Archive for June, 2016

FX

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Dollar Softer as Calm Remains in the Markets Markets remain calm as warnings of a Lehman moment appear overdone We are in a consolidative market now as the foreign currencies claw back some of their recent losses During the North American session, the US reports May personal income and ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Strong Volume, Spreads Tighter as Issuance Reopens 2016-06-29 09:36:24.875 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $16.7b vs $12.7b Monday, $14.6b last Tuesday. 10-DMA $13b; 10-Tuesday moving avg $16.5b. * 144a trading added $2.7b of IG volume vs $1.5b, $2.8b last Tuesday * Most active issues: * ABIBB ...

Credit Pipeline

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: Deals Lined Up as Gates Have Opened 2016-06-29 09:27:12.864 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- LATEST UPDATES * Adient Ltd filing shows it expects to incur $3.5b of debt related to Johnson Controls; has bank meeting scheduled for today * Microsoft (MSFT) Aaa/AAA, added to list of possible issuers, says Morningstar; also notes PG, DOV ...

Fed Governor Powell Muses on the Economy

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Declan Harty DeclanHarty Jeanna Smialek jeannasmialek June 28, 2016 — 7:00 PM EDT Powell says it is far too early to judge effects of U.K. vote Important to assess appropriate U.S. policy stance post-Brexit   Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell said global risks have shifted further to the downside after Britain’s vote to exit the European Union, ...

“Don’t Delude Yourself”

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Merkel Tells Cameron Before EU Summit: Don’t Delude Yourself 2016-06-28 10:00:39.101 GMT By Ian Wishart, John Follain and Jonathan Stearns (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the U.K. to have no illusions about life outside the European Union, hardening her stance ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron’s first meeting with fellow EU leaders since ...

Consumer Confidence

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via TDSecurities:                US: Consumer Confidence Rebounds Strongly ·         The headline consumer confidence index surged to an 8-month high in June, up to 98.0 from 92.4. ·         This was a far stronger performance than the market consensus expectation for a far more muted rebound to 93.5. ·         The overall tone of this report was encouraging, pointing ...

Revised Q1 GDP

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via Stephen Stanley at Amherst Pierpont Securities: As is typical, the final revision to GDP in Q1 was a hodgepodge of revisions from relatively esoteric sources.  The net result was a modest upward adjustment to growth in the period to an annualized 1.1% pace (you may or may not recall that ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Volume Improves as Spreads Widen Further Still 2016-06-28 09:35:32.303 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $12.7b vs $8.9b Friday, $11.7b the previous Monday. 10- DMA $12.8b; 10-Monday moving avg $12.9b. * 144a trading added $1.5b of IG volume vs $1.9b Friday, $1.7b last Monday * Most ...

More FX

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgmarkets.com/r/?id=h10d04bab,1775af9f,1775afa0&p1=136122&p2=fd313f95849e384023da8fb688ebe052> I'm not sure I have a sophisticated, subtle or clever thought left at this stage. Markets are bouncing, and can bounce further but the clouds on the horizon are dark, and they're real. There's a pattern for Monday mornings to extend moves of the previous week before ...

FX

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Dollar Softer as Calm Returns to the Markets A measure of calm has returned to global financial markets The Bank of England allotted GBP3.1 bln in a special ILTR liquidity operation The Brexit result has added to the fog surrounding Fed policy ...