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"Everything That Moves in Rafah is a Target": Israel Continues Shelling of Gaza During Short "Pause"
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has topped 1,800 as the Israeli offensive enters its 28th day. On Sunday, at least 10 people died when Israel shelled another United Nations school sheltering Palestinian civilians. The United States has called the attack "disgraceful," while U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned it as a "moral outrage and a criminal act." It was the seventh U.N. school hit since Israel's offensive began. The United Nations, meanwhile, is warning of a "rapidly unfolding" health crisis in Gaza as large parts of the territory remain without power or running water, and around 400,000 are displaced. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed since a 72-hour ceasefire collapsed on Friday. Over the weekend, the Israeli government admitted that a soldier it had reported as captured was actually killed in battle. Earlier today, Israel announced a unilateral seven-hour truce in most of the Gaza Strip, except for Rafah. Palestinians have already accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire by launching deadly attack on the Shati refugee camp. We go to Gaza City to speak with Mohammed Omer, an award-winning Palestinian journalist who has family in Rafah.
"Disgraceful," "Criminal Act": Israel Condemned as 10 Die in Another Strike on U.N. Shelter in Gaza
The United States and the United Nations have condemned Israel after an airstrike killed 10 people near the entrance of a United Nations school sheltering Palestinian civilians. The school was reportedly being used as a shelter for about 3,000 people. It was the second attack on a U.N. school in less than a week, and the seventh over the course of Israel's offensive in Gaza. The coordinates of the school were reportedly communicated to the Israel Defense Force no fewer than 33 times, the last time just an hour before the shelling. Shortly after Sunday's attack, the State Department issued a statement saying: "The United States is appalled by today's disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon characterized the attack as "a moral outrage and a criminal act." We get an update from Christopher Gunness, spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
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Hurricane season began June 1, and you know the drill: It's time for the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce Hurricane Preparedness Seminar.
Registration begins at 5 p.m., and the seminar takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort Harbourside Dining Room, 3100 Harbourside Drive.
Longboat Key Fire-Rescue Chief Richard Dickerson, who was fire chief of Sanibel Island in 2004, when Hurricane Charley struck, and Public Works Projects Manager James Linkogle will speak. Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane and Manatee County Emergency Management Chief Laurie Feagans will also be on hand to answer questions.
And those who already have a hurricane plan in place still have a reason to attend. The first 100 people to register will get a free hurricane drink. The seminar will also feature hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Call 383-2466 for more information.
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noun (plural same or jinns)
(In Arabian and Muslim mythology) an intelligent spirit of lower rank than the angels, able to appear in human and animal forms and to possess humans: the rebellious jinn lead men astray Compare with genie.
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Saffron - Ron Contour
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...Saffron The saffron crocus, Crocus sativus this crocus that flowers in October must not be confused with the autumn crocus Colchicum autumnale, known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked lady. The autumn crocus is poisonous.
The saffron crocus is the one where we get the yellow saffron colouring from .This crocus is difficult to grow in England it needs a Mediterranean climate.
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Saffron the Yellow Fairy - Daisy Meadows
Advantages: Lovely pictures, a nice continuation of the rainbow fairies story
Disadvantages: similar to the first book, is a paperback, also is one in a series
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An Excellent family run new small Indian Restaurant in Inverness!
Advantages: Tasty fresh food cooked beautifully.
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...A family run, new small Indian Restaurant for Inverness.
Saffron Indian Restaurant opened its doors today for the first time and we had the pleasure of being their first sit in customers, and it won't be the last time we visit.
The restaurant is small seating approximately 20 customers and has a take-away menu.
