Archive for September, 2015

Paying for Cablevision

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Via Bloomberg: *ALTICE TO SELL $4.3B 10NC5 SR NOTES, $2B 10NC5 SR GTD NOTES 2015-09-22 12:00:25.404 GMT Information from person familiar with the matter, who is not authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified. --GOWRI GURUMURTHY

Overnight Flows

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Via David Ader and Ian Lyngen at CRT Capital (excerpt from their overnight note): OVERNIGHT FLOWS:  Treasuries were moderately higher overnight with little beyond the selloff in risk assets to provide direction. Overnight volumes were mixed with cash trading at 86% of the 10-day moving-average while TY came in at 111% ...

FX

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Via marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Dollar Consolidates Post-Fed Recovery -        The main driver appears to be position adjustments after the dollar recovery from the disappointment with last week's Fed decision -        Four regional Fed Presidents have reiterated that likelihood of a rate hike before the ...

What to Watch Today

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Via Bloomberg: WHAT TO WATCH: * (All times New York) * Economic Data * 9:00am: FHFA House Price Index, July, est. 0.4% (prior 0.2%) * 10:00am: Richmond Fed Mfg Index, Sept. 2, est. 2 (prior 0) * Central Banks * 6:30pm: Fed’s Lockhart speaks in Montgomery, Ala. * Supply * 11:00am: U.S. to sell $15b 4W bills * 1:00pm: U.S. to sell ...

Overnight Stories

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

As I noted in previous post I am somewhat flummoxed by the lack of a significant catalyst for the move in equities and bonds. Here is another small piece of the puzzle via a Bloomberg story which notes that the Asian Development back has lowered its growth forecast for developing ...

Price Action

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

My usual method of posting here in the morning is to cut and paste relevant stories which are germane to the price action. So this morning when I observed higher prices for equities in China and sharply lower prices for US futures and European equities I began searching for a ...

Corporate Pipeline

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: 3 Set to Price as List Grows Longer 2015-09-22 09:40:07.779 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Set to price today: * Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) Aaa/AAA, $1b 5Y, via managers JPM/RBC/TD; guidance MS +6 area * Korea National Oil (KOROIL) Aa3/AA-, $bench 10Y, via Barc/C/GS/HSBC/KDB; guidance +130 area * Societe Generale (SOCGEN) Ba2/BB+, $bench ...

On Debt Ceilings and Shutdowns

Monday, September 21st, 2015

This is a long but instructive piece on debt ceilings and government shutdowns authored by SocGen research: Full piece at the link {http://po.st/l9UlPT} On Our Minds: US - Government shutdown - another Fed deterrent? (4p) With the beginning of a new fiscal year less than two weeks away and no funding authorization in ...

New Issues Today

Monday, September 21st, 2015

via Bloomberg IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today 2015-09-21 14:12:11.765 GMT By Greg Chang (Bloomberg) -- List of new issues expected to price today: * Applied Materials Inc $bench A3/A- * 5Y, 10Y, 20Y * IPT 5Y -50 to 10Y, 10Y +high 100s, 20Y +low 200s * Books: C, JPM, MUFG * A.P. ...

Corporate Supply

Monday, September 21st, 2015

Last week the hoopla and histrionics around the FOMC kept issuers on the sidelines. That respite has ended as there is an issuance tsunami this morning. Among the issuers announcing deals thus far today are  BNP (10 year sub debt) , Wells Fargo (10 year senior debt), Nordic Investment Bank ...