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Trading ideas: wind at its back

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a negative basis trade on Windstream Corp
Issue 197  - August 18th

Trading ideas: steely nerves

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright long on AK Steel Corp
Issue196  - August 4th

Trading ideas: time for a fill-up

Dave Klein, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a capital structure arbitrage trade on Valero Energy Corp
Issue 195  - July 28th

Retention requirements for ABS - part 2

In the second article of a two-part series, Paul Hastings partners Charles Roberts, Conor Downey, Ron Lanning and Diego Shin discuss the new regulatory landscape in the US
Issue 194  - July 21st

Retention requirements for ABS - part 1

In the first article of a two-part series, Paul Hastings partners Charles Roberts, Conor Downey, Ron Lanning and Diego Shin discuss the new regulatory landscape in Europe
Issue 193  - July 14th

The unrecognised and unaddressed ratings issue

Malay Bansal, md at NewOak Capital, suggests that credit rating agencies' activities should be separated into two distinct roles
Issue 192  - July 7th

Trading idea: halitosis

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright short on Halliburton Company
Issue 187  - June 2nd

Trading ideas: no flow

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright short on Louisiana-Pacific Corp
Issue 186  - May 26th

Trading ideas: un-reach for yield

Tim Backshall, chief strategist at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a HY-IG decompression pairs trade
Issue 184  - May 12th

Learning lessons from the past

Anne Horlait, credit analyst at S&P, explores what "CMBS 2.0" might look like in Europe's future commercial property markets
Issue 183  - May 5th

ABC's of Credit

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at CDR, looks at a long opportunity on AmerisourceBergen
Issue 181  - April 21st

Basis basics in a normalised world - part 2

In the second of this two-part series, Morgan Stanley credit derivatives strategists Sivan Mahadevan, Ashley Musfeldt and Phanikiran Naraparaju look at CDS basis opportunities in IG versus HY and US versus European names
Issue 179  - April 7th

Basis basics in a normalised world - part 1

In the first of this two-part series, Morgan Stanley credit derivatives strategists Sivan Mahadevan, Ashley Musfeldt and Phanikiran Naraparaju look at the evolution of the bond-CDS basis over time
Issue 178  - March 31st

Trading ideas: short again

Dave Klein, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an equity basket trade
Issue 178  - March 31st

Understanding the credit quality of residual pools

Priya Balan, European ABS research analyst at Barclays Capital, explains why UK non-conforming RMBS residual pools may strengthen
Issue 177  - March 24th

Trading ideas: keep it short

Dave Klein, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an equity basket trade
Issue 177  - March 24th

TALF post mortem

John McElravey, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, expects a more stable ABS market – albeit with structural changes adding uncertainty – to emerge post-TALF
Issue 176  - March 17th

Trading ideas: two smoking guns

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a capital structure arbitrage trade on Altria Group Inc
Issue 176  - March 17th

Trading ideas: advanced decay

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright long volatility trade on Advanced Micro Systems Inc
Issue 175  - March 10th

Relative value: trading the global basis

Rishad Ahluwalia, executive director at JPMorgan, finds that while some narrowing of the CLO basis is warranted, uncertainty of fundamentals poses a problem for lower-rated positions
Issue 174  - March 3rd

Evidence of strategic default

Ying Shen, research analyst at Deutsche Bank, finds that policy designed to keep borrowers in their homes should be differentiated based on negative equity levels and differences in recourse
Issue 173  - February 24th

Trading ideas: volatile fortune

Dave Klein, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a long volatility trade on Fortune Brands Inc
Issue 173  - February 24th

Trading ideas: controlled recovery

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright long on Johnson Controls Inc
Issue 172  - February 17th

CLNs: flexible and with higher yield than cash

Michael Hampden-Turner, structured credit strategist at Citi, discusses the customisation options available via CLN structures
Issue 171  - February 10th

Trading ideas: inflating differential

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a long Cooper, short Goodyear pairs trade
Issue 170  - February 3rd

Trading ideas: sealed tight

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright long on Sealed Air Corp
Issue 169  - January 27th

Managing extension risk with PAC structures

Glenn Schultz, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, argues that investors seeking to maintain portfolio yield while at the same time limiting extension risk should consider five-year average life PAC bonds collateralised by high-balance agency MBS
Issue 168  - January 20th

Trading ideas: play time

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst, looks at an outright long bond trade on Hasbro Inc
Issue 168  - January 20th

Trading ideas: Donnie's sister

Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at an outright short on Anadarko Petroleum Corp
Issue 167  - January 13th
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