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text: March 2009 Vol. 1 No. 1 This is the first in what we hope will be a series of commentaries that we write from time to time for friends of the D. E. Shaw group. We hope you find it helpful, and we encourage you to forward to us suggestions for improvements or future topics. The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street The "Cash-Synthetic" Basis Has Moved in Dramatic Ways, Creating Risk . . . and Opportunity T HE DIFFERENCE, or "basis," financial markets? Observers of credit markets between cash financial instruments and have recently seen basis trades that, by historical their synthetic, derivative-based standards, appear at first glance to be enormously equivalents was once a matter of interest attractive. But are we seeing fundamental mainly to financial professionals involved in mispricings of credit, or something else altogether? structured credit funds. But during the financial We thought it might be helpful to share our crisis of the past year, cash-synthetic basis has views on these and related questions. The first become so volatile and so pervasive across a section of this commentary outlines how we number of credit instruments that many have taken evaluate the broader risk factors that largely to referring to it simply as "the basis," even though determine our exposure to cash-synthetic basis. there are many other common forms of basis in Subsequent sections delve into a few specific financial markets. (We similarly use this shorthand trades for illustrative purposes, and explain how in this commentary.) Cash-synthetic basis has we attempt to value different forms of cash- achieved this notoriety for three main reasons: synthetic basis. For simplicity, we're limiting (1) it's a nearly universal risk factor—even investors the discussion to the relationship between cash that have no exposure to synthetic instruments are bonds and related credit default swaps ("CDS") effectively exposed to one leg of the risk factor; and interest-rate swaps. Although there are (2) its recent price movement has been massive; many other forms of synthetic credit exposures, and (3) exposure to cash-synthetic basis is very CDS and interest-rate swaps are the most difficult to hedge. well-developed and common forms. How should investors incorporate cash-synthetic basis analysis in their evaluation of such unsettled The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street Cash-Synthetic Basis: strictly fundamental terms. After all, the values of the two The Underlying Risk Factors instruments converge in the two most important circumstances: a default (when one instrument can literally L et's begin with a basic definition of cash-synthetic be converted into the other) and at maturity (when both basis in the credit space: it's the measure of the instruments cease to exist at a basis of zero in price terms). difference between spreads on derivative credit That said, during the credit meltdown of the past year, we instruments1 and spreads on closely matched (in terms of have witnessed incredibly large swings in cash-synthetic issuer and maturity) cash bonds.2 Simply put: basis. Figure 1 shows cash-CDS basis for the J.P. Morgan High-Grade Corporate Bond Index ("investment-grade cash-synthetic basis = derivative spread – bond spread index") and the J.P. Morgan High-Yield Corporate Bond The basis is said to be "positive" when the bond spread is Index ("high-yield index") over the past four years. tighter than the synthetic spread, meaning that the bond risk is priced more expensively than the related synthetic risk. Before looking more closely at some examples of cash- "Negative basis," which is what we see on average in current synthetic basis, let's step back and consider some of the Cash-CDS Basis of Investment-Grade Index and High-Yield Index, 2005–2009 200 100 0 -100 -200 Basis (bps) -300 -400 -500 -600 -700 -800 Jan-05 Jun-05 Oct-05 Mar-06 Aug-06 Jan-07 Jun-07 Nov-07 Apr-08 Sep-08 Feb-09 Investment-Grade Index High-Yield Index Figure 1 Source: J.P. Morgan markets, is the inverse condition, when the derivative spread risk factors that should be kept firmly in mind when trying is tighter than the bond spread, meaning that the bond risk is to understand how the basis functions. Two factors are cheaper than the synthetic risk. Although the values of cash particularly important: the terms and availability of bonds and CDS are subject to certain asymmetries (the financing and the positioning of levered market participants. factors causing those asymmetries are discussed later in this Terms and Availability of Financing commentary), the basis between a cash instrument and its synthetic equivalent generally should be quite tight in The terms and availability of financing (which are perhaps best understood as two sides of the same coin) are a primary determinant of the level of the cash-synthetic basis. 