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Canso June 2010 Corporate Bond Newsletter

The ancient Greeks believed that tragic drama was good for the soul. The financial markets went through a Greek tragedy in the second quarter of 2010 but it was not cathartic for investors. Hidden Greek…

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Canso June 2010 Market Observer

The euphoria of the financial world faded in the second quarter of 2010. The powerful rally in the stock and corporate credit markets that followed the credit disaster of 2008 not only lost its enthusiasm…

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Canso April 2010 Corporate Bond Newsletter

When the monetary authorities are forced to raise interest rates, they will likely do so hesitatingly and apologetically. They will then be forced to play catch up to be taken seriously by the markets. Rising…

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Canso April 2010 Market Observer

It is very clear that the U.S. economy has now joined the other major economies and the global financial market in recovery. On Good Friday, bond traders manned their desks to await the release of…

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Canso November 2009 Market Observer

The recovery in the financial markets from the depths of the credit crisis is impressive. What is truly impressive is the recovery in investor risk appetite. This is amazing, given the terrorized and catatonic state…

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Canso June 2009 Corporate Bond Newsletter

Our newsletter production dropped significantly in the last year. To our surprise and dismay, we now realize our last Canso Corporate Bond Newsletter was published in May 2008. We apologize to our loyal readers who…

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Canso September 2008 Market Observer

Professor Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have a big problem of their own making: their urgent rescue of investment dealer Bear Stearns worked! The world financial system avoided a derivative meltdown but…

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Canso May 2008 Market Observer

It’s been a financial thriller so far in 2008. When most of the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial institutions came to the terrifying realization that their innovative ways had loaded their balance sheets with…

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Canso May 2008 Corporate Bond Newsletter

The disastrous credit experience of financial institutions in late 2007 and early 2008 saw a black mood envelope the credit markets. The investment herd stampeded out of credit and into the safety of government bonds.