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Central Bank stimulus & trading in the credit market

Canso PMs discuss the BoC and Fed’s financial stimulus response to the pandemic and how it’s affected trading in the credit markets.
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Canso June 2020 Corporate Bond Newsletter

There is no way to sugarcoat it. The change came overnight. We went from ebullience on the economy and the financial markets to utter despair. Hundreds of thousands have died globally. Millions are sick and…
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Credit market volatility & value in corporate debt

We’re joined remotely by Brian Carney to discuss credit market performance, treasury yield volatility and how widening spreads point to potential value in corporate debt.
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Canso April 2020 Market Observer

March 31st saw the end of the first quarter of 2020 and it couldn’t come too soon for most investors. It is now hard to believe that the U.S. equity markets reached new highs in February…
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The risks of the increasing duration in the corporate bond index

As government bond yields hit all time lows, creditworthy issuers are borrowing for the longest terms possible and index duration is now more than a full year longer than pre-Credit Crisis levels. We address the…
Commentary

Canso March 2020 Corporate Bond Newsletter

On March 3rd, authorities at the Federal Reserve unanimously voted to step in front of the runaway Coronavirus train. Concerned COVID-19 posed “evolving risks” to an otherwise “strong” U.S. economy, the Fed slashed overnight rates…
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The cost of inflation when investing in a low yield environment

The current environment of low government bond yields exceeded by the rate of inflation is not appealing. Some institutional investors are obligated to own these securities for regulatory reasons; for investors not beholden to these…
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Canso January 2020 Market Observer

The year 2019 was a study in the hopes and dreams of the very human investment markets. Read the full newsletter at the link below. Canso June 2020 Corporate Bond Newsletter…
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Canso December 2019 Corporate Bond Newsletter

These are trying times for rational human beings. Although we can’t imagine the irrational ones are having much fun either. The U.S. remains focused on impeachment (the pessimists) and elections (the optimists), the U.K. on…