1 The use of "spread" is a bit of a misnomer in the context of credit When looking broadly at credit markets, demand for cash derivatives. It's the industry term for referring to what is in fact not a spread instruments comes from both levered and unlevered over anything, but instead is the coupon rate paid to the party providing the credit protection. We use the term here in keeping with this convention. investors. For levered investors, demand for cash 2 The details of the calculation of a cash instrument's spread are very instruments is partly a function of the terms and availability important for trading, but for the sake of brevity we omit them here. MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 2 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street of financing. When financing becomes more expensive levered investors were predominantly positioned long cash or more scarce, aggregate demand for cash instruments instruments.3 When the availability of financing decreased, decreases, which drives the basis in a negative direction. The many banks, hedge funds, and other investors were forced to important terms in any financing are: (1) the initial margin deleverage rapidly. The cumulative impact of the trading required on the financing, and perceptions of how margin costs or "slippage" these levered hands incurred in the levels may change in the future (given that long-term assets process drove cash-synthetic basis more negative than are often funded with short-term liabilities which are then justified solely by the fundamentals. Under a different set of "rolled"), (2) the term over which counterparties are willing circumstances, it's possible that the positioning and trading to extend the financing, (3) the conditions under which that activity of levered players could have driven the basis more financing may be terminated, (4) the rate that is charged for positive for a group of cash instruments—for example, if those the financing, and (5) the term and financing rate on players were mostly short (rather than long) a certain group of borrowed securities if the cash instrument is held short. cash instruments and then had to reduce position size. (See While each of these drivers needs to be considered our discussion of Berkshire Hathaway in the next section for a individually, it's reasonable to consider them in the aggregate specific example of the basis going more positive.) for analytic purposes. This is mainly because they're Of course, the value and even the sign of the cash-synthetic generally correlated with each other—as overall financing basis vary over time. If obliged to guess prior to the present tightens, they all tend to deteriorate from the financing financial crisis, most market participants probably would have customer's standpoint, and as it expands, they all tend to ventured that a basis position that was long the cash improve. In addition to these financing terms, the availability instrument actually would have outperformed (that is, the of financing also depends on the number of market basis would have become more positive) in a crisis, as participants that have access to financing and the fact that worried investors would be expected to buy protection in the lenders can increase or decrease the availability of financing form of CDS, thereby pushing credit spreads on CDS wider based on perceptions of counterparty risk. than those on the underlying cash bonds. A research report Positioning of Levered Players issued by Lehman Brothers in August 2005, for example, noted that "hedging demand amid increased market Levered players include hedge funds, to be sure, but it's volatility … kept CDS spreads wider relative to cash."4 But important to note that banks and dealers are generally events have unfolded very differently in this crisis. While the considered the quintessential large and heavily levered long cash/short synthetic bases of a few issuers may have holders of cash-synthetic basis risk. Banks and dealers outperformed, that's not been the case for the majority of extend credit and other capital to clients, sell off some issuers during this now protracted financial crisis, and a portion of the risk, and hedge their remaining exposures decision to put on long cash/short derivative trades as a rough through various means, including synthetically via CDS on form of crisis insurance would not have worked out very well. single names and indexes. And in nearly all cases, they do this using significantly more leverage than most hedge What's critical here is that the two risk factors most funds. (Recently, capital losses, bond rating agency responsible for driving cash-synthetic basis—namely, the pressures, investor pressures, and changes in the regulatory availability of financing and the positioning (long or short environment all have led banks and dealers to reduce their cash relative to synthetic) of levered players—are quite leverage. In 2008, this process contributed significantly to the kind of liquidation scenario described in more detail below.) 3 This "long cash" bias among levered players is a normal condition for One way of interpreting changes in cash-synthetic basis over several reasons too complicated to detail here, but which include: (1) many of the perceived market inefficiencies that levered players seek to exploit the past year is that the reduced availability of financing relate to more "off-the-run" instruments (which often are cash instruments), simply caused the basis to move from one equilibrium state while synthetic instruments are mostly based on more plain vanilla products; (2) synthetic short positions are less margin intensive than are cash short to another by lowering demand for cash instruments. But it positions; (3) financing costs and loss of borrow on synthetic shorts are, at seems to us that the pricing of the basis has gone beyond least superficially, less problematic than on cash shorts; and (4) an investor equilibrium. Why has it done so? We believe the answer seeking to profit by buying at a discount in the primary market and selling later in the secondary market will be structurally long cash instruments. relates to the