Fixed Income Forum

A place for bank executives to get real time analysis of market conditions and economic activity that affects them. Written by a fixed income specialist that deals exclusively with America's community banks.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

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It’s not like you’d think Last week I was in New York City for a conference put on by S&P. Everyone that heard where I had been sa...

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Slower than a grass fight Yesterday morning there was a conversation here in the office about landscaping. One of my co-workers mentio...

Friday, May 11, 2012

FW: Market Update 5 11 12 _ JP Morgan's "Achilles heel"

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Wake up call There we were…just sitting in front of our Bloomberg’s on a lazy Thursday afternoon. The hands on the clock slowly c...

Friday, January 6, 2012

2011 Year in Review

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Four Years In the summer of 2008 there was a kid who graduated from high school somewhere in this country. His parents likely told him ho...

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Market Udpate 12 15 11 _ Against the wind

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It’s been a boring few weeks around here lately. No fishing, no jumping out of planes, no mountain biking, no travelling…it was all rainy ...

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Market Update 11 29 11 _ Holiday Cheer

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Yaaaay…it’s all better! Yesterday morning we had snow here in Memphis, TN. Normally just the forecast of snow would mean car crashes and s...

Monday, November 7, 2011

Market Update _ Grocery shopping and sector analysis

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Last night I was in the kitchen when the wife came home from the grocery store. As she was putting the groceries away she announced that ...

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