Given the ongoing volatility in fixed income markets, it’s time to once again to take a look at performance. The chart below shows where we stand on a year-to-date basis for major asset classes from a USD investor’s point of view.Note: returns vary bas…
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Diverging fund flows are reflected in performance – Sober Look
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Capital is returning to certain fixed income sectors. Fund flows are quite uneven however, with the corporate sector remaining investors’ favorite. In particular, high yield bonds have recouped a great deal of the recent outflows.Source: Goldman SachsI…
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Retail fixed income investor capitulation – Sober Look
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Spooked retail investors are exhibiting complete capitulation in their bond portfolios. They have been dumping fixed income assets, particularly munis in record amounts.Source: DBAnd the proceeds are ending up in money market funds – at the same time a…
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Fixed income party is over – for now – Sober Look
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This has been one of the worst months for fixed income assets in years. Active investors are dumping bonds of all types. Here is what the performance looks like over a period of a month (through today).A great deal of this selling has been forced by ET…
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Rotation out of fixed income – Sober Look
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Last year we discussed just how frothy the US fixed income valuations have become (here and here). Now in a matter of several weeks, the US bond markets have wiped out a year’s worth of gains and then some. That includes all the interest income.In…
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Spanish Yields at 7% Show Investors Slamming Door: Euro Credit – Bloomberg
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Investors who oversee more than $3.2 trillion expect Spain to become the fourth euro member to need external funding as borrowing costs surge to levels too punitive for the nation to finance its needs on the capital markets. Spanish debt has slumped, pushing the 10-year yield today to a euro-era record of 7.14 percent, as…
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Bond Spreads Soar as JPMorgan Goes ‘Underweight’: Credit Markets – BusinessWeek
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Bond Spreads Soar as JPMorgan Goes 'Underweight': Credit MarketsBusinessWeekFixed-income strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. said in a report to clients dated May 18 that they expect both investment- grade and high-yield debt to underperfor…
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Bond Spreads Soar as JPMorgan Goes ‘Underweight’: Credit Markets – Bloomberg
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BloombergBond Spreads Soar as JPMorgan Goes 'Underweight': Credit MarketsBloombergFixed-income strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. said in a report to clients dated May 18 that they expect both investment- grade and high-yield debt to under…
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Market Liquidity Report — Special Guest Post by Lee Adler
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The following is an extended excerpt from my friend Lee Adler’s Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition. Since we all know that liquidity is key to the market, I thought this report might be of interest, especially since his conclusion&nbs…
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Market’s Liquidity Indicators Begin To Tilt Bearish – With Free Excerpt
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The composite liquidity indicator downticked last week on small declines in most of its components. We know that the downtick in the Fed’s pumping to Primary Dealers is temporary, but the weakening in other indicators may not be. Over the course of this latest surge, most of the cash has been targeted at the Treasury…