initial positioning and subsequent deleveraging 4 Lehman Brothers, "CDS Basis Update: Positive Basis Opportunities," of levered market participants. As the crisis began, many August, 24, 2005. MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 3 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street inconveniently also two of the least desirable risk factors for a profit-seeking, "alpha" matter, on the size and direction of levered investment vehicle like most hedge funds. Those that basis. In that respect, cash-synthetic basis creates factors' combined impact literally describes the terms of a something of a dilemma. As noted in the previous section, classic common-investor liquidation crisis. By incurring heavy basis trades potentially expose levered funds to some highly exposure to financing risk and the portfolios of other levered lethal forms of risk. But the difference in pricing between investors, a levered hedge fund is effectively selling a gigantic cash instruments and their synthetic equivalents may itself be a put option on its ability to finance its own positions. sign of profitable trading opportunities. How can we capitalize Moreover, this put option has characteristics that greatly on these situations while remaining vigilant as risk managers? increase the probability that the option will move in the Evaluating the risk/return characteristics of cash-synthetic money at the worst possible moment. If a levered investor basis trades is very difficult because the initial positioning and suddenly finds itself facing heavy losses, it's not a stretch to trading activity of levered market participants plays such a suppose that, at the same time and for largely the same large role in determining that basis. The positioning and reasons, that investor's equity capital base is under pressure behavior of levered players can cause basis to vary (even in from redemptions, its financing position is weakening sign) from one asset to another, even when those because of a credit crunch, and other similarly positioned instruments are otherwise quite similar. As a result, investors are liquidating. Worse still, all of these phenomena aggregate data on the market positioning and recent trading tend to self-reinforce in pernicious ways. In such activity of those players is extremely valuable information. circumstances, it's imprudent to count on financing and Unfortunately, this information is generally unavailable. trading counterparties to provide help because, as already While we can and do attempt to collect market color and noted, they're likely to be deleveraging at the same time. believe that we generally have relatively good intelligence We generally attach a very negative value to this common- about the positioning of other levered players, given the investor liquidation risk given that: somewhat translucent nature of the system we all operate in—neither perfectly transparent nor perfectly opaque— it can pose an existential threat to many hedge funds; that information cannot be gathered with sufficient it's a risk that's common to a variety of investment consistency or rigor to serve by itself as a valid foundation strategies and thus requires constant diligence to size at an for price forecasting. acceptable level, particularly because the various forms of Even under the best of circumstances, attempting to common-investor risk tend to become highly correlated in generate alpha in cash-synthetic trades may be a liquidity crisis; and fundamentally at odds with efforts to control the attendant it's an exposure that's relatively easy for the underlying risk. If cash bond A trades with a basis of -400 basis points investors in hedge funds to obtain at low cost, if they ("bps") and a different bond B of similar credit quality trades want it. with a basis of -50 bps, an investor might be tempted to believe that the following trade would yield 350 bps of alpha We try to generate profits by focusing on the highest (before any leverage is applied) while remaining neutral to value-added alpha we can find, rather than by accumulating cash-synthetic basis: go long cash bond A and buy CDS exposure to potentially destructive risk factors simply because protection on A, and short cash bond B and sell CDS they may be easy to find and implement. (In fact, it's the very protection on B. But the idea that you've controlled risk by ease of obtaining some factors that makes them so potentially remaining neutral to cash-synthetic basis turns out to be an troublesome.) In that vein, let's now turn to how we evaluate illusion. While, technically, both the A and B legs of the specific cash-synthetic basis trading opportunities. trade have the same PV015 exposure to the difference between each of A's and B's cash-synthetic credit spreads Evaluating Cash-Synthetic (i.e., exposure to a one basis-point change in the difference Basis Trades between the two credit spreads), they may in practice have E very day we manage portfolios that explicitly or implicitly have this form of cash-synthetic basis risk, 5 PV01 is the present value impact of a one basis-point move in an interest and in some cases we have an actual view, as a rate or credit spread. MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 4 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street very different betas to the cash-synthetic basis risk factor, widening of the BRK basis was that cash investors, while with possibly unhappy near-term consequences for the certainly anxious to free up liquidity in their portfolios