Spreads on high yield bonds continue to narrow, and at a level of 1,060 basis points (bps) above Treasuries, they are now at their lowest levels since late September according to Merrill Lynch's High Yield Master Index. As shown in the chart below, current levels are still 155 bps above where they were prior to the Lehman bankruptcy. So while many market indicators have worked off much of the panic that was caused by the Lehman, high yield spreads still have some work to do before reaching "pre-Lehman" levels.
The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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