

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.

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

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...

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.


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...

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.

(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.


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?

Blanket Downgrade
one of the energy companies basically said the credit agency that called discussed company financials for a total of 10 mins

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?