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Mar 17, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Friday, 17 Mar 2023
US treasuries bear flattened as equities rallied amid action taken to stabilize ailing banks. 2yr yields jumped to 4.20 vs overnight lows...
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Mar 16, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Thurs, 16 Mar 2023
The March FOMC meeting is now priced between a pause and a 25bp hike, but looking further forward markets are now pricing in sharp cuts,...
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Mar 15, 20234 min read
The Humble Canary
The humble canary was used in UK mines until 1986, a simple effective indicator of a dangerous situation. We don't have to highlight what ha
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Mar 15, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Wed, Mar 15 2023
The US February CPI data came in a bit stronger than expectations, with headline and core rising by 0.4% and 0.5% respectively from...
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Mar 13, 20233 min read
SVB & Misunderstanding "Depositors"
At the crux of the discussion surrounding the best possible outcome for SVB depositors is the ongoing interpretation of the anticipated acti
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Mar 1, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Wed, 01 Mar 2023
In the U.S. Consumer Confidence retreated yesterday as house price inflation was seen cooling. There was an unexpected jump in inflation,...
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Feb 16, 20233 min read
Bond Market Insights - Thurs, 16 Feb 2023
US retail sales. Headline up 3% mom in January, consensus at 2%mom, core up 2.6%mom, consensus at +0.9%mom, and with upward revisions to...
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Feb 15, 20233 min read
Bond Market Insights - Wed, 15 Feb 2023
Indonesia and Philippine sovereign bonds performed well yesterday, spreads tightening by up to 6bps to UST’s, Quasi sovereigns performed...
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Feb 13, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Mon, 13 Feb 2023
Asia IG was mostly about Korea new issues on Friday, China IG was subdued with real money side-lined ahead. China HY continued to slide...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
Bond Market Insights - Fri, 10 Feb 2023
US Jobless claims were up. Initial claims up 13k to 196k and continuing claims up 33k to 1688k, both higher than expected, although...
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Feb 9, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Thurs, 09 Feb 2023
Asia credit has been under scrutiny for a while now. 2022 was the year of China Property, 2023 the attention has switched to India,...
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Feb 8, 20232 min read
Bond Market Insights - Wed, 08 Feb 2023
Fed's Powell's message was Hawkish: The disinflationary process has begun but, to quote, it has a "long way to go"; the "process will be...
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