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Bonds In Conversation : Pulling Out All The Stops And The Aftershocks

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Yes. It is the 40th anniversary of Jaws, the movie. It been a week of dropping JAWS for sure, staring aghast at the Chinese stock meltdown and the subsequent breathtaking rally that surely… Continue reading

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : WHO NEEDS GAME OF THRONES ?

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I hear that Season 5 is over and people are moaning over the loss of the last hero left, Jon Snow. If there are any lessons in the GoT series, it is that… Continue reading

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : SEEING STARS

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It seems that Greece has 4 more days but they keep saying that anyway as the ECB continues to pump emergency funds into the country and we know that missing their IMF repayment… Continue reading

A Little On Covered Bonds

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Covered Bonds sounds much better than the dreaded sounding Asset Backed Securities (ABS) that has been blamed for the financial crisis of 2008 even though they are nearly the same thing. A covered… Continue reading

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : A MATTER OF TIME

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Straining and stressful week all about the uncertainty in Greece, the FOMC and Chinese stock markets giving bond holders some temporary reprieve until the next trading week and new developments take root. There… Continue reading

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : A PAUSE AND THE NEXT STOP

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After last week’s mayhem, investors are breathing a sigh of relief that we are ending this week on a nice pause to the selling with sovereign yields all off their highs and signs… Continue reading

BONDS IN CONVERSATION : SHARPE INVESTORS

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It is official but I get confused. Euro-area bonds are delivering negative returns year to date. But weren’t they negative yielding anyway ? which is also a negative return ? Going through the… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : What Do We Do With The Drunken Sailor In Mid Year ?

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What shall we do with a drunken sailor, What shall we do with a drunken sailor, What shall we do with a drunken sailor, Early in the morning? It’s mid year, we are… Continue reading

Singapore Savings Bonds – Comparison, Thoughts and Implications

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Is it a bird ?  Is it a plane ? Is it a bond ? Or what is it ? Singapore Savings Bonds – a sort of bond but more than that. My… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Stretching The Limits Of The Imagination

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What is it about this week that we cannot pin down ? For I am struggling against myself and the scattered thoughts of mine, refusing to gel together to give myself a logical… Continue reading