It reminded me of the «blowing your customers up» mentality in perhaps one of the best business books ever written — Liar's Poker —
where bond traders celebrated when they bankrupted their first customer.
Not exact matches
He told
bond investors and currency
traders that they were mistaken in their belief that Canada would track the United States,
where the central bank has raised interest rates twice since December.
As a result,
traders are turning to
bond futures,
where having more buyers and sellers makes entering and exiting positions easier.
Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Mr. Haverland was a portfolio manager, corporate
bond analyst and
trader at Jefferson Pilot Financial (now part of Lincoln Financial) in Greensboro, North Carolina,
where he managed $ 2.6 billion in fixed income assets.
In other words
bond traders look at the yield of a
bond in terms of
where it is trading vs. treasuries.
«We are coming from an abnormal period
where a tremendous amount of wealth was created largely by selling assets back and forth,» said Mohamed A. El - Erian, chief executive of Pimco, one of the country's largest
bond traders, and the former manager of Harvard's endowment.
It takes place in the rarefied world of the
bond market
where institutional
traders like banks and pension plans operate.
When
bond traders at the CBOT wade into the soybean pit because that is
where the «action» is (high prices and volume), then I saw the most anxious buyer set the highest prices.
Jens started his career with Spar Nord Bank in 1982
where he worked as an analyst and
trader of
bonds, equities and derivatives.
Where a
trader might make a short - term «swap» based on a higher yield for a
bond than its peers, the credit analyst focuses on longer - term issues.
Bond market
traders, who are the most likely to put their money
where their forecasts are, are currently wagering on a rate cut in the next year rather than a rate hike.
Prior to that, Todd was a corporate
bond trader at Dillon Read & Company,
where he traded a broad range of investment - grade securities.
When
bond traders at the CBOT wade into the soybean pit because that is
where the «action» is (high prices and volume), then I saw the most anxious buyer set the highest prices.
The
bond traders that influence long - term rates (like those used for mortgages) are trying to make educated guesses about
where the economy will be in 10 - 15 years.