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- Bond Expert: Friday Wrap
- John Jansen submits: Agency, Swaps and Mortgages Agency spreads were unchanged today versus Treasury paper. One trader noted that the market remains lethargic and is likely to stay that way until someone in authority offers some clarity on the issue of the less robust guarantee that the GSEs have...
- External links 2008-10-17
- Commercial Paper Funding Facility: So Far, So Good
- John Jansen submits: The Federal Reserve opened the Commercial Paper Funding Facility for business today. It came off pretty much without a hitch. This facility buys commercial paper from issuers such as GE and will hold that paper. Today funding was about 70 basis points through Libor which is...
- External links 2008-10-27
- Taxpayer Takeover of Citi Should Bring More Fear
- John Jansen submits: The Wall Street Journal is reporting on its website that Citibank and the United States Government are negotiating a deal which would make the Government a substantial owner of Citibank common shares.The ownership would come about as a substantial portion of the preferred stake which the...
- External links 2009-02-23
- Freddie Mac: Parsing the Euphoria
- John Jansen submits: Freddie Mac actually reported that they earned money in its most recent quarter,to the tune of some $ 768 million. The stock had a huge gain of about 73 percent. One analyst with whom I spoke questioned the euphoria which the report of net...
- External links 2009-08-10
- Citi: Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul
- John Jansen submits: With much fanfare the Citibank C name is flashed all over the headlines this morning because they want the government out of their hair. The WSJ story noted that the bank would raise equity capital and would urge the government to reduce its stake by...
- External links 2009-09-15
- Freddie Mac's Shrinking Portfolio
- John Jansen submits: The retained mortgage portfolio at Freddie Mac FRE is declining with alacrity. It peaked in March of this year at $867 billion and was down to $780 billion at the end of March. The portfolio has declined at a particularly rapid rate in July...
- External links 2009-09-25
- AIG's New Competition Threatens on All Fronts
- John Jansen submits: This story reminds me of the old Laurel and Hardy line which I am not quite sure if I recall exactly. But I believe it went, “This is one fine fix we are in now, Ollie." AIG has competition from a Greenberg-run company which...
- External links 2009-10-27
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- Bond Expert: Lehman, the Corporates, and MBS
- John Jansen submits: To coin a phrase, yesterday was the best of times in the corporate bond market. However, today is shaping up as the worst of times. The euphoria which reigned yesterday proved ephemeral. Spreads have widened significantly and the tone of the market is soft. The...
- External links 2008-09-09
- Fed Manipulation: Adding to the Bloggers' Case
- A week ago a great debate was stirred in the financial blog world. As is often the case, Zero Hedge was in the middle of the fracas. Mr. Durden penned a piece that suggested that the Fed was manipulating the auctions in such a way as to benefit the primary...
- External links 2009-08-14
- Bond Expert: Early Wednesday Wrap
- John Jansen submits: (I am writing this early because I have some business to attend to this afternoon. It is about 230PM as I begin to pen this and that is about an hour earlier than normal.) Prices of Treasury coupon securities pushed higher today as financial concerns...
- External links 2008-08-20
- Bond Expert: Wednesday Outlook
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities are registering, on balance, marginal price gains in overseas trading. The status of the Federal bailout of the financial industry dominates the trading landscape. Testimony yesterday by Paulson and Bernanke failed to assuage the skepticism of legislators, and while the package...
- External links 2008-09-24
- Another Day Without Precedent
- John Jansen submits: I wrote a few weeks ago when Lehman LEH collapsed or AIG AIG collapsed that observing the financial markets today is like reading financial science fiction. This another unprecedented evening after an unprecedented day. There is no history to consult and no markers to guide...
- External links 2008-09-25
- Bond Expert: Monday Outlook
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities have posted marginal gains in overnight trading. The benchmark 2 year note yields 2.38 percent. The benchmark 5 year notes yields 3.09 percent. The 10 year note yields 3.83 percent and the Long Bond yields 4.46 percent. The 2 year/10 year...
- External links 2008-08-18
- Armageddon? Maybe Next Week.
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities retreated today as the financial Armageddon which some had awaited anxiously has been deferred for now. The rollicking trade of the last several days has yielded to something a little more placid and pacific. Against that background, yields on benchmark Treasury...
- External links 2008-08-21
- Bond Expert: Friday Outlook
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities registered small mixed changes in overseas trading ahead of the shortened trading day which will lead into the Labor Day holiday weekend. The yield on the 2 year note has climbed one basis point to 2.37 percent. The yield on the...
- External links 2008-08-29
- Bond Expert: Monday Wrap
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities exploded higher today as fears of financial Armageddon gripped investors around the globe. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers LEH and the melting of equity value at AIG AIG prompted a flight to the safety of government securities. The yield on the...
- External links 2008-09-15
- Funding Crisis Underway This Morning
- John Jansen submits: There is a major funding crisis currently in progress. Overnight Libor is 6.44 percent and one week Libor is 3.90 percent. That is an increase of 138 basis points from yesterday. Two week Libor is 100 basis higher and one month Libor is 25 basis points...
- External links 2008-09-16
- First Look: FOMC Statement
- John Jansen submits: At the conclusion of its conclave on interest rates and monetary policy, the FOMC issued a statement which held the target federal funds rate at 2 percent. Policy makers cited a litany of reasons for the slowdown in growth. They noted that financial markets strains had...
- External links 2008-09-16
- Next Victim, Please!
- John Jansen submits: Wachovia cash bonds have dropped by 20 points today. The CDS is trading with points up front and the last quote I heard is 33/37. One corporate bond salesperson opined that Golden West Financial ,which Wachovia acquired, looks very much like WaMu WM. by John...
- External links 2008-09-26
- Bond Expert: Tuesday Outlook
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities in overseas trading are extending the losses achieved yesterday amidst the very powerful stock market rally which ensued after the announcement of the Geithner Plan to solve the problem of toxic assets on financial firm balance sheets. Some economic data released...
- External links 2009-03-24
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