investor making this trade. For example, the investor might generally, typically held on to their BRK bonds. Given BRK's be unpleasantly surprised to observe that the basis level of AAA rating and perceived status as a defensive play in the -50 bps in its short cash bond B position remains unchanged corporate debt market, cash investors remained for the most (or, worse still, even goes positive) while the -400 bps of basis part quite comfortable with BRK credit, as reflected by the in its long cash bond A position, which might be wide simply bonds' relatively tight credit spread (not basis) of because it's commonly held by a number of hedge funds, approximately +150 bps. So, with levered investors simultaneously blows out to -800 bps because of liquidation essentially uninvolved in the credit, BRK bonds traded with pressures. This sort of thing can and does happen as a result significantly narrower spreads than the CDS, resulting in a of the technical forces created by whomever happens to be widening of the cash-synthetic basis from +50 to +350 bps selling, and the reasons behind their transactions. between July and November 2008 (and more recently as well). If we compare the cash-synthetic basis of BRK's bonds While technical pressures obviously affect many market to the investment-grade index at the same point in time, we dynamics, we believe they are unusually profound in the case find that the cash-CDS basis of that index typically traded at of cash-synthetic basis risk. Unlike stocks and other around -30 bps in June and July and then fell below -200 bps instruments that are driven at least in part by market in November. Other AAA defensive credits, such as GE "fundamentals," basis is driven almost purely by technical Capital Corp. ("GE"), performed similarly to BRK during this factors. This makes life complicated. With respect to most period, which supports our thesis that the basis of the debt of other forms of risk, we can often preserve alpha and mitigate AAA-rated companies exhibits similar characteristics for the exposure to a risk factor by entering into multiple trades, two reasons cited in this paragraph. Figure 2 shows the each of which not only has expected alpha but also has, for cash-CDS basis of the investment-grade index, BRK, and GE risk management purposes, risk exposure that at least over the past four years. partially offsets the exposures of the other trades. But that isn't so easily accomplished in the case of the cash-synthetic After the recent violent swings in basis, it could be argued mismatch. In fact, any attempt to do so could just as easily that the best way to hedge basis risk is to "overhedge" beta increase risk as decrease it. Thus, we often view the best by hedging, for example, the long market value of a portfolio course of action as simply refraining from getting too big in of cash instruments with a somewhat larger short synthetic cash-synthetic trades in the aggregate. index position. We question that view on both theoretical and empirical grounds. The theoretical underpinning for the Consider the cash-synthetic basis of bonds issued by case on overhedging beta is not clear and seems more like a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("BRK"). During June and July of clumsy overfitting of market events that transpired after 2008, those bonds typically traded with a basis of less than Lehman Brothers' default. Moreover, one need only look +50 bps. But in subsequent months, a combination of two back at price movements in credit markets before the conditions drove the basis more positive. The primary cause summer of 2008 to see how this hedge would not have of the widening of this basis was that BRK, owing to its AAA performed very well. At the beginning of 2008, credit credit rating and skillful negotiation of derivative contracts, spreads on the investment-grade index were approximately almost never needs to post variation margin on its existing +95 bps and the cash-CDS basis was -60 bps. On March derivative trades. When the value of these trades swings in 16, the day before the rescue of Bear Stearns, spreads on favor of BRK's counterparties, those counterparties take on that index widened to approximately +235 bps, but the credit exposure to BRK equal to the amount that the position cash-CDS basis moved positive to approximately +15 bps. had effectively moved in the money. As this situation So in this case, the "basis hedge" would have moved in the worsens, BRK's counterparties seek to hedge their contingent wrong direction. counterparty credit exposure by buying CDS protection on BRK, a relatively more efficient hedging method that allows While our portfolios suffered from some exposure to basis duration and other features to be more accurately matched. over the course of 2008, we attempted to keep that exposure In the fall of 2008, this hedging activity widened BRK CDS within reasonable limits and refrained from making an explicit spreads to nearly +500 bps. The secondary cause of the wager on that risk factor. By contrast, those who put on large MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 5 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street Cash-CDS Basis of Investment-Grade Index, Berkshire, and GE, 2005–2009 400 300 200 100 Basis (bps) 0 -100 -200 -300 -400 Jan-05 Jun-05 Oct-05 Mar-06 Aug-06 Jan-07 Jun-07 Nov-07 Apr-08 Sep-08 Feb-09 Investment-Grade Index Berkshire GE Figure 2 Source: J.P. Morgan explicit basis wagers or set up basis trades as long puts to that is puttable in November 2010. CDS