Archive for August, 2015

What to Watch Today

Wednesday, August 19th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: WHAT TO WATCH: * (All times New York) * Economic Data * 7:00am: MBA Mortgage Applications, Aug. 14 (prior 0.1%) * 8:30am: CPI m/m, July, est. 0.2% (prior 0.3%) * CPI Ex Food and Energy m/m, July, est. 0.2% (prior 0.2%) * CPI y/y, July, est. 0.2% (prior 0.1%) * CPI Ex Food and Energy y/y, July, ...

Early FX

Wednesday, August 19th, 2015

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgresearch.com/r/?id=he70c9fb,13bd48a9,13bd48aa&p1=136122&p2=330dcc4ca3b0e88a4a6e37e34ca268a1> The gyrations of the Shanghai composite equity index are drawing most of the overnight headlines as markets await the FOMC minutes this evening and continue to fret about emerging markets in general. Oil prices bounced yesterday, though other commodity prices failed to do so. We still ...

Corporate Bond Pipeline

Wednesday, August 19th, 2015

Via Bloomberg:   IG CREDIT PIPELINE: ASIA, ALTA Set to Price; TYC Calls Today 2015-08-19 09:32:13.268 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Most recent updates: * Asian Development Bank (ASIA) Aaa/AAA, to price $bench 5Y, via managers BofAML/GS/JPM/RBC; guidance MS +4 area * Province of Alberta (ALTA) Aaa/AAA, to price $bench 5Y, via BofAML/BMO/NBC/TD; guidance MS +17 area * Tyco ...

Today’s New Issue Calendar

Monday, August 17th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today 2015-08-10 14:01:32.870 GMT By Polina Noskova (Bloomberg) -- 10 new issues expected to price today: * Simon Property $Bench A2/A * 5Y, 10Y * IPT 5Y +Low 100s, 10Y +mid-high 140s * Books: C, RBC, UBS * Duke Energy Progress $1b Aa2/A * 10Y, 30Y FMBs * ...

Empire Manufacturing

Monday, August 17th, 2015

Via Genaddiy Goldberg at TDSecurities: The Empire state manufacturing index fell sharply in August, offering a weak first reading on August manufacturing activity with a decline to -14.92 from 3.86. While it remains to be seen whether the weakness will be mirrored by the Philly Fed report later in the week, ...

Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Treasury Market Liquidity

Monday, August 17th, 2015

Via the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a hat tip to Steve Liddy: First in a five-part series The issue of financial market liquidity has received tremendous attention lately. This partly arises from market participants’ concerns that regulatory and structural changes have reduced dealers’ market making abilities, but also from ...

Overnight Preview

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Via Robert Sinche at Amherst Pierpont Securities: UK: The BoE is widely expected to leave policy settings unchanged but may continue to hint at future rate hikes in its Inflation Report due out at 7am (EDT). The BBerg consensus is expecting a modest 0.1% MOM rise in Industrial Production, bringing the ...

Vulnerable MBS

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: MBS Most Vulnerable to Fed’s Impending Reverse Repos, DB Says 2015-08-05 14:29:51.209 GMT By Christopher Maloney (Bloomberg) -- Fed’s potential first rate hike in Sept. also brings it that much closer to the “real action” in O/N reverse repo (RRP) to which MBS is most vulnerable of all fixed income sectors, Deutsche Bank MBS analysts ...

Non Manufacturing ISM

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Via FTN Financial: The ISM nonmanufacturing index boomed to 60.3 in July, far above the consensus estimate of 56.2 and the highest since August 2005. In fact, July was only the third time the index surpassed 60 in the past 15 years. The index measures services and construction. When it is ...

New Issue Calendar

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today 2015-08-05 14:01:00.0 GMT By Allan Lopez (Bloomberg) -- 2 new issues expected to price today: * Citigroup $benchmark Ba2/BB+ * PNC5 hybrid pfd shrs * IPT 6.125% area * Books: C * RBS $benchmark B/BB- (S&P/Fitch) * PNC5, PNC10 AT1 notes * PNC5 guidance 7.625%, IPT 7.75%; ...