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Great chart from @crescatkevin on growing delta between CCCs and BBBs. Carry-on as if everything is normal!
Kevin C. Smith, CFA @crescatkevinThe second indicator is widening CCC vs. BBB credit spreads.
Credit markets are generally quicker to pick up on deteriorating corporate cash flows than equity markets. While the S&P 500 Index has been hitting new all-time highs over the past six months, US triple-C credit_________________________
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All gas, no brakes
For more than a decade, the hottest asset class on Wall Street was private credit and private equity funds, where assets held by the funds rarely changed hands and ‘estimated’ values were steadily marked higher by the managers. Now, an … Continue reading
Bouncing into April?
Yesterday marked the best stock market bounce at the end of a quarter since September 2008. Far from an all-clear sign, bounces like that are most common during bear markets (shown below, courtesy of Bespoke). Mean reversion has made some … Continue reading
Oil-shock meets asset price deflation
Canada’s economy has generated no economic growth in five months and no job growth in eight months. Meanwhile, the household wealth effect is in reverse, with home sale prices nationally down 20% over the past 4 years and the stock … Continue reading
