Archive for September, 2014

Durables and Claims

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Via Millan Mulraine at TDSecurities : Headline durable goods orders declined sharply in August, falling at a 18.2% m/m pace. This, however, represents a giveback from the 22.5% m/m surge the month before. The decline was driven almost exclusively by the 74.3% m/m decline in aircraft orders, following the 315.6% m/m ...

Corporate issuance Today

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today 2014-09-25 13:39:41.609 GMT By Greg Chang Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of new issues expected to price today. * OKB $benchmark Aaa/AA+ * 7Y Global * Spread set at MS+7 vs IPT MS+7 area * Books: Barclays, C, DB, JPM * International ...

Bund buyer

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Via fully paid up subscriber across the pond: hearing japanese buying of bunds on this uptick                                also goldman deal just prices, E1b in 10y bonds  

What to Watch Today

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Via the good folks at Bloomberg: WHAT TO WATCH: * (All times New York) Economic Data * 8:30am: Initial Jobless Claims, Sept. 20, est. 296k (prior 280k) * Continuing Claims, Sept. 13, est. 2.440m (prior 2.429m) * 8:30am: Durable Goods Orders, Aug., est. -18% (prior 22.6%) * Durables Ex Transportation, Aug., est. 0.6% (prior -0.8%, revised -0.7%) * Capital Goods ...

FX

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman Dollar Rally Gains Momentum - Australian and New Zealand central bank officials may have given a bit of a push against their currencies, but their assessment has been consistently articulated - The euro is trading at new lows, moving beyond our near-term target of $1.2750 - Eurozone ...

Fed’s Fisher

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Via a fully paid up subscriber: FED'S FISHER SAYS MARKET ASSUMING FED TO START RAISING RATES BETWEEN SPRING AND SUMMER 2015, I WOULD SAY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

Opening Addendum

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

I just received another dealer email which I did not have earlier and this trader reports solid central bank buying in the belly of the curve.

Chatting Competition

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Bloomberg has for many years dominated trading desks at dealers and clients. It has been the primary means of communications between dealers and customers but efforts are underway to supplant that monopoly. Goldman Sachs has assembled a consortium of dealers who will buy out a start up which has developed ...

September 25 2014 Opening

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Prices of Treasury coupon securities have posted modest gains in a lackluster overnight trading session. Central bank speak dominated a session notable for a lack of market moving economic data. Mario Draghi submitted to an interview with a Lithuanian magazine and among other things reiterated that he is prepared to ...

Learning Process

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Executive Vice President Potter ( a man  who until now has remained invisible in the penumbras of monetary policy) spoke in Japan overnight and commented that when the FOMC begins to raise rate it will be a learning process. I am not sure how ...