protection on hedge other risks are now lamenting those decisions. Qwest's bonds traded at +600 bps, and the straight Moreover, if credit markets were to experience a sustained rally (meaning non-convertible) bonds themselves traded at a at some point in the future, we don't believe—contrary to spread of +800 basis points. But the Qwest convertible bond accepted wisdom—that cash would rebound faster than was even cheaper. If one priced the convertible by assuming synthetic instruments. In fact, we believe that cash-synthetic a credit spread of +800 bps (the full spread on the cash basis could move even more negative and put yet more bond), the theory price was approximately 98.5 while the pressure on some levered investors. market price was 91.5. So for the same amount of fund balance sheet usage, buying the convertible bond instead of If one does wish to pursue a given cash-synthetic basis the straight bond would potentially transform an annual gain trading opportunity, selecting cash-synthetic basis trades in a of +200 bps on the basis trade into +550 bps of annual alpha way that conserves financing is central to managing risk. In (assuming a duration of two years on the convertible bond). general, a manager can seek to combine several predictions of future relative price movements in various instruments, in an We believe our multi-strategy approach to investing offers effort to increase the proportion of genuine manager insight certain advantages in identifying and structuring trades that relative to position size. Under normal circumstances, we have layer different forms of alpha as we seek to make the most of a strong preference for making investments that are expected to balance-sheet resources. contain multiple sources of alpha—that's especially true when access to financing is as precious as it is now. Putting on a How Cash-Synthetic Basis May single trade that has the potential to pay off in several ways Distort Perceptions of the Market gives us more bang for the financing buck and can thus help us T make more efficient use of a given balance sheet. he signals sent by cash-synthetic basis reach the far corners of the global financial system and have a For example, taking a position in a convertible bond may direct impact on the profits and losses of funds that allow us to put on a cash-synthetic basis trade while mark their securities to market. Yet it may be difficult at simultaneously exploiting alpha in the convertibility feature times for observers to correctly interpret what those signals of the bond. A concrete example of recent vintage (from mean, simply because sometimes the basis is tangled up with February 2009) might be Qwest Corp's 3.5% convertible other factors. The occasional conflation of mostly unrelated MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 6 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street phenomena can severely distort perceptions of what exactly the situation, future inflation expectations could be estimated the markets are implying about a given situation. We find by subtracting the real yield on an inflation-linked bond from the most common form of this "conflation error" is that the nominal yield on a nominal bond. In this case, the yield investors simply look at the current market price of an on the nominal bond was approximately 2.5% and the real instrument, compare it to the theory price of that instrument, yield on the inflation-linked bond was approximately 3.5%, and assume the difference is a fundamental mispricing, implying a 1% annual rate of deflation over the next eight without factoring into their analysis technical, financing, or years. But a more refined approach would break that difference other considerations. Let's consider a couple of examples. into two components: an implied annual 1% inflation over the subsequent eight years (given asset swaps on TIPS) and a 200- Some observers have claimed, for instance, that it defies logic bps difference in cash-synthetic basis between nominal and that many U.S. Treasury bonds have higher yields than inflation-linked bonds at that maturity. In fact, if we look back equivalent interest-rate swaps. For example, currently at the inflation-swap market at that time—a market without 12-year Treasury bonds yield about 60 bps more than cash-synthetic basis—we see that 1% inflation was exactly equivalent swaps. Someone might thus conclude, "Debt issued what that market was pricing in (although that market is illiquid by the U.S. government yields significantly more than swaps, enough that most observers do not look to it for implied despite the fact that swaps are based on LIBOR, which is an inflation). This example illustrates that understanding basis has unsecured borrowing rate among banks—that's totally crazy!" important implications for policymakers or anyone interested in We think a better interpretation is as follows: (1) Treasuries are discovering what the market is implying about certain elements indeed 40 bps better (i.e., lower yielding) than swaps because of the future macroeconomic landscape, in this case inflation. of better credit quality (and certain tax advantages), but (2) there's an additional 100 bps of yield in Treasuries because Asymmetries in the Fair Value of of an unrelated -100 bps of cash-synthetic basis in very off-the- run Treasuries (12-year high-coupon bonds in particular), Bonds and Credit Derivatives resulting in a net yield of 60 bps, as previously noted. Looking W e've now considered a few "real-world" cash- at it that way renders the