, 2009
Guillermo Calvo of Columbia University writes an interesting piece for VoxEU, Dumping Russia in 1998 and Lehman ten years later: Triple time-inconsistency episodes: This column introduces “triple time-inconsistent” episodes. First, a public institution is expected …
Best & Worst Performers: August 2009
These are total returns, with dividends presumed to have been reinvested at the bid price on the ex-date. The list has been restricted to issues in the HIMIPref™ indices. August 2009 Issue Index DBRS Rating …
August 31, 2009
Spend-Every-Penny has declared: As the United States and other countries debate giving more authority to central banks and other regulatory agencies, [Spend-Every-Penny] Sunday said he is sticking with his current approach to systemic oversight, which …
BSD.PR.A Semi-Annual Financials Published
Brookfield Soundvest Rising Distribution Split Trust has released its 1H09 Financials: The published combined net asset value (the “Combined Net Asset Value”), which refers to the value of a capital unit and a preferred security …
August 28, 2009
Credit markets are recovering on the back of credit markets: Banks are increasing lending to buyers of high-yield company loans and mortgage bonds at what may be the fastest pace since the credit-market debacle began …
Why Have Canadian Banks Been More Resilient?
A VoxEU piece by Rocco Huang of the Philadelphia Fed and Lev Ratnovski of the IMF is based on an IMF working paper, Why are Canadian Banks More Resilient? that is of great interest (paper …
August 27, 2009
FixedResets outperformed PerpetualDiscounts today, +13bp vs. -8bp, and grabbed the top three spots in the volume table. Volume eased off a little. HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues …
DBRS Adjusts SplitShare Rating Methodology
DBRS has published its new Methodology: Rating Canadian Split Share Companies and Trusts, August 2009: DBRS applies a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis in its Preferred Share rating process. The quantitative analysis includes using …