CAM Investment Grade Weekly 02/22/2019 The investment grade credit markets look to end the week on a positive tone, but spreads are largely unchanged for the third consecutive week.  The OAS on the index closed at 125 on February 4th and has traded within just a 2 basis point range since then and most of […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 02/15/2019 Investment grade spreads tightened modestly throughout the first half of the week before a deluge of new issue supply led the market to take a breather on Thursday.  While the tone is positive on Friday morning, the corporate index looks like it will finished the week relatively close to unchanged. […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 02/08/2019 It was a mixed week for Investment Grade Credit. The spread on the Corporate Index marched tighter on Monday and Tuesday before closing wider on both Wednesday and Thursday. The wider close on Wednesday snapped a remarkable streak of 22 straight trading days where the index closed tighter than the […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 11/09/2018 Credit spreads look to finish the week tighter, as the Bloomberg Barclays Corporate Bond Index opened Friday at an OAS of 114 after starting the week at 117. As we go to print, the 10yr Treasury sits at 3.223%, which is 1 basis point higher relative to its close a […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 11/02/2018 It was another week of volatility in risk assets, but the tone improved throughout, and was cemented by an above-consensus monthly employment report on Friday morning. Credit spreads are at 3-month wides as the Bloomberg Barclays Corporate Index sits at an OAS of 119. As we go to print, positive […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 10/26/2018 Amid the backdrop of a volatile equity market, corporate credit spreads are meaningfully wider on the week as we go to print, with credit spreads at least 5 wider across the board. On Friday afternoon, the 10yr Treasury stood at 3.08%, which is 11 basis points lower on the week. […]

CAM Investment Grade Weekly 09/28/2018 Corporate credit spreads are largely unchanged on the week. As expected, the Fed increased the Federal Funds Target Rate by 25 basis points on Thursday to an upper bound of 2.25%.  This was the third rate hike of 2018 and the 8th increase in the current tightening cycle which began […]