News. No companies issued bonds in the U.S. yesterday, compared with $2.2 billion on the corresponding day following the Memorial Day weekend in 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In Europe, 1.35 billion euros ($1.66 billion) was raised from two sales of covered bonds, versus 6.5 billion euros a year earlier, Bloomberg data show
Wall Street banks are pulling back from providing capital that helps clients trade, making it harder for Loomis Sayles & Co. to purchase the corporate bonds that the $145 billion investment firm seeks.
My point. If corporations do not issue bonds and banks are not lending...well...the system is frozen. And this is not good for the markets and the economy.
George Dagnino, PhD
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1 comment:
Hay George,
-US Dollar Index index growth is peaking
-MZM appears to be growing back from negative
-CRB index is going into negative growth
-SP500 growth is bottoming out and risk of going into negative growth
-10yr and 3yr treasurey spread is going into negative growth
-Coincident index is growing (April)
-Lagging index is growing (April)
-Leading index growth slowing down
All above data is based on 6 month change
Let us know what do you think?
Thanks,
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