Invest In Credit http://blog.InvestInCredit.com Invest In Credit Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:20:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Groping For a Bottom … Bank C&I Loan Delinquency Rate Barely Rises http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/groping-for-a-bottom-bank-ci-loan-delinquency-rate-barely-rises/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/groping-for-a-bottom-bank-ci-loan-delinquency-rate-barely-rises/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:20:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/groping-for-a-bottom-bank-ci-loan-delinquency-rate-barely-rises/

Many recall fondly how deftly policymakers handled the stock price crash of 1987 and 2000-2002’s bursting of the equity bubble.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/groping-for-a-bottom-bank-ci-loan-delinquency-rate-barely-rises/feed/ Financial Stress Hits Small Businesses in Britain http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/financial-stress-hits-small-businesses-in-britain/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/financial-stress-hits-small-businesses-in-britain/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:20:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/financial-stress-hits-small-businesses-in-britain/ Sales are down, and credit and insurance are more expensive.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/financial-stress-hits-small-businesses-in-britain/feed/ Sterling Falls on Weak Retail Sales http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/sterling-falls-on-weak-retail-sales/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/sterling-falls-on-weak-retail-sales/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:20:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/sterling-falls-on-weak-retail-sales/ Bourses slide on recession concerns.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/sterling-falls-on-weak-retail-sales/feed/ Ultra-Wide Corporate Credit Risk Premia Help to Slash Equity Prices http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/ultra-wide-corporate-credit-risk-premia-help-to-slash-equity-prices/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/ultra-wide-corporate-credit-risk-premia-help-to-slash-equity-prices/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:20 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/ultra-wide-corporate-credit-risk-premia-help-to-slash-equity-prices/ Left to its own devices, the private-sector may not be capable of extracting itself from an apparent downward spiral.

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]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/bourses-tumble-on-profit-concerns/feed/ A Protracted Slowdown Expected in the Euro Zone http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/a-protracted-slowdown-expected-in-the-euro-zone/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/a-protracted-slowdown-expected-in-the-euro-zone/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:20 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/a-protracted-slowdown-expected-in-the-euro-zone/ GDP growth is expected to be suppressed well into 2009.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/a-protracted-slowdown-expected-in-the-euro-zone/feed/ Debt Sliding Down The Rating Scale Feeds Rising Default Risk http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/debt-sliding-down-the-rating-scale-feeds-rising-default-risk/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/debt-sliding-down-the-rating-scale-feeds-rising-default-risk/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/debt-sliding-down-the-rating-scale-feeds-rising-default-risk/ A record 58.5% of outstanding high yield US corporate bonds are rated B3 or lower halfway through the fourth quarter. The long term spike in this value has the default rate pointed sharply higher, and provides some justification to the extraordinarily steep spreads on corporate debt.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/debt-sliding-down-the-rating-scale-feeds-rising-default-risk/feed/ Interbank Loans Contract, but Bank-Held C&I, Consumer and Home Equity Loans Still Grow Briskly http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/interbank-loans-contract-but-bank-held-ci-consumer-and-home-equity-loans-still-grow-briskly/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/interbank-loans-contract-but-bank-held-ci-consumer-and-home-equity-loans-still-grow-briskly/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/interbank-loans-contract-but-bank-held-ci-consumer-and-home-equity-loans-still-grow-briskly/ Thanks to unprecedented US government support, the short-term business debt market has improved, but the high-yield bond spread widened to a new record high of 1,639 basis points on November 17.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/interbank-loans-contract-but-bank-held-ci-consumer-and-home-equity-loans-still-grow-briskly/feed/ US Government Is Likely to Offset Private-Sector Deleveraging http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/us-government-is-likely-to-offset-private-sector-deleveraging/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/us-government-is-likely-to-offset-private-sector-deleveraging/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/us-government-is-likely-to-offset-private-sector-deleveraging/ After including the US government, the US economy may not be deleveraging by as much as some fear.

]]> http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/us-government-is-likely-to-offset-private-sector-deleveraging/feed/ Commodity Price Deflation Slashes PPI http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/commodity-price-deflation-slashes-ppi/ http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/commodity-price-deflation-slashes-ppi/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:21 +0000 admin http://blog.InvestInCredit.com/rss/commodity-price-deflation-slashes-ppi/ As of November 8, the price of gasoline sank to $2.22 per gallon — down by -46% from its $4.11 peak of July 5th.

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