Switzerland becomes first to sell 10-year debt at negative yield (LINK)
Switzerland has become the first country to sell benchmark 10-year sovereign debt at a negative yield, as the implications of the European Central Bank’s bond buying programme continue to ripple across markets.
Spain Joins Negative Yield Club (LINK)With a yield of minus 0.055 per cent, investors are in effect paying to lend SFr232.51m (€222.4m) to the Swiss government until 2025.
Spain has joined the sub-zero debt club, just.
Kyle Bass's New Tack: Dispute the Patent, Short the Stock (LINK)The Spanish Treasury on Tuesday issued short-term debt yielding a shade under 0%. The €725 million ($796 million) in six-month Spanish debt delivers an average yield to investors of -0.002%. Buyers were still keen, placing bids worth five times that amount, according to the Treasury.
Chris Mayer: Notes on Deflation From Tokyo (LINK)
The Absolute Return Letter, April 2015: The 'Perfect Storm' (LINK)
Andrew Smithers: Risks and dangers in the aftermath of QE (LINK)
Oliver Sacks' autobiography, On the Move, will officially be published on April 28th (LINK)
How Tiger Killed Tiger (LINK)
Book of the day [H/T @Sanjay__Bakshi]: Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down [This was also a book recommended by Elon Musk, HERE.]