Archive for March, 2016
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman:
Dollar Broadly Weaker Post-Yellen
Yellen came across very dovish in her speech yesterday, and so the dollar suffered even as stocks and bonds rallied
During the North American session, the main event is the ADP jobs data
EM assets liked what Yellen had to say
Brazil’s PMDB ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via Bloomberg:
IG CREDIT: Another High Volume Tuesday Session
2016-03-30 09:51:25.921 GMT
By Robert Elson
(Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace
count of $18.6b vs $12.3b Monday, $18.3b the previous Tuesday.
10-DMA $16.6b; 10-Tuesday moving avg $18.3b, highest on record
back to 2005 when the series began.
* Yesterday’s 10-Monday moving avg $14.8b was also ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via Kit Juckes at SocGen:
Dear Janet, you should meet Gavyn. Here's the key observation from the Fed Chair's comments at the Economic Club of New York yesterday: “The major thing that's changed between December and March that affects the baseline is a slightly weaker projected pace of global growth”. By ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via Bloomberg:
Yellen comments support shares surge as ruble leads with real
Ringgit set for best month since '98 while stocks most bullish
It’s been at least 18 years since emerging-market currencies had it this good as the Federal Reserve adopted a gradual approach to its rate-increase cycle, fueling optimism capital inflows can be ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via WSJ:
By
Jon Ostrower
March 30, 2016 12:44 a.m. ET
Boeing Co. on Tuesday said it planned to cut more than 4,500 jobs by June, as the company accelerates cost-cutting efforts in an effort to keep pace with customers demanding less expensive jetliners.
The cuts come even as Boeing has booked record ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via Bloomberg:
ECB's monthly debt purchases rise by 20 billion euros in April
Ten-year bunds headed for biggest quarterly gain since 2011
As European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi prepares to increase and broaden his bond-buying program, the shrunken market might be in for a shock.
While policy makers will expand their asset-purchase plan ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Via FT:
Economic confidence in Europe dropped in March, and that’s judging from data gathered before the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
The economic sentiment indicator for the euro area fell to 103 from an upwardly revised 103.9 in February, the European Commission said, below economists’ expectations for a reading of 103.8.
For the ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Via WSJ:
By
Liz Hoffman and
Sam Goldfarb
Updated March 29, 2016 7:26 p.m. ET
Western Digital Corp. is offering higher yields on $5.6 billion in junk bonds backing its takeover of SanDisk Corp. , the latest sign that demand for low-rated debt remains mixed despite a sharp market rally over the past ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Via Bloomberg:
Japan’s industrial production dropped the most since 2011 in February, as falling exports sapped demand and a steel-mill explosion halted domestic car production at Toyota Motor Corp.
Output slumped 6.2 percent after rising 3.7 percent in January, the trade ministry said on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast a ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Via FT:
As March comes to an end the first-quarter US earnings season is just around the corner.
With the S&P 500 having spent the past several sessions treading water in a tight range after its sharp bounce off the February lows, it’s likely the coming batch of company results will need ...
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