apparent Treasury vs. swap anomaly synthetic basis examples for general purposes. much less remarkable, and indeed like something that could As a final exercise, let's discuss some of the more easily become more extreme, or might move to having the idiosyncratic elements of basis analysis. While cash bonds and opposite sign, depending on how markets evolve and how synthetic instruments like CDS obviously are linked in various market participants are positioned and behave. ways in theory, a number of interesting factors create As an editorial sidebar, we note that, despite current asymmetries in practice that should be considered when controversies about the transparency and settlement issues estimating the fair value of either instrument. surrounding CDS and other types of swap agreements, we Nuances of CDS contracts and cheapest-to-deliver believe that swap markets have often priced in a "truer" level of option: Synthetic instruments do not perfectly match the market's fundamental view on a particular issuer's credit risk related cash instruments. For example, when a credit event than that implied by prices of cash bonds (although we don't occurs, the buyer of CDS protection can deliver any of the believe this will necessarily always be the case). issuer's bonds to the protection seller, not just the specific Here's a second example. In the Treasury Inflation-Protected bond the buyer might have been protecting. This "cheapest- Securities ("TIPS") market, a large cash-synthetic basis might to-deliver" option is a helpful asymmetry for a negative basis mislead observers about the future inflation implied by the position (where, by way of reminder, the investor has gone market. Consider that in November 2008, 8-year asset-swap long the cash bond and shorted the synthetic). In a few real- spreads on nominal U.S. Treasuries were generally priced in world cases, this delivery option has proven to be very the neighborhood of +70 bps (in other words, the "normal" valuable. For example, when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac way, with swaps yielding more than Treasuries) while 8-year were put into conservatorship by their federal regulator, the asset-swap spreads on TIPS were generally in the companies' bonds increased in value because of the neighborhood of -130 bps. The result was a 200-bps perceived benefits of direct government support. Happily for disparity in the cash-synthetic basis for two Treasury bonds investors with negative basis positions, the conservatorship of roughly the same maturity. On a traditional reading of was deemed a credit event, meaning that not only did they MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 7 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street receive a small payment as buyers of CDS protection, but rate at which the market should discount risk-free cash they also could deliver the cheapest bonds into the contract, flows. It's worth first pointing out that, even under resulting in a profit on both legs of the trade. This delivery normal conditions, LIBOR is not in practice a "risk-free option can also be very profitably exercised in a rate," as it's the rate at which the largest banks (which "restructuring" in which a company is able to force material are of course themselves not risk-free) lend to each other changes upon all holders of a bond or loan when the on an unsecured basis. Also, LIBOR is set via a company's creditworthiness has deteriorated. somewhat messy polling mechanism, and it's possible that the outcome of that poll may not reflect the market's Rights of the cash instrument: Whereas taking a long true discount rate. If LIBOR is tighter than the market's position in a cash instrument confers certain rights upon true risk-free discount rate by 100 bps, for example, the owner, gaining the same exposure via CDS does not that may result in standard calculations showing a provide the same rights to the seller of protection. The negative basis of 100 bps simply because the market owners of cash bonds or loans may be able to profit from will use LIBOR + 100 bps when pricing a bond. their ability to negotiate with the issuer of the bond or loan. For example, loan holders sometimes can earn fees Duration of trade: Generally speaking, a 10-year basis by waiving covenants or renewing a commitment. trade would be attractive at a lower spread than a 1-year Investors using synthetic instruments to get the same basis trade because the maximum loss (i.e., the bond goes exposure do not benefit from these events. to zero, and the CDS is worthless) is the same for both, and yet there is more upside in bond points if the trade Likelihood and timing of bond default: Because cash- normalizes (moves towards zero basis). synthetic basis is certain to go to zero in a default, one should, all else equal, prefer basis trades in bonds that are Borrow risk on bonds: When selling bonds and selling likely to default sooner rather than later since that will CDS protection, a fee is paid to borrow the bond, and result in an earlier realization. there is the potential to lose the borrow on the bond, both of which affect the fair value of the cash-CDS basis. Likelihood and correlation of CDS counterparty default: If we enter a basis trade in which we purchase a bond issued Concluding Thoughts by Financial Company A and then buy CDS protection on W Financial Company A from Financial Company B, we run the e hope that this commentary, though risk that Financial Company B will default before Financial necessarily limited in scope, has