Mar 16, 2017 - Market Update

Short recap

Asia took the inspiration from Wall Street on dovish sounded Fed

EU opening higher on significant repricing of equities after Dutch elections and Fed

The Dutch stayed smart and said no to nationalism, thus sending the wave of relief across Europe

Fed still on the safe side

Hiked 25 bps, still sees 3 hikes this year as economy is doing well

On track to reach 2% inflation target, outlook for hikes/pace unchanged

Overall positive FOMC (in line) but what surprised many was no upgrade to the outlook/pace of hikes (dots) for 2017/18 despite the stronger data in Jan/Feb

That may prove that Fed is open to create asset bubbles and accept higher inflation over dumping the growth

Next hikes likely in June and Sept, Dec may bring balance sheet reduction talk

S&P 500 eying 2400

DAX to retest the April 2015 highs at 12 400

And may find additional support from another rise in car sales in EU (proving that economy is doing well)

Inditex (owner of Zara) doing better than H&M on the back of growing online business and better presence in emerging markets

Audi under emission scandal scrutiny

EDF working hard to put back to use 4 nuclear reactors after technical issues

FX – we need to respect the magnitude of the moves

EURUSD – back to the range 1.0500-1.0800/50

FOMC and Dutch election risks are off

Now we have Trump to watch as the importance of Fed is much lower as per their data dependency

But only until another round of speculations about June 14 hike re-emerge again

USDJPY – to follow yields, back to the range now

May get lower on yields even to touch the 111.50 level

Kuroda sees 1% inflation in 2018

FX options

Vols lower across the board

1m EURUSD down to 6.7% (lowest since Sep 2016)

1m USDJPY down to 7.9% (lowest since Dec 2015)

On the other hand overnight vols up on central bank meetings:

EURNOK, EURCHF, EURGBP, USDTRY - all up

Gold – fully depending on USD and yields

1221 important for further move up

But geopolitical risk of nationalism in EU receded

  

10-yr Trys yields at 2.52%

Experienced covering of shorts in Trys yesterday (strongest move since June 2016)

Questions – how durable this move is?

FR-GE yields spread below 60 bps on lower Le Pen fear

Data

BoJ meeting

SNB meeting (to be watched as EURCHF is not behaving in a normal way)

BoE meeting – no change expected

Trump to present budget (1100 GMT)

US: Housing Starts – expected slightly higher

US: Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey – expected a small dip

Mar 17 – Merkel meeting Trump

Mar 17-18 – G20 FinMin meeting

Should you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.

Good luck Champs!

Mr Hawk

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