Archive for July, 2016

Weekend Data Preview (Long)

Sunday, July 3rd, 2016

Via Robert Sinche at Amherst Pierpont Securities: WEEKEND   AUSTRALIA: The Melbourne Institute estimated monthly CPI inflation index for June will follow the record low 1.0% reported for May. EURO ZONE: the Bberg consensus expects the Sentix Investor Confidence index to have slipped back only slightly to 5.0 in July from 9.9 in ...

FX

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Markets Head Quietly into the Weekend Carney brought the fireworks to his speech yesterday S&P cut the EU by a notch to AA with stable outlook Japan reported Q1 Tankan, May unemployment, household spending, and national CPI overnight China reported official and ...

Small Mark to Market Hickey

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via Bloomberg: World Biggest Pension Fund Seen Losing $43 Billion Last Quarter Anna Kitanaka onlyanna100 Shigeki Nozawa July 1, 2016 — 5:20 AM EDT Morgan Stanley MUFG, SMBC Nikko see GPIF posting losses GPIF’s assets probably fell to 133 trillion yen, Iwao says   Losses for the world’s biggest pension fund likely deepened in the quarter just ended, extending ...

NYTimes Reports That AG Lynch Will Accept FBI Recommendation on Hillary Clinton Email Scandal

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Ms Lynch met with former President Clinton the other day and with Mrs Clinton under investigation for her self serving server this has created a mini political firestorm regarding the appropriateness of such a meeting. The NYTimes reports that MS Lynch will announce today that she will not overrule the ...

PIMCO Touts TIPS

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Pimco Says Market Underestimates Fed Rate Path, Recommends TIPS Wes Goodman richwesgoodman June 30, 2016 — 9:52 PM EDT Updated on July 1, 2016 — 1:54 AM EDT   Pacific Investment Management Co., which manages the world’s biggest active bond fund, says traders are underestimating the potential for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates ...

Soft CPI in Japan

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via news.com.au: Japan CPI falls for third month in May July 1, 20162:07pm The Japanese consumer price index (CPI) declined 0.4 per cent for the third consecutive month in May from a year earlier, according to released data. The index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, rose 0.1 per cent compared with April, when ...

Measure of China PMI Slips

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via The Street.Com: A closely watched gauge of the Chinese manufacturing sector fell at its fastest pace in four months in June, defying expectations for only a minor slowdown. The Caixin purchasing managers' index tumbled to 48.6 in June from 49.2 in May, well under expectations for a reading of 49.1. Index ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: ORCL Issues Led Best Trading Volume Since April2016-07-01 09:43:44.506 GMTBy Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Tracecount of $19.9b, the highest volume since $20.1b April 20 andthe 20th highest session on record, vs $17.7b Wednesday, $11.9blast Thursday. * IG trading 5th highest of ...

Credit Pipeline

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: Long List Awaits July Issuance 2016-07-01 09:27:19.296 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- LATEST UPDATES * Potash Corp Of Saskatchewan (POT) A3/BBB+, files automatic debt shelf; last issued March 2015 * Transelec S.A. (TSELEC) Baa1/BBB/BBB, has mandated C/JPM/Sco/Santan to arrange investor meetings June 30-July 6; potential 144a/Reg-S transaction may follow * Monsanto (MON) A3/BBB+, still in ...

Early FX

Friday, July 1st, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: Here goes for July. It's a beautiful morning in Athens but the FT's Festival of Finance beckons in London. I scribbled some thoughts on the extent of FX moves away from fair value, as a way of thinking about how far the pound can fall. Updated ...