Archive for September, 2015
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via the NYTimes:
‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Invalidated by Judge
By BEN SISARIOSEPT. 22, 2015
A judge ruled on Tuesday that the long-claimed copyright on “Happy Birthday to You,” the most popular tune in the English language, is not valid.
The decision, by Judge George H. King of United States District Court in Los Angeles, ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via Merrill Lynch Research:
USD credit has outperformed EUR credit by 20bps over the past four weeks.
That now leaves USD credit toward the expensive end of the range vs. EUR credit we have seen over the past several years.
This means that cross-Atlantic relative value now turns into more of a headwind ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
The much anticipated China Caixin Index of Chinese manufacturing printed earlier this evening and it was weaker than expected and registered a 6 1/2 year low. All Asian equity markets are a sea of red ink.
This is the first important data release since the FOMC decision last week to raise ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via the FT:
Heat on emerging market currencies rises
an hour ago
It's not just the Brazilian real that is getting clobbered on Tuesday.
Emerging market assets were in the firing line as anxiety over the slowing Chinese economy, slumping commodity prices and uncertainty over when the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via the WSJ:
By Georgi Kantchev
Sept. 22, 2015 11:50 a.m. ET
8 COMMENTS
Analysts are growing even more bearish about the oil price, predicting that crude is set to stay below $60 a barrel through next year as the market struggles to recover from a supply glut.
Even as the oil price lingers at ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via Robert Sinche at Amherst Pierpont Securities:
CHINA: Preliminary Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI for September, with the BBerg consensus expecting a tiny 0.2 point rise to 47.5; the 47.3 reading in August was the lowest since inception.
EURO ZONE: The BBerg consensus expects a continued slide in the preliminary Markit PMIs for September, ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via Bloomberg:
IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today
2015-09-22 14:10:00.154 GMT
By Greg Chang
(Bloomberg) -- List of new issues expected to price today:
* Societe Generale $bench Ba2/BB+
* Perp NC10 Additional Tier 1 Deeply Sub Notes
* 144A/Reg S
* Denoms: $200k x $1k
* Guidance 8.125% +/- 12.5 bps vs ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via Ian Lyngen at CRT Capital:
The 2-year sector is trading higher this morning, failing to price in any outright concession although it's underperforming the rest of the curve. We're apprehensive about this afternoon's auction given the recent pattern of tails and the looming Fed liftoff hike. Although the FOMC failed ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
One trader with whom I exchange views noted that he thinks the market is in good shape for the near term. He has observed robust buying of 2s and 3s the last several days by state funds and foreign central banks. He also noted asset swappers have been buyers of ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Via Bloomberg:
RATES: Net Shorts Highest Since Mid-August, JPM Survey Says
2015-09-22 12:07:08.994 GMT
By Robert Elson
(Bloomberg) -- The JPMorgan Treasury Client Survey for the
week ended Sept. 21 vs week ended Sept. 14.
* Longs 15 vs 17
* Neutrals 63 vs 61
* Shorts 22, unchanged
* Net longs -7 vs -5
* "The all clients survey ...
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