Investment grade credit spreads look as though they will finish the week slightly tighter.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 155 on Thursday November 3 after having closed the week prior at 158.  Treasury yields moved higher during the week.  The 10yr Treasury closed last Friday evening at 4.01% and it is trading […]

Investment grade credit spreads will likely finish the week tighter.  The Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index closed at 161 on Thursday October 27 after having closed the week prior at 164.  Treasury yields drifted lower throughout the week.  The 10yr Treasury closed last Friday evening at 4.22% and it is trading at 3.99% as we […]

Investment grade credit spreads were unchanged for most of the week but the market has been drifting wider Friday morning so the index may finish 1-2 basis points wider by the time the sun has set on the week.  IG credit led the way this week having substantially outperformed other risk assets on a spread […]

Investment grade credit spreads were pushed wider to start the week after a deluge of new issue supply on Tuesday.  By mid-Wednesday morning spreads were trending tighter after investors had a chance to digest issuance and now this Friday morning it is clear that the market is set to finish the week better than last […]

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 […]