As noted by the WSJ, the American Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has released its 4Q07 Quarterly Banking Report. It starts off with a bang!: Record-high loan-loss provisions, record losses in trading activities and goodwill impairment …
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Preferred Shares & Volatility
My name has come up in a Financial Webring discussion of preferreds, with sufficient questions that I’ll address the questions here. I diligently read Mr. Hymas’s PrefBlog and Pref Info websites. Diligently? PrefBlog should be …
February 22, 2008
Not much today! I did, however, post about RS’s attitude towards icebergs and Inflation Expectations … you guys will just have to make do with that. I see there are rumours of an Ambac rescue: …
February 19, 2008
A number of continuing stories today … Accrued Interest reviewed a recent batch of Auction Rate Municipal auctions: There was absolutely no rhyme or reason to what failed vs. succeeded and what rates resulted. The City …
February 11, 2008
I mentioned the increasing nervousness of the Treasury market on February 8 and now Accrued Interest has opined: Treasury yields at current levels can only be supported if the Fed holds interest rates low for …
CCS.PR.C To Be Added to TSX Quantum
The TSX has announced: Ten new symbols will be added to TSX Quantum on Friday March 7th 2008. > These symbols join Telus Corporation (T and T.A) and TSX Group Inc. (X) that …
February 8, 2008
Bill Gross of PIMCO (whose forecast of FedFunds at 3.50% was mentioned here on October 29) has called for rough justice for the monolines: As long as the illusion lasted, however, it is clear that …
MAPF Portfolio Composition : January 31, 2008
There was a good level of trading in January, most of it intra-sector. MAPF Sectoral Analysis 2008-1-31 HIMI Indices Sector Weighting YTW ModDur Ratchet 0% N/A N/A FixFloat 0% N/A N/A Floater 0% N/A N/A …
February 5, 2008
The roar erupts from the angry crowds: when is PrefBlog going to get any work done? Again today, general commentary will be greatly foreshortened. In my defence, I can only say that I was able …
Best & Worst Performers: January 2008
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. Issue Index DBRS Rating Monthly Performance …