Archive for September, 2014
Friday, September 5th, 2014
As a Bloombergless market participant I observe peripheral bond spreads on the WSJ page which is a fair substitute as the quote are almost real time and they are also free. Anyway, this morning's view of 10 year Spain is shocking. The yield on that bond is down to 2.107 ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2014
Via Martin Enlund Chief FX Strategist for Nordea Markets (sans the charts as they would not take and I apologize):
* EUR/USD dropped in line with 3m fixing rate spread yesterday
* If yesterday’s ECB announcement shall be seen as a formal QE announcement, the EUR will soon bounce
* To drag the ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Via the FT:
Yen hits six year low as US dollar strengthens
40 minutes ago
The euro isn't the only depreciating currency worthy of note this week.
The Japanese yen just touched a six year low in early trading, hitting 105.71 per dollar. Since markets began to price in an electoral victory for Shinzo ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
This study by the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve staff shows in stark relief the uneven nature of the recovery in the period 201o through 2013. According to the story at TheHill.com those at the bottom of the pack saw real incomes shrink in that ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
This is an interesting and informative piece on the impact of the Liquidity Coverage Ratios on various asset classes within the high grade universe.
Via Ginnadiy Goldberg at TDSecurities:
Final LCR Rules Little Changed: Optimization Ahead
Despite the absence of sweeping changes to the final US Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) rules voted into ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
One trader in a note suggested that 2.47 has been a level at which buyers have emerged on 10s recently and so price action around that level would be critical. In addition the same trader noted that the stop on The Long Bond at the last auction was 3.225.
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Via Bloomberg;
Fed Economists Say Low Workforce Participation Mostly Structural
2014-09-04 14:41:17.684 GMT
By Craig Torres
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve economists concluded
in a new research paper that much of the decline in labor force
participation since 2007 is due to long-lasting “structural”
causes such as the aging of the workforce.
Fed officials are debating how ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
This is an excellent and short note from Richard Gilhooly at TDSecurities on what happened to the US curve (5s 30s) in the run up to the QE announcement in late 2010 and what he expects from the curve in Europe. I could not reproduce the chart but he does ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Via Bloomberg:
The Province of Ontario B'Mark Aa2/AA- 7 yr Global
spread set ms+ 34
Kommuninvest 500mm Aaa/AAA 2 yr
spread set ms -2
Credit Suisse AG acting through NY Branch B'Mark A1/A 10 yr
ipt +130 area
Barclays PLC B'Mark Ba1/BBB 10 yr sub tier 2
ipt + low 200's
The Bank of Nova ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
I just had a conversation with an end user about the market. I spend much more time with salesmen and traders and their view is much more narrow. I wanted something from 50,000 feet rather than sea level.
This portfolio manager expressed a view that rates are not quite bullet proof ...
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