Archive for February, 2015

Overnight Flows

Monday, February 2nd, 2015

Dealers reporting real money sellers dominating in 3s and 5s. Fast money has been a better buyer of 5s through 10s.

Corporate Bond Trading on Friday

Monday, February 2nd, 2015

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: 3rd Highest Friday Trading Session Ever 2015-02-02 10:01:24.914 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Trace count for secondary trading closed at $16.3b Friday vs $19.2b on Thursday, $16.6b last Friday, 2nd highest Friday on record; highest was $16.9b on Dec. 2, 2011. * 10-DMA $16.1b * 4-wk moving avg was $15.1b Friday, more than ...

Weak Data in China

Sunday, February 1st, 2015

When trading resumes on Sunday evening in Asian time traders will confront weak data releases from China. The country's official release on manufacturing PMI slipped to 49.8 in January and was below the critical 50 level for the first time since 2012. The government also released official data on non manufacturing ...