14. Data Analytics for Credit Selection

Introduction

Once you have established some of the key trends of various segments of the market and this has evolved into investment themes, you need to be able to find lists of bonds and/or loans that fit your newly derived criteria. You also need to create comparisons of key data for these credits so that analytical work can be done on the lists and issues can be selected that you and your credit analysts want to delve into more deeply before you make the final decision to purchase or sell certain debt instruments.

Data analysis can help identify the issuers and issues of debt that you might want to own in your portfolio or on your trading desk, or, more important, it can help identify those debt instruments ...

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