the credit market seems to gain speed. there is a huge amount of money looking for more intelligent opportunities to build portfolios and create returns out of fixed income instruments - especially using corporate bonds. what makes this business difficult is the lack of accurate data. historic time series are rare. to have such data is currently a huge edge - as if someone had a pentium plus data in 1960 for stock trading. I start this thread to see if other people are interested in this subject as well. peace