Tag Archive: featured

Bonds In Conversation : The Blessed Relief Of Playing With Fire

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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

by

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