Archive for the 'Corporate Bonds' Category

About bonds issued by U.S. and foreign corporations traded in U.S. capital markets …

How long would it take to work off the US trade deficit?

The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. […]

Foreigners shun US financial assets in Q1 2009

Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.107 (Rest of the World) showed that foreign investors — that for many years had been the primary support of US bond and commercial paper markets — were conspicuously absent. […]

The end of dollar supremacy and the collapse of US bonds

For the last twenty-five years, the Fed flow of funds accounts reveal two dominant forces supporting US stock and bond markets. Stocks: Stocks have been driven upwards by corporate executives and mutual fund managers who have backed stock-buybacks/executive option schemes to mutual advantage. As described in the article, “The quarter-century buyback […]

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