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    Visualizing March Price Swings for HYG
    • Jul 30
    • 1 min

    Visualizing March Price Swings for HYG

    Fred Willard was a comedy genius. My favorite Willard character was Mike Lafontaine in A Mighty Wind. The line "Hey, wha happened?!" alwa...
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    It's a Party in the U...S... FED
    • Jul 24
    • 1 min

    It's a Party in the U...S... FED

    Syncing up party music with SMCCF purchases.
    73 views
    Jay Kittens got out his cage in June and wanted to party!
    • Jul 1
    • 1 min

    Jay Kittens got out his cage in June and wanted to party!

    First post! And of course it's about Jay Kittens
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    John Boy
    • Jul 30
    • 1 min

    Visualizing March Price Swings for HYG

    Fred Willard was a comedy genius. My favorite Willard character was Mike Lafontaine in A Mighty Wind. The line "Hey, wha happened?!" alwa...
    12 views Write a comment
    John Boy
    • Jul 24
    • 1 min

    It's a Party in the U...S... FED

    Syncing up party music with SMCCF purchases.
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    Whiskers
    • Jul 1
    • 1 min

    What is CatFLIX?

    I was contacted out of the blue about the idea of CatFLIX by John after he received some feedback on the CatFIX site. He forwarded me the...
    85 views Write a comment
    John Boy
    • Jun 6
    • 2 min

    About those ETFs and the SMCCF thingy...I had a few questions

    Question 1 - What are the eligibility requirements for ETFs in the SMCCF?
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    John Boy
    • Apr 2
    • 3 min

    Visualizing Market Share

    An attempt to visualize market share for electronic trading platforms in USD credit.
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    John Boy
    • Mar 26
    • 3 min

    Orange Mocha Frappuccino!

    Some thoughts and just a little humor (we all need a little chuckle). Resources on CSPP, PMCCF and SMCCF
    31 views Write a comment
    John Boy
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    A picture is worth 50 words

    Word Cloud of MKTX and TW earnings call
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    John Boy
    • Jan 17
    • 4 min

    The Vendor-Puke Monologues

    Are you a customer facing representative that is guilty of puking information in meetings or sales pitches? This might help.......
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    John Boy
    • Jan 13
    • 3 min

    WHAT A LOAD OF.............DEBT!

    The following example will demonstrate how to QUICKLY and EASILY compare debt figures for FDX and AMZN using inline XBRL. What is Inline ...
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    John Boy
    • Dec 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Trust me....I will find the other side of that order!

    Sisyphus used the DES<GO> screen shot to sell story bonds too!
    202 views Write a comment
    John Boy
    • Dec 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    McVey Throws a Vicious 1-2 about Volumes and Fee Models at the GS Financial Services Conference.

    Strong comments about the lack of standards for OTC Fixed Income volume and fee models by Rick McVey
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    John Boy
    • Dec 18, 2019
    • 5 min

    The day Bloomberg struck down Ron Burgundy

    We've been coming to the same party for 10 years and in no way is that depressing.
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    John Boy
    • Dec 3, 2019
    • 6 min

    The Growth Story for MKTX, TW & ICE

    This is not a recommendation of ETF’s, MKTX, TW or ICE. I am not a licensed security representative. This is my opinion. Whenever I hear ...
    61 views Write a comment
    John Boy
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    The LEI is the key & the key is the LEI

    Congratulations! You finally got the data analyst job for the debt capital markets (DCM) group. You impressed all of your interviewers wi...
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    John Boy
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Where the hell did my axe go?

    I used to get this question all the time from traders at banks. From 2014 to 2018, I was on a team at Algomi that implemented the Synchro...
    33 views Write a comment
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