Wall Street is still mostly run by white men. But in investment-grade bond market, some companies are trying to level this long-lopsided playing field by pushing the biggest and richest banks to support smaller women- and minority-owned banks. My latest! https://t.co/M67szmYI45
NEW: We followed one man through the deportation process. 129 days, 6 facilities, 3 flights.
For the first time, we've calculated what his experience cost taxpayers (1/2) w/ @elena___mejia@irencs@FolaAk: https://t.co/NGo8Wj95t3
JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (@calmutua / Bloomberg)
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Credit portfolio trading is booming -- closing in on ETFs. The two feed off each other, says Barclays: “Take ETFs out of the picture, and portfolio trading wouldn’t exist.” @CalMutua@luwangnyc
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Apollo, Ares and Carlyle purchased the first bond that offloads risk from bank loans extended to private credit funds known as business development companies.
Another twist for SRT markets and BDCs.
With @CalMutua
“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber https://t.co/6cQQpcJVTd
Latest: Some of the biggest banks on Wall Street are taking advantage of relative calm in credit markets to borrow billions of dollars while they still can. https://t.co/YJ9fwH0jfH
THE WORST DEFENSE OF THE TRUMP TARIFFS
In today's Odd Lots newsletter, I wrote about how there are so many different arguments being put forth to explain or defend the tariffs. But the stuff about countering China's strategic tech dominance has to be the most egregiously bad.
The additional yield over Treasury bonds that investors demand to hold debt from the largest and strongest US corporations could reach levels last seen during the 2020 financial turmoil caused by the global virus pandemic. https://t.co/CfQwziWHvu
Credit markets are now finally beginning to confirm the angst that has fueled a more than $5 trillion equity wipeout since late February @denitsa_tsekova@CalMutua https://t.co/r1P5M4LtCD
"An average of $46 billion of high-grade and junk bonds changed hands every trading day last year, up 21% from 2023, according to a report by @CoalitionGrnwch" https://t.co/fWapmWvI5p via @markets@CalMutua
Global sustainable bond sales reach $1 trillion in 2024
🟢4,490 offerings
🟢Green bonds $571 billion
🟢#Sustainability bonds $239.7 billion
🟢Issuance of sustainability-linked bonds dropped for a third year
Story ➡️https://t.co/xmFjGITXn4
(via @CalMutua@climate)
A slew of blue-chip firms kicked off issuance in the US investment-grade primary debt market, as underwriters brace for what’s expected to be one of the busiest Januaries for bond sales https://t.co/CV6KPWXQk1
BREAKING:
*NVIDIA 3Q DATA CENTER REVENUE $30.8B, EST. $29.14B
*NVIDIA SEES 4Q REV. $37.5B PLUS OR MINUS 2%, EST. $37.1B
*THE AGE OF AI IS IN FULL STEAM SAYS NVIDIA'S HUANG
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