This note focuses on the risk and return on the bonds of Apple Inc. (AAPL), another icon of daily life around the world. Today’s...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.: Bonds on Aisle 9
This note focuses on the risk and return on the bonds of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) in light of the analysis of Safeway Inc....
Safeway Inc.: Time to Check-Out Some Bonds?
The iconic food retailer Safeway Inc. (SWY) is going through some turbulent times in spite of a default probability history and...
Kamakura Mortgage Valuation Yield Curve, Mortgage Servicing Rights Valuation, and U.S. Treasury Forecast
The latest implied forward rate forecast from Kamakura Corporation shows projected 10 year U.S. Treasury yields down 0.17% to...
Telecom Italia Capital S.A. Bonds: A Confidential Call
The telecom sector world-wide has seen enormous disruption as new service providers challenge the former monopolies of...
Will the United States Default? Comparing Corporate and Sovereign Default Models
In a , we discussed some key issues about sovereign defaults as we approach another Congressional battle on the debt ceiling for...
Ford Motor Company: How Much Mileage in the Bonds?
Ford Motor Company (F) was one of the thirty most heavily traded corporate bond issuers in the U.S. bond market on September 13,...
Kamakura Mortgage Valuation Yield Curve, Mortgage Servicing Rights Valuation, and U.S. Treasury Forecast
The latest implied forward rate forecast from Kamakura Corporation shows projected 10 year U.S. Treasury yields differing -0.07%...
Kamakura Mortgage Valuation Yield Curve, Mortgage Servicing Rights Valuation, and U.S. Treasury Forecast
The latest implied forward rate forecast from Kamakura Corporation shows projected 10 year U.S. Treasury yields down 0.15% to...
AT&T Inc. Bonds: Not a Ringing Endorsement
The telecommunications sector around the world is experiencing enormous disruption. This note uses the default probabilities and...
Citigroup Inc. Bonds: A Prince of an Investment After Many Pandit
The management changes at Citigroup Inc. since the events of the credit crisis have been very dramatic, perhaps more so than for...
Kamakura Mortgage Valuation Yield Curve, Mortgage Servicing Rights Valuation, and U.S. Treasury Forecast
Today’s forecast for U.S. Treasury yields is based on the August 22, 2013 constant maturity Treasury yields that were reported...

