John Boy Nov 21, 2020 1 min Stop Being So Negative Since everyone is talking about the amount of negative-yielding debt, I decided to put together a visual that gives context about what ty...
John Boy Jul 30, 2020 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...
John Boy Jul 24, 2020 1 min It's a Party in the U...S... FED Syncing up party music with SMCCF purchases.
John Boy Jun 6, 2020 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?
John Boy Apr 2, 2020 3 min Visualizing Market Share An attempt to visualize market share for electronic trading platforms in USD credit.
John Boy Mar 26, 2020 3 min Orange Mocha Frappuccino! Some thoughts and just a little humor (we all need a little chuckle). Resources on CSPP, PMCCF and SMCCF
John Boy Jan 17, 2020 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.......
John Boy Jan 13, 2020 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 ...
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!
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
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
