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Bond Market Insights - Fri, Apr 8 2022
Japanese Lifers sell most foreign debt since 2020 in March - Asia credit dominated by new issues -
Apr 8, 20222 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Thurs, Apr 7 2022
FOMC minutes a non-event, Continued selling of China TMT bonds overnight, consolidation in China property
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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Brain-Fade
From our perch, the communication from the Fed’s Brainard overnight was thick with irony. As my Italian friend noted, I never thought I woul
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, April 6 2022
US Treasuries sold off led by the belly of the curve - FOMC the main focus today - Despite downgrades HY China property being sought after
Apr 6, 20223 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Tues, April 5 2022
Asia Sovereign’s were dominated by the frontier markets. Pakistan and Sri Lanka were marked down as political uncertainty escalated.
Apr 5, 20221 min read
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Hot Stuff
The recent macro news flow has many parallels with the 1970s. As a result, I cannot seem to get the immortal Donna Summer out of my head. Th
Apr 4, 20223 min read
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The (Unsustainable) Gap Between Actions & Promises
Oh boy, what a quarter it has been in markets. The round trip on the S&P500 (the global risk proxy) has been -14% from the early January hig
Mar 31, 20223 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, Mar 30 2022
Month end rebalancing took Asia IG spreads up to 4bp tighter yesterday. There was some real money selling of India corporate 10yr benchmarks
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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The Zen of Yen
Following the balance sheet recession Japan has experienced a long (perpetual) phase of near zero interest rates. The period also coincided
Mar 29, 20223 min read
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When to Buy Bonds?
There is an old saying in the stock market that you should be buying when they’re crying and selling when they’re yelling. The observation i
Mar 28, 20223 min read
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Until Something Breaks
There has clearly been a shift in the prevailing bias on the path of future short term interest rates this week. The upshot is that the Wall
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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Bond Market Insights - Wed, Mar 23 2022
The moves in US Treasuries are central to sentiment currently. Fed's Bullard continues hawkish, wanting 300bps hike this year...
Mar 23, 20222 min read
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