Archive for October, 2015

Bloomberg Article at FT

Friday, October 16th, 2015

The FT has published a very long article on Michael Bloomberg and the challenges and problem confronting the company he founded in 1981. This one is quite long and so rather than the usual cut and paste you can use this link.

Overnight Flow

Friday, October 16th, 2015

Dealers report trading account and end user selling of 5 year notes and end users domiciled in Japan buying 10 year notes.

Early FX

Friday, October 16th, 2015

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgmarkets.com/r/?id=heda7294,1464dab5,1464dab6&p1=136122&p2=3fe8e679d2387cd992e76164e1ba52f3> Good morning. Link to the FX weekly is above. Click to download, or go to sgmarkets.com and have a browse, or get the app and download it to your ipad. And get some 10yr US breakevens in your life. Breakevens are almost 0.4% below core CPI ...

Understanding the Treasury Market

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: October 15, 2015 — 2:32 PM EDT On Oct. 15, 2014, officials at the U.S. Department of the Treasury were spooked by a burst of rapid-fire trading in the $13 trillion market for U.S. government debt. Over a 12-minute span that morning, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note ...

New Issue Calendar

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: List of New Issues Expected to Price in U.S. Today 2015-10-15 14:01:15.0 GMT By Allan Lopez (Bloomberg) -- List of new issues expected to price today: * CSX $600m Baa1/BBB+ * 10Y * IPT: +150 area * Books: C, JPM, MS * Dollar General $500m (will not grow) Baa3/BBB * 10Y * IPT: +250-262.5 * Books: BofAML, C, ...

CPI Analysis

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Via Millan Mulraine at TDSecurities: US: Core Inflation Shows Signs of Firming in September ·         The CPI report was a tad stronger than expected, with the headline index declining 0.2% m/m. However, on a year ago basis the pace of inflation was unchanged, versus expectation for a -0.1% y/y print. ·         Core inflation ...

Beer Bonds Blast

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

InBev plans the largest corporate bond deal since man first learned to walk erect when it finances its takeover of SAB Miller. Bloomberg reports that the company may issue as much as $55 billion in order to consumate the transaction. That will exceed the $ 49 billion offering by Verizon ...

FX

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Dollar Mixed As Fed Lift-off Doubts Build - The overwhelming theme of no imminent Fed lift-off continues to dominate the trading environment - Yet on the other side of the coin, ECB’s Nowotny noted that the bank is “clearly missing” its inflation target - We ...

What to Watch Today

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: WHAT TO WATCH: * (All times New York) * Economic Data * 8:30am: Initial Jobless Claims, Oct. 8, est. 270k (prior 263k) * Continuing Claims, Oct. 1, est. 2.200m (prior 2.204m) * 8:30am: Empire Manufacturing, Oct., est. -8 (prior -14.67) * 8:30am: CPI m/m, Sept., est. -0.2% (prior -0.1%) * CPI Ex Food and Energy m/m, Sept., est. 0.1% ...

Credit Deterioration

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Via Bloomberg: Companies' ability to service debt is lowest since 2009 Balance-sheet deterioration is `alarming,' Goldman Sachs says The Federal Reserve’s historically low borrowing rate isn’t benefiting corporate America like it used to. It’s more expensive for even the most creditworthy companies to borrow or refinance even as the Fed has kept its benchmark ...