by confoundedinterest17 Its Ted Day! TED refers to the difference between the three-month Treasury bill and the three-month LIBOR based in U.S. dollars, a measure of fear in the market. The 3-month TED spread is rising awfully fast. A sign of …
1-M HIBOR vs. LIBOR rates now at lowest level since 2007! Interesting how same spread disparity also corresponded with the market top for HK stocks. Note: HSI index peaked in 2018, and it’s now re-testing the upper bound of a …
by confoundedinterest One of the world’s most important borrowing benchmarks staged its biggest one-day decline in a decade on Thursday. The three-month London interbank offered rate for dollars sank 4.063 basis points to 2.697 percent, the largest one-day slide since May 2009. The move …
via confoundedinterest: The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been rising since The Federal Reserve began raising their target rate back in late 2015 and has accelerated as The Fed began rapidly raising its target rate after Donald Trump’s election as …
Whoops…something is getting tense… spread between the USD LIBOR and Euribor hit the highest level in a couple of decades. pic.twitter.com/1rjo1hkDSl — Ronnie Stoeferle (@RonStoeferle) November 21, 2018 “The S&P 500 has more room to fall on the back of …
The 3-Month Libor vs. Euribor spread is at its highest level since 1999! Is the ECB about to start tightening or the Fed about to stop? Either way, unless “this time is different”, such policy changes from similar extremes is …
Libor hits decade high pic.twitter.com/QluHNk7jNk — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 7, 2018 A Worldwide Debt Default Is A Real Possibility Is debt good or bad? The answer is “Yes.” Debt is future spending pulled forward in time. It lets you buy …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1059860505723056128 WTI Crude Enters Bear Market – Plunges To 7-Month Lows WTI Crude futures are down 20% from their early October highs, with the front-month contract back to a $61 handle at its lowest level since April. As more details emerged …
Why do you think they have created an alternative to the LIBOR? The LIBOR is a very important factor in the financial system. $370 trillion worth of financial transactions use the LIBOR today. But this is changing. New competition has …
This is so important and is rarely discussed in the financial media (No surprise). Do you see how this LIBOR rate increasing will make a huge impact on the global financial markets? We always pay attention to the Federal Reserve …
Authored by Jesse Colombo via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Four years ago, I wrote a piece for Forbes called “This New Libor ‘Scandal’ Will Cause A Terrifying Financial Crisis,” in which I explained that the “real” Libor scandal wasn’t the Libor rigging scandal, but the …
The LIBOR is the rate they charge for interbank lending. Does this mean the banks don’t trust each other and fear loaning to each other? RR
by jessefelder Many have noted recently that the spread between 3-month LIBOR and the overnight interbank lending rate has now risen to the highest level since the financial crisis, typically a sign of rising financial stress. At the same time, many …
by Shaun Richards There is much to consider today as we consider the actions of our lords (ladies) and masters or rather our central bankers. Last night brought something which as we have noted before was in the category of …
by GoldCore Key Metric LIBOR OIS Signals Major Credit Concerns – Widening of the spread between LIBOR OIS (overnight index swap) rate raises concerns – Spread jumped to 9 year widest spread, rising to 54.6bps, most since May 2009. – …
Libor Scandal Gets Older and Uglier for Banks Societe Generale SA’s deputy CEO has abruptly left the French bank. The cause appears to be the decade-old Libor scandal. With much still unclear, the takeaway for investors is troubling. Didier Valet has left without …
by Royston Roche The LIBOR rates have been rising in the past one year. The initial rise was due to the adoption of Money Market Fund Reform Rules which had its deadline of October 14, 2016. But what is more worrying …