Chapter 7 Bonds and Their Valuation 221
CORPORATE BONDS
Market Breadth
Last updated: 3/6/2008 at 6:35 PM ET
Total Issues Traded
Advances
Declines
Unchanged
52 Week High
52 Week Low
Dollar Volume *
3,774
1,457
1,873
126
170
344
15,640
MERRlLL LYNCH
BANK OF AMERICA CORP
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
SPRINT CAPITAL
GOLDMAN SACHS GP
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
SPRINT CAPITAL
TELECOM ITALIA CAPITAL
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
SPRINT CAPITAL
MER.GDW
BAC.HBM
JPM.JPF
S.GJ
GS.YL
GE.HEE
S.HK
Tl.GK
UPS.QE
S.GM
2,587
1,083
1,187
53
161
191
7,350
942
299
532
68
8
117
4,989
245
75
154
5
1
36
3,301
About This Information:
End of Day data. Activity as reported to FINRA
TRACE (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine).
The Market breadth information represents activity in
all TRACE eligible publicly traded securities. The most
active information represent the most active !xed-
coupon bonds (ranked by par value traded). Inclusion
in Investment Grade or High Yield tables based on
TRACE dissemination criteria. ”C” indicates yield is
unavailable because of issues call criteria.
Most Active Investment Grade Bonds
All Issues
Issuer Name Symbol
4.125%
5.750%
6.000%
6.875%
5.950%
5.250%
8.750%
5.250%
4.500%
6.900%
Jan 2009
Dec 2017
Jan 2018
Nov 2028
Jan 2018
Dec 2017
Mar 2032
Nov 2013
Jan 2013
May 2019
100.886
103.143
104.566
74.000
100.516
101.750
81.120
100.834
103.964
76.313
99.500
99.280
100.632
69.000
95.956
97.678
76.063
95.908
103.617
73.950
100.886
99.280
101.587
72.563
98.520
98.770
80.000
95.908
103.734
76.313
3.051
5.847
5.784
10.048
6.151
5.413
11.159
6.112
3.651
10.565
0.910
–1.339
–0.413
0.063
0.576
–0.335
0.000
–1.949
1.053
0.563
A1/A+/A+
Aa1/AA/AA
Aa2/AA–/AA–
Baa3/BBB–/BB+
Aa3/AA–/AA–
Aaa/AAA/--
Baa3/BBB–/BB+
Baa2/BBB+/BBB+
Aa2/AA–/--
Baa3/BBB–/BB+
Coupon Maturity
Rating
Moody’s/S&P/
Fitch
High Low Last Change Yield %
Issuer Name Symbol Coupon Maturity
Rating
Moody’s/S&P/
Fitch
High Low Last Change Yield %
Issuer Name Symbol Coupon Maturity
Rating
Moody’s/S&P/
Fitch
High Low Last Change Yield %
THORNBURG MORTGAGE
GENERAL MOTORS
E TRADE FINANClAL
CCH I
BLOCKBUSTER
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS
HERTZ CORP
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE
NEIMAN MARCUS GP
INTELSAT(BERMUDA)
TMA.GB
GM.HB
ET.GF
CHTR.HM
BBI.GB
CYH.GI
F.GRY
GMA.HE
NMGA.GD
INTEL.GR
Most Active High Yield Bonds
8.000%
8.375%
8.000%
11.000%
9.000%
8.875%
8.875%
6.875%
9.000%
9.250%
May 2013
Jul 2033
Jun 2011
Oct 2015
Sep 2012
Jul 2015
Jan 2014
Sep 2011
Oct 2015
Jun 2016
49.000
79.750
86.000
70.125
87.500
99.500
99.000
81.710
98.250
101.250
35.500
74.000
85.000
69.688
83.000
98.750
94.750
79.000
97.000
100.875
40.000
75.938
86.000
70.070
83.500
98.750
97.086
80.516
97.250
100.875
32.807
11.262
13.429
18.517
14.096
9.108
9.535
14.099
9.511
9.093
–23.750
–1.063
0.500
–0.430
1.625
–0.750
0.586
–0.484
–0.688
0.000
Caa2/CCC+/CCC–
Caa1/B–/B–
Ba3/B/--
Caa2/CCC/CCC
Caa2/CCC/CC
B3/B–/CCC+
B1/B/BB–
B1/B+/BB
B2/B/B–
B3/B–/BB–
AMGEN
SANDISK CORP
NABORS INDUSTRlES
PROTEIN DESIGN LABS
AMGEN
AMGN.GM
SNDK.GC
NBR.GP
PDLI.GF
AMGN.GN
Most Active Convertible Bonds
Source: FINRA TRACE data. Reference information from Reuters DataScope Data. Credit ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings.
0.125%
1.000%
0.940%
2.000%
0.375%
Feb 2011
May 2013
May 2011
Feb 2012
Feb 2013
92.438
74.000
100.500
80.608
88.467
91.813
72.690
96.000
78.882
87.000
91.883
74.000
100.000
79.443
87.587
3.083
7.086
0.940
8.231
3.133
–0.745
–0.116
–0.750
0.203
–0.663
A2/--/--
--/BB–/--
--/BBB+/A–
--/--/--
A2/--/--
Investment
Grade High Yield Convertibles
* Par value in millions.
Most Active Investment-Grade, High-Yield, and Convertible Corporate
Bonds, March 6, 2008
Tabl e 7 - 4
Source: http://online.wsj.com, “Corporate Bonds,” The Wall Street Journal Online, March 7, 2008.