US ECONOMY GROWS BY 3.2% IN FIRST QUARTER, beating expectations. Retailers boosted strong sales gains in March, contributing to the pickup in consumer spending; contrary there was a slowdown in spending on services as well as automobiles. Residential construction fell at a 2.8 percent rate, making it the fifth straight quarterly decline.

U.S. DURABLE GOODS ORDERS JUMPED 2.7 PERCENT in March, exceeding expectations of a 0.8 percent increase.  Orders grew at the fastest rate in seven-months aided by strong demand for autos and planes, orders for commercial aircraft spiked 30 percent alone.  “A strong increase in core capital goods orders is a positive sign for rising business investment into the second quarter, consistent with our view that 2019 will be another year of solid activity,” stated Andrew Hollenhorst, an economist of Citibank. ADI proprietary index data showed a net yield increment for high-yield versus high-grade bonds.  High-grade edged out high-yield. Among high-grade bonds showing topmost price gains at appreciable volumes traded,   Ford Motor Co. (USD) 5.291% 12/8/2046 made analysts' 'Conviction Buy' lists. (See the chart for  Ford Motor Co. bonds below) Anna Pickett (apickett@advantagedata.com).

 

Key Gainers and Losers	Volume Leaders
+   General Motors Co. 5.95% 4/1/2049 + 2.8%   Bank of America Corp. 3.5% 4/19/2026 + 0.2% -   JP Morgan Chase Bank NA VAR% 4/26/2021 -0.1%	General Motors Co.   5.95% 4/1/2049 Exxon Mobil Corp.   3.043% 3/1/2026

Industry Returns Tracker

Industry Past Day Past Week Past Month Past Quarter YTD Past Year Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 0.26% 0.12% 0.73% 3.65% 4.71% 4.70% Mining 0.02% 0.17% 0.76% 4.16% 6.12% 6.50% Construction -0.01% 0.30% 0.54% 3.51% 4.04% 5.60% Manufacturing -0.01% 0.14% 0.40% 3.35% 4.35% 5.35% Transportion, Communication, Electric/Gas 0.00% 0.19% 0.64% 4.57% 5.58% 6.93% Wholesale -0.01% 0.16% 0.48% 3.68% 5.14% 5.59% Retail -0.04% 0.14% 0.23% 3.36% 4.33% 5.85% Finance, Insurance, Real-Estate -0.04% 0.14% 0.25% 2.90% 3.80% 5.73% Services -0.03% 0.18% 0.15% 3.07% 4.12% 6.29% Public Administration -0.03% 0.16% 0.04% 1.27% 1.20% 3.93% Energy 0.04% 0.14% 0.63% 4.34% 6.22% 6.89%   Total returns (non-annualized) by rating, market weighted.

New Issues	New Issues [Continued]
1. Omers Finance Trust (USD) 2.5% 5/2/2024 (04/25/2019): 1250MM Senior Unsecured Notes, Price at Issuance 99.446, Yielding 2.62%. 2. Aqua America Inc. (USD) 4.276% 5/1/2049 (04/25/2019): 500MM Senior Unsecured Notes, Price at Issuance 99.999, Yielding 4.28%.

NEW ISSUANCE WATCH: on 4/26/19 participants welcome a $75MM new corporate-bond offering by
Sector RE V LTD.  The most recent data showed money flowed out of high-yield ETFs/mutual funds for the week ended 4/18/19, with a net inflow of $1.1B, year-to-date $14.4B flowed into high-yield.

 

Top Widening Credit Default Swaps (CDS)	Top Narrowing Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
Weatherford International LTD (5Y Sen USD XR14) Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (5Y Sen USD MR14)	San Miguel Corp. (5Y Sen USD CR14) Atmos Energy Corp. (5Y Sen USD MR14)

Loans and Credit Market Overview

SYNDICATED LOANS HIGHLIGHTS:

Deals recently freed for secondary trading, notable secondary activity:

• JBS USA LLC, Sundyne US Purchaser, Prysmian, Project Maple II BV, Trade Me Group LTD

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 17 bp (basis points), as of 04/26/19
• Net positive capital flows into high-yield ETFs & mutual funds

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