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Corporate Debt Binge Shatters Record, As Blue-Chip Borrowers Gorge On Cheap Money

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

There’s been no let up in demand for corporate debt. And where there’s demand, there’s

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Pandemic Ushers In ‘Night Of The Living Debt’

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020

The coronavirus crisis and attendant recession are nobody’s “fault”. That’s a common refrain, and it

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Credit Flow Bonanza Continues, While Apple Taps Market For $5.5 Billion It Doesn’t Need

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

Another week, another big haul for credit funds. At a time when the market’s appetite

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Junk. Lots Of It.

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020

Twice. That’s how many times during the first two days of this week I addressed

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Are Corporate Bonds A Bubble (Again)?

August 11, 2020

“Are credit spreads currently too tight relative to the severity of the current downgrade and

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From Volkswagen To Apple To Dentists And Roofers: What The Fed’s Been Up To

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020

Those interested to know what the Fed bought recently as part of its efforts to

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‘Working Fine Right Now’

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

(Updates with comments from Pelosi, Schumer, Meadows, Mnuchin after latest negotiations) In an attempt to

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Casino

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

There’s a generalized sense of angst hanging in the thick summer air, but nobody knows

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The Big Boot

July 30, 2020July 31, 2020

It was nobody’s idea of a “good” day. The worst economic downturn since the Great

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‘Capitalism Was Lost Long Before COVID-19’

July 25, 2020July 26, 2020

Earlier this week, in the course of summarizing the main points from the latest missive

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Damn The Torpedoes: Investors Plow Another $11.6 Billion Into Credit Funds

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

I suppose it’s only fitting that the latest flows data from Lipper shows another week

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Albert Edwards Predicts Zombie Apocalypse

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

I take a relatively sanguine view of the Fed’s foray into corporate bond buying. That’s

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Ackman Shorts Junk, Is ‘Cautious’ Near-Term. Still ‘Bullish On America’

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Bill Ackman is “long-term bullish on America”, he told CNBC Wednesday. That much hasn’t changed.

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Getting Even And Getting Out?

July 21, 2020

The fact that US equities (the S&P in this case) turned positive for the year

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Bipolar, Bimodal.

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

“There’s been a lot of healing, and that’s what the market is reflecting, but there’s

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Who Cares Where You Are In The Capital Structure If The Fed Doesn’t Allow Bankruptcies?

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Like many irritable observers, I lost my sense of humor with the Hertz saga in

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Hooray For Jay: Tsunami Of Inflows Into High-Grade Bonds Hits 13 Weeks

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

To reiterate what is now a weekly refrain…

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There’s A Risk-Off Trade Afoot, You Just Didn’t Notice…

July 6, 2020

A quick look under the hood.

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To Hell And Back Again (What The Flows Are Saying)

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

It’s been a wild ride.

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Close Proximity

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020

“I’ll take it”.

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A Cliche, I Know.

June 30, 2020October 14, 2021

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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Buy America! Fed Launches Primary Corporate Credit Facility

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

If you were already offended by the Fed’s purported “transgressions”, you can pretend to be even angrier now.

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Fed Unveils Composition Of Corporate Bond Portfolio. Why Not Have A Look?

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020

“Moral hazard!”, everyone shouted, in unison.

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The Big Question Still Has No Answer.

June 26, 2020

“The current crisis is more complex than the 2008 GFC”.

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Inflow Bonanza Rolls On For Blue-Chip Credit, But Junk Funds See First Outflow Since March

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

The Powell pledge continues to embolden the market.

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Congrats To Jay Powell! June Junk Bond Bonanza Shatters All-Time Record

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

Quite the feat.

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The US Corporate Bond Market Just Keeps Smashing Records

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

Is $2 trillion on the horizon for investment grade supply?

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