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Bonds In Conversation : The Blessed Relief Of Playing With Fire

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I say this week ends with blessed relief and double that for me because I narrowly escaped major damage from a little fire incident in the living room. No more playing with fire… Continue reading →

Bonds In Conversation : High And Dry Markets and The Blaming Game

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Total global bond issuance has fallen 61.3% in the past 2 weeks and the backlog is growing which means that borrowing costs will have to rise to whet investor appetite. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-01/bond-sales-drought-in-august-swells-pipeline-with-m-a-debt-deals It is… Continue reading →

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : HAKUNA MATATA, THE FIRST AFTERSHOCK

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7 weeks ago, we talked about the “aftershocks” after China pulled out all the stops. And back then we wrote, “What we have to look forward to ? 1. The side-effects of China’s… Continue reading →

Bonds In Conversation : Those Who Buy Today Are Luckier Than Those Who Bought Last Month

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I was chatting with my stock broker and he was telling me that he and his mates aren’t having a great time and neither are their oil trader friends and, in his opinion,… Continue reading →

Bonds In Conversation : 2008, It Was Credit. 2015, It Is Just Liquidity

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It is Thursday and day 3 of the Great Chinese Deval. Markets are getting the hang of it by now, and we are seeing risk return to the plate especially after the Great… Continue reading →

SINGAPORE RATES WEEKLY : SG50 FOR YOU AND ME AND OUR NEW WEBSITE

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Welcome to the new look Tradehaven website. It took slightly longer than we had anticipated and has been quite a lesson in learning that none of us are terribly good at design work,… Continue reading →

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : PREPARE TO BE UNPREPARED

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Happy SG50, Folks ! My web developers must have timed their delay perfectly to launch the new site tomorrow on NATIONAL DAY (or so they promise) and I apologise for the sporadic posts… Continue reading →

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : TIME FOR A BLUE MOON

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What a week and what a time for renewal. Renewed selling in Chinese stocks, renewed EM bashing, renewal in Malaysia with a fire that destroyed evidence and hopefully, they can start afresh, and… Continue reading →

THE TRADEHAVEN TIPS ON THE SINGAPORE BOND MARKET SEMINAR

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Dear readers, Thank you for the support and patience so far ! I have a problem about always trying to be different and that is why the seminar has taken longer than expected… Continue reading →

Bonds In Conversation : The Global Korban

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My biggest apologies…. no SACRIFICE YET ! WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER ! Today is Hari Raya Haji PUASA in Singapore which is also known as the Eid al-Adha Fitr in the Middle East. An… Continue reading →