DOLLAR FUNDING COSTS (FX HEDGING COSTS) SURGE – “BASIS SWAPS” WILL POTENTIALLY CURTAIL UST DEMAND — SOURCE: 12-27-17 ZeroHedge – “In An Unexpected Outcome, Trump Tax Reform Just Blew Up The Treasury Market” — Over the past week we have shown on several occasions that there once again appears to be a sharp, sudden dollar-funding […]
DOLLAR FUNDING COSTS (FX HEDGING COSTS) SURGE – “BASIS SWAPS” WILL POTENTIALLY CURTAIL UST DEMAND — SOURCE: 12-27-17 ZeroHedge – “In An Unexpected Outcome, Trump Tax Reform Just Blew Up The Treasury Market” — Over the past week we have shown on several occasions that there once again appears to be a sharp, sudden dollar-funding […]
CREDIT RISK TRANSFER (CRT) BONDS THE NEW “BIG THING” FOR BOND YIELDS Floating Rate, Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) Bonds among best-performing debt of year (>10% v 7.2% HY & 5.9% IG), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said they probably will sell around $13 billion of credit-risk transfer securities in their main programs in 2018, Planned tax […]
IMF WARNS: EM DEBT NEAR POTENTIAL TIPPING POINT DUE TO SIZE OF LOOMING ROLLOVERS Tighter policy to sap funding pool for emerging nations Half of total external debt stock of EM issuers due by 2022 — SOURCE: 12-19-17 Bloomberg – “IMF Warns One of Most Crowded Bond Trades Near Tipping Point” — It’s one of […]
UST SUPPLY ABOUT TO NEARLY DOUBLE – YIELDS INCREASING DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN DEMAND — SOURCE: 12-19-17 Bloomberg – “U.S. Treasury Sales Are About to Double 2018. Who’s Buying?” — Onus may shift to price-sensitive investors like hedge funds If central banks step back, that could mean higher yields With the U.S. about to sell the most debt […]
