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Friday Premarket Recap: Surprising Strength Following G7 Agreement on Yen Intervention

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on March 18, 2011 9:20am

HedgeFundLIVE.com - Morning Notes

- Major headline of the night was that the G7 agreed on a Yen intervention (or “Yen-tervention, as Dean likes to call it) to weaken the currency- financial institutions will have to repatriate funds to pay for insurance claims and reconstruction
- Nikkei closed up 2.7% while the yen sold off aggressively
- UN authorized military strikes against Gaddafi forces- oil has rallied
- The no fly zone vote passed with 10 UN votes and no opposing votes- however, a few countries (e.g., Germany, Russia, India, China, and Brazil) abstained from voting
- Details of no fly zone policy to be cranked out
- Nothing extreme in Manama, Bahrain this morning as large number of security forces remain in the streets
- Regarding nuclear situation in Japan: Japan increased alert level up to 5 from 4 (out of 7 point scale
- A little past 8:39a ET, Libyan Foreign minister announced Libya will close all air space and has decided on an immediate ceasefire
- China increased reserve requirement ratio by 50bps
- No economic data releases scheduled for today

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Nonfarm Payrolls Yield Choppy Market Action

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on March 4, 2011 9:43am

HedgeFundLIVE.com - Morning Notes

- Strength across the board again in overseas markets this morning
- All Asian indices closed up strong: Shanghai up 1.4%, Nikkei up 1.0%
- Perhaps in catch up mode after yday’s strength in US markets
- Japanese yen was weak, which helped boost the Nikkei
- Note that the China markets opened weak, but was able to bounce off its lows
- UK Halifax Housing Price number came in worse than expected
- Oil still clearly strong, oil did print new highs overnight
- Fighting in Libya continues, more bombings in Marsa el_brega, the oil town
- The grand old Chavez peace plan pretty quiet and vague, as expected (see my blog from yesterday)
- Reports that Tripoli may be next target
- Protestors in Saudi Arabia are demanding relase of some Shiite prisoners
- Rebels in Yemen saying gov’t forces fired on their protest and killed two people
- Gold up small
- Feb. Nonfarm Payrolls: 192K vs. 196K; prior revised up to 63K from 36K
- Feb. Nonfarm Private Payrolls: 222K vs. 200K; prior revised up to 68K from 50K
- Feb. Unemployment Rate: 8.9% vs. 9.1%
- 8.9% unemployment rate is lowest since April 2009
- Futures initially spiked, but then pulled back following the payrolls data
- January Factory Orders out at 10a, not expecting this number to really move the markets

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Leaked China CPI Number Boost Chinese Stocks

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on January 19, 2011 9:36am

Morning Notes

- China CPI number appears to have been leaked a day early- the rumor, which was probably leaked by a PBOC source, is that the CPI number would be in line (+4.6%)
- Recall: last month China CPI came in notably higher than expected at +5.1%
- A controlled CPI number would stem the need for further tightening in China
- The leaked data boosted indices in Asia, with the Shanghai Comp closing up nearly 2%, Hang Seng up 1.1%
- Nikkei was up 40bps- tech stocks were strong following solid IBM and AAPL earnings last night
- Japanese yen showed some strength, hindering further gains in the Nikkei
- Europe trading mixed to relatively flat this morning- the bourses have pulled back from opening highs
- There was a report out that Germany is looking at the potential effects of a debt restructuring
- Also there was a relatively successful 1 yr debt auction in Portugal
- Dollar seeing further weakness
- December Housing Starts: 529K vs. 550K
- December Building Permits: 635K vs. 554K
- December Housing Starts m/m: -4.3%
- December Building Permits m/m: +16.7%
- S&P futures down about 4 handles from FV
- Fairly tight pivots for the Spooz today
- Spooz on the S3 buy signal, trading between S4 and S3

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Strength Carrying Over From Yesterday’s Rally

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on January 4, 2011 9:26am

Morning Notes

- Seeing strength again in the pre today
- In China, reports out that the gov’t may delay property tax pmts because of internal disputes, whatever that means
- Weakness in Japanese yen helped lift the Nikkei, which was closed yday and closed up 1.7% today
- Unemployment rate in Germany came in unch’d while number of those unemployed actually increased
- UK PMI came in better than expected
- FT article that the candidate that will likely become China’s premier in two years, Li Keqiang, committed the country to buy more Spanish gov’t bonds
- Eurozone CPI came in higher than expected (is now higher than ECB tgt)
- Gold is lower this morning
- Dollar is lower as well
- We have factory orders out at 10a ET
- Also have the FOMC Minutes out at 2p
- S&P futures are up 4 handles from FV; not on a pivot signal, but R3 has been a key resistance point so far in the pre (R3 is 1270)

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Futures Hovering Over S4 Pivot For First Time In A Few Weeks

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on December 15, 2010 9:24am

Spain Potential Downgrade

Morning Notes
- Overseas markets are all lower this morning following news that Moody’s may downgrade Spain
- Adding further weakness in the markets is the Tankan Survey results in Japan, which showed that business confidence in the country has fallen for the first time in two years
- JPY weakness has added little support to Nikkei, which closed down just 10bps
- Also, UK unemployment rate came in higher than expected
- Dollar up small
- Gold and oil are down
- NY Empire Manufacturing Survey: 10.57 vs. 3.00; prior was -11.14
- November Core CPI: +0.1% vs. +0.1%
- November CPI m/m: +0.1% vs. +0.2%; prior was +0.2%
- Futures not really reacting to data release
- Other economic items on the calendar for today: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization at 9:15a ET; NAHB Housing Idx at 10a; Crude Inventories at 10:30a
- S&P futures are down about 4 handles from FV
- Tight pivots in the Spooz today- we are on the S3 buy signal , although that could change quickly given that we are hovering right above S4 and we had been on the S4 sell signal earlier in the pre

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Will We Close The Week In The Green Or Are We Doomed For A Reversal Pullback?

