Bonds

The number of leveraged positions in Treasury futures has risen to an all-time high ahead of the central bank's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Fora Financial Asset Securitization, 2024-1, is the first for Fora Financial since 2021, and its third securitization overall. Tier 2 saw the greatest shift in credit distributions among the six credit tiers since the last deal.

Traders are pricing in 34 basis points worth of easing at the Fed's September gathering, trimming their expectations from a day earlier — and lowering the odds of a half-point cut at the next central bank meeting to about one-third.

The company is selling bonds in five parts, and the longest portion of the deal, a 40-year note, will yield 1 percentage point above Treasuries.

Many on Wall Street agree that an abrupt end to quantitative tightening, or QT, is unlikely, with policymakers signaling its rolloff of Treasury holdings will finish by year-end.

There's been a resurgence of interest in CLOs. Gross issuance is on track for a record year in Europe, while year-to-date issuance in the market has already exceeded 2023's full-year volume.

Wagers on aggressive easing by the Fed had been rising in recent days amid debate over whether the central bank should act when it meets next week.

Yields on policy-sensitive two-year Treasuries slid three basis points on Wednesday, while those on 10-year bonds were up by about the same amount.

Even as the world's economy expands at a solid pace, deficits have piled up thanks to heavy spending in the wake of the pandemic.

Yields across maturities rose by three to five basis points as volumes picked up in midday Monday trading in New York.