Archive for April, 2016
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Interesting opinion piece by Gideon Rachman at the FT:
yesterday
by: Gideon Rachman
When supporters of the Vote Leave campaign sketch out a future for Britain outside the EU, they often point to the Anglosphere of English-speaking nations — bequeathed by Britain’s imperial past. So Barack Obama’s intervention in Britain’s EU referendum last ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Via the FT:
First Ireland, now Belgium.
Europe’s political capital has issued a 100-year bond at a yield of 2.3 per cent. The €100m issue is a private placement arranged by Goldman Sachs and Nomura.
The details of Belgium’s century bond sale are sharply reminiscent of the 100-year bond sold by Ireland at ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Via Reuters and thanks to Steve Feiss ( @stevefeiss)at Government Perspectives for this one:
* Euro rescue fund selling new 16-year bond
* Some analysts say yield rise more alarming
* Wednesday's Fed meeting keeps markets wary
By John Geddie
LONDON, April 26 An unexpected bond sale from the euro zone rescue fund kept German ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Via Bloomberg:
Daily volumes in Dalian can top annual imports, analysts say
Trading is up more than 400% compared with a year ago
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has expressed its concern about the surge in speculative trading in iron ore futures in China, saying that daily volumes are now so large that ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Via Kit Juckes at SocGen:
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The market watches the Fed and the Fed watches the markets. And the Fed sees rising breakeven inflation rates.............
Central bank policy decisions kick off with Hungary today (exp -15bp), before we get to the FOMC and RBNZ tomorrow evening, then the Central Bank of Brazil and ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
Via Millan Mulraine at TDSecurities:
US: New Home Sales Stumbles, Unexpectedly
The pace of new home sales dropped in March, falling 1.5% m/m versus the market consensus for a modest 1.6% m/m gain, marking the third consecutive monthly decline in this indicator.
The sharp downward revisions to the February’s estimate, ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
Via Bloomberg:
IG CREDIT PIPELINE: 3 Yankees to Price; CVS Files Added
2016-04-25 09:43:36.876 GMT
By Robert Elson
(Bloomberg) -- Set to price today:
* Emirate of Abu Dhabi (ADGB) na/AA/AA, to price 2-part
144a/Reg-S deal, via managers BAML/C/JPM
* 5Y, IPT +110 area
* 10Y, IPT +150 area
* Sinopec Group Overseas Development (SINOPE) Aa3/A+, to price
3-part 144a/Reg-S ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman:
Drivers for the Week Ahead
The last week of April is eventful, as the RBNZ, the Fed, and the BOJ hold policy meetings
Fed officials will look through the vagaries of the quarterly movement in GDP
The Bank of Japan is in a difficult ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
Via Stephen Stanley at Amherst Pierpont Securities:
Last week, financial markets embraced the idea of a healthier global economy and a “risk on” mentality. This week brings a series of key data releases that may or may not validate that view. The most important event of the week will be the ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2016
Via Reuters and a thank you to Steve Feiss at Government Perspectives:
Unlike his parents who rented their whole life, Berlin resident Sebastian lives in his own apartment and is considering buying a second property in the German capital as an investment to top up his pension one day.
For decades a ...
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