Investment grade credit spreads drifted wider in the first half of the week and then traded tighter amid low volume into Friday morning.  After Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke on Friday the street tried to take spreads wider but trading volume has remained low with the market in its end-of-summer seasonal slow-down.  The Bloomberg US […]

Investment grade credit spreads were generally tighter to start the week and then drifted wider in the second half.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 134 on Thursday August 18 after having closed the week prior at 132.  The 10yr Treasury closed last week at 2.83% and is trading at 2.95% as we […]

Investment grade credit performed strongly this week as spreads moved tighter throughout.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 135 on Thursday August 11 after having closed the week prior at 141.  The 10yr Treasury closed last week at 2.83% and is trading at 2.85% as we go to print on Friday afternoon.  On […]

Investment grade credit performance was mixed again this week.  It looked like spreads would finish the week better bid but then the monthly payroll report hit on Friday morning.  Things are volatile as we go to print so it is merely a guess but we could finish the week somewhere in the neighborhood of unchanged […]

Investment grade credit performance was mixed this week and it looks as though spreads will finish a basis point or two wider.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 146 on Thursday July 28 after having closed the week prior at 144.  The market is better bid as we go to print this Friday […]

Investment grade credit has had a week of mixed performance.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 149 on Thursday June 23 after having closed the week prior at 144.  The market tone has been good for risk assets on Friday and it looks likely that spreads will finish the week on a positive […]

It was a wild ride for risk assets during the week and credit spreads will finish the week wider.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 144 on Thursday June 16 after having closed the week prior at 136.  The tape has been mixed throughout the day on Friday and is pointing toward a […]

Credit spreads will finish the week meaningfully tighter for the second week in a row.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 149 two weeks ago and 136 last Friday while the index closed this Thursday at an OAS of 130. Spreads have drifted wider during the trading day on Friday so we may […]

Credit spreads will finish this week markedly better and there were a couple trading days where spreads ripped tighter.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 149 last Friday which was its widest level of the year.  The index closed 13 basis points tighter this Thursday at 136 and the path of least resistance […]