INVESTMENT-GRADE DEBT REGAINED FAVOR as investors scaled back risk upon additional weak economic data released on Friday. Manufacturing output slipped for the second straight month extending fears of a slowing economy following the release of poor data earlier this week. Output dipped 0.4 percent in February and decreased 0.5 percent in January. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note declined 0.3 basis point. The S&P rose +0.50%, the gained Dow +0.54%, while the settled NASDAQ +0.59% higher.
JOB OPENINGS SKYROCKET TO THE THIRD HIGHEST LEVEL ON RECORD; openings reached 7.58 million in January
signaling the labor market is in good standing despite an increase in the number of unemployment applications. Employers are
keen on hiring new employees even given the tight labor market; unemployment stands at 6.235 million well below the number of openings.
F-Component Facebookof the
FAANG group suffered a
significant blow sinking 5 percent after the departure of
Chief Product Officer Chris Cox one of the company’s first 15 engineers. The surprising news comes one day after
Facebook endured its longest outage of nearly 24 hours.
ADI proprietary index data showed a net
yield increment for high-yield versus high-grade. High-grade edged out high-yield. Among high-grade bonds showing topmost price gains at appreciable volumes traded,
Kraft Foods Inc. (USD) 5% 6/4/2042 made analysts' 'Conviction Buy' lists. (See the chart for
ADI indexes above)
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| Key Gainers and Losers |
Volume Leaders |
| + |
Argos Merger Sub Inc. 7.125% 3/15/2023 144A |
+ 1.1% |
| |
Wework Cos Inc. 7.875% 5/1/2025 144A |
+ 0.9% |
| - |
EP Energy 8% 2/15/2025 144A |
-26.8% |
|
Chscommunity Health Systems Inc. 8% 3/15/2026 144A
Berry Global Inc. 4.5% 2/15/2026 144A
|
| Industry Returns Tracker |
| Industry |
Past Day |
Past Week |
Past Month |
Past Quarter |
YTD |
Past Year |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing |
0.13% |
0.40% |
1.89% |
5.13% |
4.60% |
3.59% |
| Mining |
0.00% |
0.16% |
0.00% |
2.82% |
6.55% |
1.19% |
| Construction |
0.10% |
0.40% |
0.92% |
3.90% |
4.82% |
2.61% |
| Manufacturing |
0.03% |
0.30% |
1.14% |
4.34% |
5.54% |
4.70% |
| Transportion, Communication, Electric/Gas |
0.03% |
0.46% |
1.51% |
3.57% |
5.00% |
4.78% |
| Wholesale |
0.14% |
0.33% |
1.03% |
3.81% |
5.50% |
3.68% |
| Retail |
0.03% |
0.27% |
0.77% |
4.07% |
6.23% |
2.46% |
| Finance, Insurance, Real-Estate |
0.01% |
0.43% |
1.10% |
4.53% |
5.65% |
5.27% |
| Services |
0.05% |
0.32% |
1.10% |
4.22% |
6.10% |
5.29% |
| Public Administration |
0.03% |
0.21% |
0.90% |
2.72% |
2.20% |
22.20% |
| Energy |
0.00% |
0.21% |
0.08% |
2.77% |
6.27% |
1.50% |
| |
| Total returns (non-annualized) by rating, market weighted. |
|
| New Issues |
Forward Calendar |
|
1. Par Pharmaceutical Cos Inc. (USD) 7.5% 4/1/2027 144A (03/14/2019): 1500MM Secured Notes, Price at Issuance 100, Yielding 7.5%.
2. Amkor Technology Inc. (USD) 6.625% 9/15/2027 Reg S (03/14/2019): 525MM Senior Unsecured Notes, Price at Issuance 99.5, Yielding 6.7%.
|
1. Starwood Property Trust Inc: $300M senior notes, Expected Q1 2019
2. Calpine Corp.: $1.4B bonds, Expected Q1 2019
|
Additional Commentary
NEW ISSUANCE WATCH: on 3/15/19 participants welcome a $2000MM new corporate-bond offering by
SS&C Technologies Inc. The most recent data showed money flowed out of high-yield ETFs/mutual funds for the week ended 3/8/19, with a net outflow of $1.69B, year-to-date $7.8B flowed into high-yield.
| Top Widening Credit Default Swaps (CDS) |
Top Narrowing Credit Default Swaps (CDS) |
Hertz Corp. (5Y Sen USD XR14)
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (5Y Sen USD MR14) |
SuperValu Inc. (5Y Sen USD XR14)
San Miguel Corp. (5Y Sen USD CR14) |
Loans and Credit Market Overview
SYNDICATED LOANS HIGHLIGHTS:
Deals recently freed for secondary trading, notable secondary activity:
- XPO Logistics Inc., MYOB LTD, Dell International, Amer Sports Corp.
OVERALL CREDIT MARKET:
Long-term bond yields are expected to hit a cyclical peak in 2019 given tight fiscal policy and lagging global economies. Europe remains checked by stubbornly low inflationary forces. Positive effects remained in force:
- TED spread held below 18 bp (basis points), as of 03/15/19
- Net positive capital flows into high-yield ETFs & mutual funds
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