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on October 8, 2010 8:45am

October-8-2010

Morning Notes

-       Strength this morning clearly in China as Moody’s puts China on review for a potential rating upgrade

-       Shanghai reopened in the o/n after being closed this week for a national holiday

-       Japanese yen still showing strength; Nikkei down about 1%

-       In Japan, a $61B stimulus pkg was approved

-       European mkts down small, fairly muted action- financials are weak

-       Gold, crude down small as well

-       In U.S. corporate news, AA reported earnings (marking the unofficial start of a new earnings season)- beat expectations

-       S&P futures down about 2 handles from FV

-       Mkt action muted ahead of today’s BLS, expecting volatility upon release of data

-       USD up, Euro down, Treasuries up

-       September Jobs Report: Private Payrolls: +64K vs. +75K; prior revised up to +93K from +67K

-       Nonfarm Payrolls: -95K vs. -5K; prior revised down to -57K from -54K

-       Manufacturing Payrolls: -6K vs. +2K

-       Unemployment Rate: 9.6% vs. 9.7%

-       Futures initially rush lower, now recovering

-       Dollar sold off after data release

-       As futures are now pushing higher into the green, will we see a nice up day to end the weak or are we in for a reversal pullback off the open?

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Market Waiting For A Sense Of Direction

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on October 7, 2010 8:29am

October-7-2010

Morning Notes

-       Quiet overnight session, overseas markets are flat

-       Positive jobs report out of Australia, although unemployment rate remained unch’d at 5.1%, causing AUD to rally to new highs

-       Japanese yen trading up

-       UK Home Prices fell significantly (by 3.6%), causing GBP to weaken

-       Gold continues to climb

-       Dollar down, still weak

-       ECB left interest rate unch’d (1.0%), which was expected

-       Alcoa (AA) kicks off earnings season tonight after the close

-       Same store sales will trickle in this morning

-       Tech sector should be focus in today’s trading session after getting killed yesterday

-       Main item on economic calendar this AM is Initial Jobless Claims at 8:30a EST, should give the markets some sense of direction since everything is trading pretty much flat as of now

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Premarket Strength, Sign of Strong Day in the Market Ahead?

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on September 30, 2010 10:11am

September-30-2010

Morning Notes

-       Overnight trading skewed to the downside

-       Japan PMI came in weak, falling for the first time since June 2009

-       Other data from Japan also came in weak including Industrial Production, Retail Sales, Retail trade figures

-       Yen still strong

-       All this pushed Nikkei down ~2%

-       However, Shanghai showed decent strength, up ~1.7%, with strength attributed to China’s govt loosening measures to tighten real estate mkt

-       European mkts down small

-       In Ireland, AIB bail out would be as much as 34.3B EUR (at worst) and AIB needs to raise capital

-       Spain downgraded by Moody’s this AM (was somewhat expected): euro sold off on news, but has since recovered

-       German unemployment rate came in in line for month of September, perceived well by the street

-       Initial Jobless Claims: 453K vs. 460K; prior revised up to 469K from 465K

-       Continuing Claims: 4.457M vs. 4.470M

-       Futures pushing higher off data release

-       Q2 GDP: 1.7%, up from 1.6%

-       Core PCE q/q: 1.0%, down from 1.1%

-       Premarket strength may be a good sign of strong day in the market ahead

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Looks Like Economists Were Overly Pessimistic

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on September 24, 2010 9:34am

September-24-2010

Morning Notes

-       Overnight Recap:

-       Very high correlation b/w Japanese yen and Nikkei persists

-       There was an abrupt sell off in the yen, perhaps on rumors that another currency intervention in the works; however, no comment from BOJ  so yen retraced the move

-       German IFO was main economic item on overseas agenda and came in better than expected (3 yr high), lifting European mkts (but they are still down small)

-       Also, German import prices rose 0.2%

-       Austria reported it would increase GDP forecast

-       Gold still trading at highs

-       S&P futures are up 7 handles from FV

-       Dollar still weak

-       August Durable Goods Ex Transportation: +2.0% vs. +1.0%; prior revised up to -2.8% from -3.8%

-       August Durable Goods: -1.3% vs. -1.0%; prior revised up to +0.7% vs. +0.3%

-       Futures rally, now up 13 handles from FV; boosting European markets as well

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2:15p Will Be the Real Start of Today

Posted by Betty L. - Analyst on September 21, 2010 8:45am

September-21-2010

Morning Notes

-       Mkts quiet ahead of today’s Fed Rate Decision at 2:15p EST

-       Expecting mkts to stay muted up until Fed announces the rate decision

-       Asian mkts were mixed o/n

-       Nikkei down small as yen climbed slightly higher

-       European mkts up small, less than 1%

-       Bond auction results in Greece, Spain, Ireland were net positive

-       S&P futures down about 1.5 handles from FV

-       August Housing Starts: 598K vs. 550K

-       Housing Starts m/m: 10.5%

-       August Building Permits: 569K vs. 560K

-       Building Permits m/m: 1.8%

-       Futures are higher upon housing data release

-       And now, back to muted trading

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