by bondevalue | Mar 19, 2020 | Financial Institutions, Insights, Perpetual Bonds
Stocks of many banks have taken a major hit in the last month as Central Banks cut interest rates to reduce the economic impact of the ongoing pandemic. The table below shows how bank stocks and one of their worst performing Contingent Convertible (CoCos) have fared...
by bondevalue | Nov 8, 2019 | Bond Market Basics - Educational, Insights
Before we get into details about where investors can find bond prices, it is important to understand how bonds are traded and how the trading process is different from stocks. Trading Process for Stocks vs. Bonds Stocks are traded on an exchange where the buyer and...
by bondevalue | Oct 14, 2019 | Asian Dollar Bonds, Insights
The month of September was mixed for bond investors with 41% of bonds in the BEV universe having a positive price return (ex-coupon), while 59% delivered a negative price return. It was a month of recovery for high-yield (HY) bonds, which saw a sell-off during July...
by bondevalue | Apr 10, 2019 | Financial News, Insights
The Jan-Feb bond party continued into March with 1Q19 mark-to-market gains of $75.4 billion, calculated based on quarterly price gains (ex-coupon) of US dollar denominated bonds in the BEV universe. To illustrate this rally in bond prices, we plotted the average...
by bondevalue | Apr 3, 2019 | Bond Market Basics - Educational, Insights
One of the ways to invest in bonds is through the primary markets, by subscribing for new bond issues. Because the new issue process and related terms can be unfamiliar and intimidating for new bond investors, we aim to explain the overall new bond issue process and...
by bondevalue | Mar 27, 2019 | Bond Market Basics - Educational, Insights
What are masala bonds? Masala bonds are Indian Rupees (INR) denominated debt instruments that are issued outside of India. Since these bonds are issued outside of India, they are settled in US dollars (USD). The unique feature of masala bonds is that Rupee currency...