shed some light Company A. This would cause us to lose the protection on on how cash-synthetic basis functions in our bond, and we likely would have lost some money on the contemporary financial markets. As a practical matter, we termination event.6 We can try to reduce this risk by buying believe that understanding, monitoring, and potentially CDS protection from the most creditworthy counterparties, profiting from exposure to cash-synthetic basis requires both avoiding a high potential correlation between the depth and breadth in a manager's investment capability. The creditworthiness of the CDS counterparty and the bond ability to conduct in-depth analysis by gathering and issuer referenced by the CDS, and sensibly managing our processing data on the availability of financing, the exposures to counterparties. positioning of other levered players, and asymmetries in the values of cash and synthetic instruments is clearly important. Distortions of LIBOR: Standard cash-CDS basis But so too is a broader understanding of whether a given calculations implicitly assume that LIBOR is the basis opportunity is unusual relative only with respect to that appropriate risk-free rate to employ, meaning that it's the asset class over time, or whether it also stands out at a particular moment relative to opportunities in other asset 6 The loss on the CDS would be limited to the amount that the CDS classes. We believe the D. E. Shaw group is well positioned moves in our favor between the last time it was marked to market and on both counts, given our size—in terms of both assets under when it is replaced in the market. More generally, if a large financial institution defaults, it's quite possible that other financial counterparties management and human capital—and the range of expertise selling protection on that name will simultaneously go under and that we deploy across multiple asset classes. consequently fail to pay on the CDS contract. However, if the CDS moves against us, we must make good on the full amount, even if the counterparty has entered bankruptcy. MARKET INSIGHTS March 2009 | Vol. 1 No. 1 | Page 8 of 9 The Basis Monster That Ate Wall Street The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the D. E. Shaw group as of the date of this commentary. 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To raise funds for our annual Rising Ruby Scholarship which will be granted to two graduating Seniors in the sum of $500 per student for use towards higher education expenses, RUBY Inc. will be hosting our first annual "Evening of Beauty" fundraiser on Sunday July 27, 2014 from 5-9 P.M. at the fabulous Red Pearl Chicago Spa located at 1933 South Archer Avenue Chicago, IL 60616.
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Game Review: 'Clash of Cultures' lets gamers rule their own civilizations
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Admit it: You've always wanted to rule your own civilization. Would you build a strong military? How about having technologically advanced people? Or maybe you would develop a nation with rich culture that is the envy of the world?
All of that is possible with Z-Man Games' new board game, Clash of Cultures. The game allows you to build a civilization from a single village, turning it into an expansive empire while managing resources, exploring new lands, developing technology and culture, accumulating wealth, building wonders and leading armies.
This is what you call an "epic" board game. It combines beautiful components, fun game play, well-written rules and replay value. Inside the box you'll find plastic miniatures, cardboard bits, cards, dice, technology boards and a modular map that creates a unique game experience each time you play.
Combat in the game is based on a simple but effective mechanic. For every army you have, you roll one six-sided die in combat. Add the total of the dice together and divide by five, rounding down. The result is the number of casualties you deliver to your opponent.
A unique mechanic in the game is influencing the culture of nearby cities that belong to other players. On certain rolls, you can influence an opponent's city by exchanging one of their buildings for yours. This affects the score at the end of the game.
A fully built city consists of five pieces represented by cool plastic miniatures. The pieces fit together with an academy, fortress, temple, port and village in the middle. A completed city looks so cool on the board.
The best aspect of the game, however, is the tech board. Players can research technologies like irrigation, currency, steel weapons or philosophy to gain unique advantages that let them bend the rules. Next to each technology on the board is a square hole where you can place a wooden cube when you have researched the technology.
To win, players try to collect the most victory points, which are given for technological advancements, world wonders, objectives, city pieces and event cards. A set of cards for objectives are given to players to help them earn victory points and action cards allow players to bend the rules.
Being an epic game, you will need to plan about an hour per player. The experience is fun, visually appealing and unique enough that civilization gamers will want a copy in their collection. Keeping track of all the technological advantages and how they affect the rules was frustrating but a minor problem. Overall, this is a balanced and well-put-together board game that will provide hours of fun.
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