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To: Spekulatius who wrote (57342)	5/29/2016 4:28:44 PM
From: Graham Osborn	Respond to of 78742

I realize that I am as prone to create meaningless patterns as the next guy. But a decline in originator standards tells you something about the consumer credit environment - probably the same thing that aggregate consumer credit balances tells you, or aggregate household debt. I would argue the rally in high yield is probably just a rally. Volatility goes up in both directions as a bull market is flagging. You can make money trading against the fundamentals, but since I suck at trading I kind of rely on some knowledge of the fundamentals to hopefully make up for it. I think there are people out there who are very good traders, and as Jim Rogers would say "I wish them well."