Archive for September, 2016

Modern Malthusian

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Eric Roston eroston September 23, 2016 — 6:00 AM EDT Carbon dioxide doesn't kill climates; people do. And the world would be better off with fewer of them. That's a glib summary of a serious and seriously provocative book by Travis Rieder, a moral philosophy professor and bioethicist at Johns Hopkins University. When economists ...

Saudi Squeeze

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Via WSJ: Ahmed Al Omran in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Nikhil Lohade in Dubai Sept. 23, 2016 5:30 a.m. ET Mohammed Idrees used to travel to London once or twice a year, but these days the Saudi civil servant is asking his wife and children to cut back on using the family car to ...

FX

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: It's Friday and the Dollar is Firmer Again Today has the making of the sixth consecutive Friday that the dollar gains against the euro and yen The main news from Europe is the flash PMI The North American session features four Fed speakers, ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Above Average Volume; ORCL 30Y Most Active 2016-09-23 09:52:12.233 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $18.5b vs $16.3b Wednesday, $15.9b the previous Thursday. 10-DMA $15.7b; 10-Thursday moving avg $15.4b. * 144a trading added $2.7b of IG volume vs $2.1b Wednesday, $2.2b last Thursday * Trace most ...

Credit Pipeline

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Via Bob Elson at Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: Friday Issuance Always Possible 2016-09-23 09:22:13.342 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- At least 15 Friday sessions have seen IG issuance this year. A self-led Financial deal is possible. LATEST UPDATES * El Puerto de Liverpool (LIVEPL) na/BBB+/BBB+, mandates C/CS/JPM for investor meetings Sept. 26-28; 144a/Reg-S 10Y expected to follow * Korea ...

Early FX

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Via Kit Juckes at SocGen: The week appears to be simply running out of steam (or maybe that's just me), but the net result of the BOJ and Fed is lower yields, which wasn't the idea. I still think the long global bond rally's in its final stage but I'm not ...

“Healthy Adjustment”

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

Via Bloomberg: Tiger Cub Citrone Sees Market in Biggest Correction Since 2008 Simone Foxman SimoneFoxman September 21, 2016 — 10:31 AM EDT Discovery’s Citrone says downturn may last 3 to 4 months It’s a ‘healthy adjustment’ in overvalued market, Citrone says   Robert Citrone, the Tiger cub who now runs one of the best-known macro hedge funds, is ...

Credit Pipeline

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT PIPELINE: 4 Set to Price, More Domestics Expected 2016-09-22 09:53:23.329 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Set to price today: * Sinopec Group Overseas Development (SINOPE) Aa3/A+, to price $bench 144a/Reg-S 3-part deal, via managers C/BoC/GS * 3Y, IPT +115 area * 5Y, IPT +120 area * 10Y, IPT +150 area * Mexico City Airport Baa1/BBB+, ...

Some Corporate Bond Stuff

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

Via Bloomberg: IG CREDIT: Volume Lower as Market Awaited Fed; Issuance Returns 2016-09-22 10:20:50.215 GMT By Robert Elson (Bloomberg) -- Secondary IG trading ended with a Trace count of $16.3b vs $19.1b Tuesday, $17b the previous Wednesday. * 10-DMA $15.4b; 10-Wednesday moving avg $17b * 144a trading added $2.1b of IG volume vs $2.4b, $2.9b last Wednesday * The ...

FX

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

Via Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman: Dollar Remains Under Pressure Post-Fed, Yen Stabilizes The Federal Reserve's decision to stand pat was the most complicated in years The FOMC statement reintroduced a risk assessment that it had removed in January Indonesia cuts rates 25 bp while Philippines stood pat, both ...