Archive for August, 2014

Barbarism and Beheading Intersect with Technology

Friday, August 29th, 2014

This is a chilling article by Stratfor on the message behind the brutal beheading of James Foley by twisted Islamic terrorists pursuing a their own twisted version of an ancient religion. The author says the terrorists are sending several messages: 1) We do not play by your rules. 2)America's mistreatment of Musilm ...

FX

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

Via Narc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Dollar Mixed with EU Data and Geopolitics in Focus - While we expect the dollar to eventually continue to appreciate, there is a risk of a near-term bounce for the euro if the ECB disappoints (as we expect) those hoping for QE in next week’s ...

Additional Ukraine News

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

*RUSSIAN ARMY, REBELS GROUPING FOR ASSAULT ON ILOVAYSK: COUNCIL *UKRAINE ARMY DIGGING IN NEAR MARIUPOL: SECURITY COUNCIL *UKRAINE ARMY SHELLED FROM RUSSIA NEAR NOVOAZOVSK: COUNCIL   *UKRAINE EU AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR LARGE SCALE MILITARY ASSISTANCE - bbg

More Ukraine Headlines

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

UKRAINE'S POROSHENKO CALLS URGENT MEETING OF COUNTRY'S SECURITY AND DEFENCE COUNCIL TO DECIDE NEXT STEPS IN CRISIS 28-Aug-2014 10:52 - UKRAINE'S POROSHENKO CANCELS WORKING TRIP TO TURKEY DUE TO "RUSSIAN INVASION"

Ukraine Headline

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

Via a fully paid up subscriber in London who says this has provided a bid to fixed income: RTRS - UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT POROSHENKO SAYS RUSSIAN MILITARY INVASION  HAS TAKEN PLACE IN UKRAINE - PRESIDENTIAL WEBSITE

Buy the Rumor and Sell the Fact?

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

The FT has an analysis piece by a BNP analyst who posits that the actual announcement of QE by the ECB (if it comes to pass ) would drive 10 year rates higher in Europe as expectations of inflation would shift and investors would not be as disposed to hold ...

Equity Market Correction?

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

CNBC  has posted an article on its website which details the thoughts of two super bears who think that the long running equity bull is a little long in the tooth. One analyst,Abigail Doolittle of Peak Theories research thinks we can expect a 60 percent correction. She points to a ...

Stratfor on ISIS and Syria and the US

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Stratfor published this piece yesterday on what might result if the US bombs and Weakens ISIS in Syria. A weakening of ISIS is desirable but it could result in a strengthening of the Assad regime which we were prepared (seemingly) to attack not too many months ago. Via Stratfor: The U.S. Could ...

TIC Data and China

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Via Richard Gilhooly at TDSecurities: TIC data released on August 15th for the month of June showed that China was a net seller of Treasury securities to the tune of $2.5bn, having purchased a net $7.7bn in May and sold a net $8.9bn in April. The total for Q2 comes in ...

MBS

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Mortgages have manifested mixed results today with some better by 1+ and some 2+ cheaper to Treasuries. One dealer noted that FNMA 4.5 were the big laggard as money managers and hedge funds sold the prohibitive 108 dollar price. The best performer are the FNMA 3s which are improving as ...