Caleb Mutua

Kenya, New York

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Mortgage bonds, seen as haven, get hit as rates took wild ride

5 days ago | nationalmortgagenews.com | Scott Carpenter |Caleb Mutua

Asset managers and strategists have for years touted mortgage bonds as a haven when the economy stumbles, but the debt has underwhelmed since President Donald Trump announced his tariff blitz. Agency mortgage backed securities have slipped about 1.1% since the start of April, trailing Treasuries and the broader US bond market. MBS tend to suffer when there's more uncertainty about the direction of interest rates.
CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: High-Grade Spreads Shrug Off Tariff War

5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Caleb Mutua

US credit markets are showing continued signs of healing, with several investment-grade bond metrics at their strongest level since US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement and leveraged finance having one of its busiest days of issuance in months.
CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: Fear Drops; HSBC Is Selling Bonds

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Caleb Mutua

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CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: Fear Drops; HSBC Is Selling Bonds

6 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Caleb Mutua

US credit risk gauges showed investor fear falling in the opening minutes of Thursday trading, with President Donald Trump saying the US with the UK — raising optimism that tariff negotiations are advancing. HSBC brought the first post-Fed US investment-grade .
CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: Another Busy Session Tees Up Before Fed

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Caleb Mutua

Three overseas firms started marketing investment—grade dollar bond sales Tuesday, kickstarting another potentially active session as companies move to issue debt before Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy statement.
CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: Another Busy Session Tees Up Before Fed

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Caleb Mutua

Three overseas firms started marketing investment—grade dollar bond sales Tuesday, kickstarting another potentially active session as companies move to issue debt before Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy statement.
CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: Risk Assets Weaker Ahead of Busy Week

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Caleb Mutua

Broad weak sentiment across risk assets on Monday may slightly dampen the start of what dealers to be a busy week of US bond sales, with stock futures and the dollar while oil on the latest OPEC supply increase.
CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: Risk Assets Weaker Ahead of Busy Week

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Caleb Mutua

Broad weak sentiment across risk assets on Monday may slightly dampen the start of what dealers to be a busy week of US bond sales, with stock futures and the dollar while oil on the latest OPEC supply increase.
Friday Is Now Priciest Trading Day for High-Grade Bond Investors

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Caleb Mutua

(Bloomberg) -- Worries about potential market-moving weekend news from the Trump administration has fueled a surge in Friday trading costs for US investment-grade corporate bonds. Those expenses were 31% more on Fridays in the first half of April than the rest of the week, Barclays Plc researchers Andrea Diaz Lafuente and Zornitsa Todorova wrote in a May 2 note. Global markets swung wildly last month amid President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.
Apollo, Carlyle Buy First SRT Tied to Loans to Private Debt BDCs

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Carmen Arroyo |Caleb Mutua

Apollo Global Management Inc. and other investors have bought the first known bonds that offload risk from bank loans extended to private credit funds known as business development companies. Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. sold securities known as significant risk transfers earlier this year to shed risk from at least $3 billion of credit lines it had provided to BDCs, a popular fund structure among direct lenders, according to people with knowledge of the transaction.