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John Boy
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Let's Put Some Lipstick On This Pig
Cold calls are dead. So what do the downtown Mitch and Murry reps that go out on missions of mercy do now?
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John Boy
- Mar 20
- 2 min
TRACE Volume and Electronic Trading Trends for February 2023
In the last four months, the fixed income market has experienced some interesting trends and the data for March should be riviting.
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John Boy
- Mar 1
- 2 min
What does PDF stand for and how do I extract data from it????
PDF was the fix for “the inability to exchange information between machines, between systems, between users in a way the file would b same.
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John Boy
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Tradeweb's High Grade Volume Data Reveals the Changing Landscape For The Fixed Income Market
This post will examine the High Grade Volume data set provided by Tradeweb
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John Boy
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Unraveling the Bond Market: Exploring FINRA TRACE Volumes
In the world of finance, trading volumes can reveal important trends and insights into the market. And the data sets from FINRA TRACE...
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John Boy
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Analyzing The MarketAxess High Grade Volume Data
In this article, we will analyze the MarketAxess data set, which tracks the volume of high grade bond trading on its electronic platform.
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John Boy
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V 2020 Visuals
Well what do you know.....fixed income ETFs are once again the source of nausea for me as I consider the daisy chain effect of one of the...
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John Boy
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
The SPAC Arbitrage Trade
Wait what? SPACs can be used by savvy fixed income asset managers that need high yield on the short end of the curve.
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John Boy
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
(Batsht Crazy Volatility*Higher costs) = Bond ETF discounts
My reasons for doubt that the major ETF issuers had nefarious intentions during the chaotic month of March 2020.
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
How to become Lord Rupert Everton
This monitor will follow all of the filings at the PUC but I will be amending on the fly for docket numbers that are red flags.
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Don't Blame The Game Blame the Algorithm
Did someone forget to turn off the "insane price" switch at ERCOT? Who is manning that terminal at ERCOT?
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Blanket Downgrade
one of the energy companies basically said the credit agency that called discussed company financials for a total of 10 mins
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Emergency Alerts via Twitter
We were a sniff away from a catastrophe...think about that for a minute. The grid was 4 minutes away from failure & were using Twitter?
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 6, 2021
- 1 min
A monitor for new filings for The Texas Public Utilities Commission
What's that....you created a monitor for new filings for The Texas Public Utilities Commission
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
Entrust is Bust
"Team you know our motto, were all about watts not worries"
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Captain Hindsight
- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
Pure Carnage
"In Texas, most electricity is fueled by natural gas and coal. Natural gas will not flow for long, however, without electricity...
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John Boy
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Stop Being So Negative
Since everyone is talking about the amount of negative-yielding debt, I put together a visual from IAGG yields
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John Boy
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Now that's some good banter
I have been fortunate enough to visit and work on numerous fixed income trading floors throughout the world. Each of these floors has its...
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