Archive for July, 2015
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Via Bloomberg:
IG CREDIT: Dealer Positions in Corporates Fell, Led by 5-10Yrs
2015-07-31 10:40:58.917 GMT
By Robert Elson
(Bloomberg) -- Dealer positions in corporate bonds fell
$3.3b to $24.4b as of July 22. $21.1b, seen Feb. 11, is the low
for the series Fed began in April 2013. $45.9b, seen March 5,
2014, is the high.
* Investment ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2015
Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman. You can also follow him at mindonthemarkets.com
Dollar Firmer as July Draws to a Close
- The US dollar is mostly firmer, with the dollar bloc under-performing
- We identify eight things investors should know before the weekend
- Yesterday, Banco de Mexico announced changes to ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2015
Via Bloomberg:
IG CREDIT: T 10Y Leads Trading; Pipeline Is Re-Organized
2015-07-31 10:05:44.48 GMT
By Robert Elson
(Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace
count of $14.4b vs $16.5b Wednesday, $14.9b the previous
Thursday. 10-DMA $13.5b; 10-Thursday moving avg $13.9b.
* 144a trading added $2.4b of IG volume vs $2.6b on Wednesday,
$1.9b last Thursday
* Most ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2015
Dealers who are kind enough to share information with this humble blogger report better buying overnight. Today is month end and some of the flow reflects the normal index extension with end users selling 5s to buy the long end. In addition the dealers report central bank interest in off ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2015
Via the FT:
What youth unemployment? Italy's government bonds are positively basking in the sunshine.
The 10-year yield is set for its biggest monthly fall in more than two years, down 54 basis points (0.54 percentage points, if you prefer) to 1.79 per cent, the lowest since May, writes Joel Lewin. (Lower ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2015
Via Bloomberg:
In mid-July, Amar Kuchinad, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker turned bond entrepreneur, was sporting a thick beard. He refused to shave, he said, until his new company, Electronifie Inc., turned a profit.
As Electronifie competed among the dozen or more new electronic bond-trading systems to come on the ...
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Friday, July 31st, 2015
Via Kit Juckes at SocGen:
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Good morning. I'm losing a fight with technology this morning, while markets meander....FX weekly link above. The wait for Fed lift-off creeps on. The GDP data paint a terribly familiar picture of trundling growth, showing none of the strains and stresses screaming 'hike rates' if you ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Via the FT:
Markets Global Economy Lex Comment Management Life & Arts
July 30, 2015 7:23 pm
Corporate giants sound profits alarm over China slowdown
By Michael Stothard in Paris and Chris Bryant in Frankfurt
Vehicles move along a road in the central business district as the sun sets in Beijing, China,
Some of the world’s ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Via Merrill Lynch:
Outflows from risk accelerate. Small outflows from equity and high yield funds and ETFs accelerated last week from the week before (ending on July 29th), while inflows to high grade and government bond funds declined. Equity funds outflows rose to $2.64bn from $0.23bn the prior week. High yield ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Via Millan Mulraine at TDSecurities:
The better than expected tone of the Q2 GDP report added to the array of upbeat economic indicators pointing to a sustained pick-up in US economic growth momentum. This report comes at a particularly critical time for the Fed given the greater focus on the data ...
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