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...Bonds issued by Illinois, New Jersey, New York’s transit authority and even the US territory of Puerto Rico have rallied since the election....
...Stocks [are] looking ugly at the moment, but the Fed is still there to keep things under control,” said Andrew Brenner, head of international fixed income at National Alliance Securities....
...The Pimco chief executive talks to the FT’s Owen Walker about his three years at the helm and rejuvenating the fixed income firm....
...It is one of the best fixed-income opportunities in the world.”...
...Customer income also very strong at $249m; however, customers are winning of late and total revenue therefore said to be £102.5m....
...Not insignificant; say a bit more than the face value of Puerto Rico’s debt. There are several ways to make money with an MSR....
...That could be a nod to recent events in Puerto Rico, where customers were caught out after using loans secured against portfolios of government bonds to buy more government bonds....
...were being propelled higher by “refugees” from fixed income markets who were being starved of yield....
...“These are undeniably fixed-income-bearish statements, but we’ve had nothing but a rally.”...
...– From the NYT again: “The teachers’ pension fund in Puerto Rico looks very much like a legalized Ponzi scheme — one that might hold a warning for teachers across America....
...My own conclusion is that the fixed income and currency markets are still if anything understating the chances of a rise in rates at the end of this year; and the equity market seems not to care....
...Even many people on the fixed income buyside have a hard time caring about their hedge fund colleagues....
...So far these creditors, including about 1,000 former fixed-income bankers who were laid off with only the statutory minimum pay-off by administrators, are thought to be owed £100m and have been paid just...
...You have stage payments, because they won't pay you all the money upfront in case you go off to Puerto Rico and don't build the place....
...But as sentiment towards stock markets remains gloomy amid mixed macroeconomic data, and investors flock to less risky fixed income funds, research from BAML and EPFR shows that municipal bond funds have...
...By some counts, the total number of parking spaces in the US cover an area the size of Puerto Rico. Designers and city planners are already salivating over what they could do with this reclaimed space....
...A full-blown default could push up borrowing costs for municipalities across the US, roughly three-quarters of US fixed-income investors have some exposure to Puerto Rico....
...Also adding to jitters are fresh worries over Puerto Rico’s ability to meet its debt obligations, which hover at around $70bn....
...fixed income at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors....
...Still, no fixed-income security is immune to the potential impact of higher benchmark rates....
...Crisis-era scare stories about a wave of municipal bankruptcies were not especially plausible when they were made, notably by analyst Meredith Whitney in 2010, and if problems in Puerto Rico this year revive...
...Puerto Rico wants to raise funds and ease liquidity concerns over its $70bn debt load....
...Speculation over Puerto Rico’s return to markets has helped fuel a rally in municipal bonds at the start of the year, catapulting the group to one of the top positions among US fixed-income asset classes...
...Four fifths of all journeys in this country are by road, yet we rank behind Puerto Rico and Namibia in the quality of our network....
...The calmer mood is reducing demand for some fixed-income havens, though many sovereign yields, which move inversely to bond prices, remain close to record lows....
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