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- Corporate Bond Spreads and the Business Cycle
- This paper examines the predictive power of credit spreads from the corporate bond market. The high-yield bond spread and investment-grade spread can explain 68 per cent and 42 per cent of output variations one year ahead, while the term spread based on government debts can explain only 12 per cent...
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- S&P 500 200-Day Moving Average Spread at -32%
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Multiple market pundits have recently mentioned that the S&P 500 is trading the furthest below its 200-day moving average since the Great Depression. Below we have plotted the 200-day spread indicator going back to 1927. The index is currently trading 32% below its 200-day...
- External links 2008-11-17
- Aegean Marine Petroleum Continues To Display Solid Growth
- Tim Plaehn submits: Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. ANW has been a public company for 7 quarters now and their growth track has been steadily progressing. The 3rd quarter results just released were no exception. Aegean Marine is building a worldwide network of ship refueling facilities and the bunker...
- External links 2008-11-14
- GE, Goldman Bond Spreads: Unrealistic and Unsustainable
- Rakesh Saxena submits: Following the recent decline in Libor rates, the yield (10%) on Warren Buffett’s preferred stock investment in General Electric GE and Goldman Sachs GS is now appearing to be entirely in line with the evolving reality of corporate debt: that effective interest rates should incorporate perceptions of...
- External links 2008-11-12
- Telus Spread Presents Opportunity
- FP Trading Desk submits: The spread between Telus Corp.’s voting TU and non-voting (T.A) shares hit an all-time high above C$4.00 on Monday, before closing at C$3.20. While the spread may have grown in the past week as a result of forced unwinding of positions, RBC Capital Markets analyst...
- External links 2008-10-30
- Aetna Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Operator Instructions. We will take our question from John Rex with JPMorgan. John Rex - JPMorgan Thank you. My first question just, I am most surprised we can see a more significant reserve boost in the quarter, kind of given the more...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-29
- Hatteras Financial Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Steve DeLaney of JMP Securities. Steven DeLaney – JMP Securities Hey, good morning guys. How are you? Ben Hough Good Steve. Steven DeLaney – JMP Securities Good. So, congratulations on getting through a difficult quarter...
- Earnings calls 2008-11-12
- FirstMerit Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Scott Siefers with Sandler O’Neill. Tom O’Malley Hello, Scott. Scott Siefers – Sandler O’Neill Hello? Tom O’Malley Hi, Scott. Scott Siefers – Sandler O’Neill Hey! Can you guys hear me now? Tom O’Malley ...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-28
- First Commonwealth Financial Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Our first question comes from Damon Delmonte from KBW. Please go ahead. Damon Delmonte - KBW Hi, good morning, guys. How are you? Or good afternoon I should say. John Dolan Hi, Damon. Damon Delmonte - KBW I was just wondering if...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-27
- People’s United Financial Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Mark Fitzgibbon – Sandler O’Neill & Partners. Mark Fitzgibbon – Sandler O’Neill & Partners I wonder if you could help us think through sort of the timing and magnitude of potential cost synergies from the Chittenden deal....
- Earnings calls 2008-10-17
- Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones SA Q4 2007Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question is coming from Fred Morris of JP Morgan. Fred Morris – JP Morgan I had a quick question from the margin, you have touched upon this already but could you tell us again about your guidance for 2008 as you mentioned...
- Earnings calls 2008-02-20
- Kohlberg Capital Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from John Hecht with JMP Securities. John Hecht Good morning guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Dayl, you mentioned two loans of pay down since the end of the quarter, can you give...
- Earnings calls 2008-05-22
- The IPO Spread And Conflicts Of Interests
- The level of the IPO Initial public offerings spread taken by the underwriter is a controversial issue. Some claim that the level is too high and attributes it to collusion between investment banks while others contend to the contrary. The paper examines the spread in the framework of conflicts of...
- White papers 2003-10-25
- Are Credit Default Swap Spreads High in Emerging Markets? An Alternative Methodology for Proxying Recovery Value
- In times of distress when a country loses access to markets, there is evidence that Credit Default Swap CDS spreads are a leading indicator for sovereign risk than the EMBI+ sub-index for the country. However, it is not easy to discern the variables that determine the level of CDS spreads...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Keeping Pace
- Covering the spread ? the phrase has its own meaning in the world of sports betting. But when it comes to its gourmet cheese products, Rondelé Specialty Foods quite literally has its spread covered ? that is, making sure the company's manufacturing end keeps up with the growing demand for...
- White papers
- Monetary Policy and the Information Content of the Yield Spread
- This paper demonstrates that the ability of the yield spread to predict output fluctuations is contingent on the monetary authority's reaction function. In particular, expectations of monetary policy actions are crucial for the spread to predict output conditional on the short-rate. Furthermore, numerical experiments suggest that the post-1979 decrease in...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- The Long-Run Behavior of Debt and Equity Underwriting Spreads
- This paper is the first to look at the long-run (30-year) behavior of underwriting spreads in the markets for corporate equity and debt. Specifically, the paper analyzes the determinants of underwriting spreads on corporate bond issues, secondary equity offerings and initial public offerings over the period 1970-2000. The paper explains...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Subordinated Debt and Prompt Corrective Regulatory Action
- Several recent studies have recommended greater reliance on subordinated debt as a tool to discipline bank risk taking. Some of these proposals recommend using subordinated debt yield spreads as additional triggers for supervisory discipline under prompt corrective action PCA; action that is currently prompted by capital adequacy measures. This paper...
- White papers 2003-03-01
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- New York Fed Treasury Spread Model: Economic Recovery Has Started
- Mark J. Perry submits: The New York Fed just released its latest "Probability of U.S. Recession Predicted by Treasury Spread," with data through August 2009, and the Fed's recession probability forecast through August 2010 (see chart above, click to enlarge). The NY Fed's model uses the spread...
- External links 2009-09-09
- TED Spread: A Lagging Stock Market Indicator
- Michael Stokes submits: [This week I’m focusing on the TED spread and what it can tell us about the stock market. If you're not familiar with the TED spread, you can read more about it here.] In this report, I’ll look at the TED spread as a lagging indicator (or...
- External links 2008-11-06
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