Archive for July, 2016

Early FX

Monday, July 18th, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: <http://www.sgmarkets.com/r/?id=h10f2a5af,17aca2b8,17aca2b9&p1=136122&p2=c9cd4dbc9c89f03f15d20b39c5f6d704> Thoughts from last night are in the link above if you had better things to do than read nonsense on a Sunday evening. An Englishman won a game of tennis, a Swede won a game of golf and a Colombian won a bike race (or at ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Via Blomberg: IG CREDIT: Client Selling Noted in Most Active Issues 2016-07-15 09:44:34.35 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $16.6b vs $17.1b Wednesday, $16.9b the previous Thursday. 10-DMA $16.0b; 10-Thursday moving avg $16.5b. * 144a trading added $2.0b of IG volume vs $2.6b on Wednesday, $1.6b last Thursday * Most ...

Bank of England Economist to Push For Ease

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Andy Haldane said he will probably push for Bank of England stimulus next month to bolster the U.K. economy after the nation’s vote to leave the European Union.   Policy easing will likely be required to “protect the economy and jobs from a downturn” caused by uncertainty, the BOE chief economist ...

Slower Car Sales in Europe

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: European car-sales growth slowed in June as the British vote on exiting the European Union weighed on business and consumer confidence. Registrations rose 6.5 percent from a year earlier to 1.51 million vehicles, the weakest gain since March, as demand in the U.K., the region’s second-biggest market, slid 0.8 percent. ...

China Data

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: China Growth Steadies on Consumer, Dimming Stimulus Expectations Bloomberg News July 14, 2016 — 10:00 PM EDT Updated on July 15, 2016 — 3:36 AM EDT Retail sales and factory output beat estimates in June Nomura raises 2016 GDP growth forecast to 6.5% from 6%   China’s growth stabilized as lending and consumer spending picked up, ...

Credit Pipeline

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: WFC Possible Today; BAYER, SAUDI Updates 2016-07-15 09:27:06.471 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Wells Fargo announces earnings, exits blackout this morning; has issued 3 times this year on a Friday. * Has $18b still to mature this year, including $2.5b July 20 * Has another $18.2b maturing next year, largest in ...

FX

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: A sombre mood at the morning meeting and thoughts are with the bereaved and injured. Markets don't matter much next to all this but risk sentiment is hoilding up, the yen is weaker, the pound is stronger, equities up, commodities stable and 10yr Notes comfortable above ...

Overnight Data Preview

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Robert Sinche at Amherst Pierpont Securities: CHINA: The 2Q preliminary (and rarely revised) GDP report will be added to the normal important monthly data on IP and Retail Sales. The BBerg consensus expects 2Q Real GDP to be reported at 6.6% YOY, down a tic from 6.7% in 1Q and ...

Data Analysis

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Stephen Stanley at Amherst Pierpont Securities: Initial unemployment claims failed to rebound after last week’s drop.  The number of new filers for the week ended July 9 held steady at 254,000, dragging the four-week average below 260K for the first time since April.  July is a particularly difficult month for ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Volume Eases Off High Levels; Issuance the Focus 2016-07-14 09:44:05.975 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $17.1b vs $21.3b Tuesday, the 5th highest session back to 2005 when the series began, $18.5b the previous Wednesday. * 10-DMA $16.1b; 10-Wednesday moving avg $17b * 144a trading ...