Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 2:53 pm
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Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:02 pm
It tells me that treasuries are becoming more risky than corporates of the same duration.
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:35 pm
This sounds like the very defintion of Tight Money which is why I've been raising cash.
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:40 pm
Raising cash? Any idea how much of your portfolio is in cash right now percentage-wise?MachineGhost wrote: This sounds like the very defintion of Tight Money which is why I've been raising cash.
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:02 pm
About 63%, up about 13%.Greg wrote: Raising cash? Any idea how much of your portfolio is in cash right now percentage-wise?
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:21 pm
up 13% from where? 50%?
(50 + 13 = 63)
(50 + 13 = 63)
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:42 pm
Yep!
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:50 pm
Wow. that's a lot of dry powder as Craig would put it. You are quite the pessimist hah. 
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:53 pm
More like I couldn't find any value! Stocks -- nope. Bonds -- risky. Gold -- downtrend. At least I nibbled.Greg wrote: Wow. that's a lot of dry powder as Craig would put it. You are quite the pessimist hah.
I do think we're going to look back at this losing year as "Tight Money"... even if its more psychological than fact. But since when did facts ever move the market???
Re: Swap Spread Negative
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:29 pm
There's probably value in the energy sector if you were feeling crazy brave.MachineGhost wrote:More like I couldn't find any value! Stocks -- nope. Bonds -- risky. Gold -- downtrend. At least I nibbled.Greg wrote: Wow. that's a lot of dry powder as Craig would put it. You are quite the pessimist hah.
I do think we're going to look back at this losing year as "Tight Money"... even if its more psychological than fact. But since when did facts ever move the market???