by admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tue US 1000 ET Feb JOLTS job openings expected +24,000 to 5.650 million, Jan +87,000 to 5.626 million. 1200 ET USDA Apr WASDE crop production. 1300 ET Treasury auctions $20 billion 10-year T-notes. 1345 ET Minneapolis...
by admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
10-year T-note yield plumbs the bottom of its post-election range 10-year T-note auction to yield near 2.37% Job openings expected to remain strong 10-year T-note yield plumbs the bottom of its post-election range –The 10-year T-note yield last Friday posted a...
by admin | Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mon US 1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections. 1300 ET Treasury auctions $24 billion 3-year T-notes. 1600 ET Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy and will take questions from...
by admin | Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Market focus Fed expectations turn more hawkish on Dudley comments Geopolitics keep markets on edge Q1 earnings season kicks off 3-year T-note auction to yield near 1.53% Market focus — The U.S. markets this week will focus on Fed policy and the extent of the...
by admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The S&P 500 on Thursday closed higher: S&P 500 +0.19%, Dow Jones +0.07%, Nasdaq +0.04%. Bullish factors included (1) carry-over support from a rally in European stocks after ECB President Draghi signaled the ECB will continue with QE when he said,...
by admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Fri US n/a President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold talks on Thu-Fri at Mar-a-Lago, Florida. 0830 ET Mar non-farm payrolls expected +180,000, Feb +235,000. Mar private payrolls expected +170,000, Feb +227,000. Mar...
by admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Strong U.S. payroll report today would give the Fed a continued green light for its hawkish 2017 tightening plan U.S. consumer credit expected to rebound Congress recesses today for two weeks and then faces a possible government shutdown shortly after returning ...
by admin | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Thu US n/a President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold talks on Thu-Fri at Mar-a-Lago, Florida. 0700 ET Mar Challenger job cuts, Feb -40.0% y/y. 0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -8,000 to 250,000,...
by admin | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
FOMC balance sheet reduction “later this year” and negative Ryan comments on tax reform help sink stocks Markets wait to see how the Trump administration will deal with China as the Trump-Xi summit arrives Unemployment claims remain in good shape...
by admin | Apr 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Wed US 0700 ET Weekly MBA mortgage applications, previous -0.8% with purchase sub-index +1.2% and refi sub-index -2.9%. 0815 ET Mar ADP employment change expected +190,000, Feb +298,000. 0945 ET Revised Mar Markit services PMI...
