CAM Investment Grade Weekly 04/26/2019 The investment grade credit market traded sideways this week as the OAS on the corporate index looks to finish relatively unchanged.  Spreads continue to remain near their tightest levels of 2019 which has been the case since mid-April.  It was a busy week for earnings and it was feast or […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 04/12/2019 The investment grade credit market continues to benefit from the euphoria of risk-on sentiment that is flooding the capital markets.  The OAS on the index closed Thursday at its tightest level of the year.  Segmenting the index out by quality, both the A-rated portion of the index and the BBB-rated […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 03/22/2019 The investment grade credit markets closed at YTD tights on Thursday evening, riding a wave of strong sentiment from a surprisingly dovish Fed statement on Wednesday.  The story changed on Friday, however, with a decidedly softer tone fueled by concerns about the lack of growth globally.  Credit is mixed as […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 03/15/2019 The investment grade credit markets look to finish the week marginally tighter.  After opening the week at 123, the OAS on the corporate index closed on Thursday at 121, near the YTD low of 120.  The 10yr Treasury is 4 basis points lower on the week as we go to […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 03/01/2019 The investment grade credit markets are barreling toward year-to-date tights as the week comes to a close.  The OAS on the corporate index closed at 121 at the end of February, which marks a new low for spreads in 2019.  Risk assets continue to perform well even as Treasuries have […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 02/22/2019 The investment grade credit markets look to end the week on a positive tone, but spreads are largely unchanged for the third consecutive week.  The OAS on the index closed at 125 on February 4th and has traded within just a 2 basis point range since then and most of […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 02/15/2019 Investment grade spreads tightened modestly throughout the first half of the week before a deluge of new issue supply led the market to take a breather on Thursday.  While the tone is positive on Friday morning, the corporate index looks like it will finished the week relatively close to unchanged. […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 02/08/2019 It was a mixed week for Investment Grade Credit. The spread on the Corporate Index marched tighter on Monday and Tuesday before closing wider on both Wednesday and Thursday. The wider close on Wednesday snapped a remarkable streak of 22 straight trading days where the index closed tighter than the […]