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Thursday, 27 July 2017

July 27, 2017 - Market Update (FOMC on summer vacation, playing safe, DXY close to support levels, EURUSD close to 200 WMA (1.1794), Gold/gold miners going higher? Heavy Deutsche Bank, Facebook enjoying the ride, Cameco - weak uranium price making heavy print)

Short recap

Asia up on dovish feeling Fed (stocks, bonds and commodities up)
Europe opening flat
ECB’s Nowotny – some room to reduce asset purchase from Jan 2018 but not stopping them
EU warned US over new sanctions against Russia as energy security is on the table
UK’s Rudd promised to keep access for EU workers
UK’s car industry production down 14% in June
US New home sales still growing but at a softer pace


FOMC – on summer vacation
Market feeling a dovish bias and lower likelihood of another 2017 hike
Balance sheet reduction to start relatively soon (market expecting announcement in Sep)
Repeated that inflation to rise to 2%
But admitted undershooting of 2% target

Equities

Daimler thinking about splitting some divisions
Third Point betting on Alibaba again as they see opportunities
No new sales of petrol/diesel cars in UK from 2040
Deutsche Bank to list its asset management arm but not before late 2018
Foxconn to build a new plant in US (3000 new jobs)
AGCO buying farm equipment division from Monsanto

Earnings

Samsung pretty comfortable with chip outlook, reported a record profits
Facebook doing well in mobile ads (up 50%), while strengthening its attraction as a social media

Amazon.com – to report better revenue supported by retail and cloud. Hungry a bit? What about the Whole Foods Market acquisition – any hints?
Procter & Gamble – organic sales should help the numbers
Celgene – investors are positive, would like to learn more on licensing deal with BeiGene
Cameco – results to be impacted by still ongoing fall in uranium prices. Market may also be interest in the progress/resolution of Tepco issue?
MasterCard – investors are positive
Intel – investors are positive by data center business will scrutinized
Twitter – market is expecting a decline in revenue on user growth stagnation
Deutsche Bank – investor worry about the results as the bank undergoes restructuring, Brexit and Trump Russian ties. All of that is also combined with ECB’s investigation of Qatar royal family and Chinese HNA who are bank’s largest shareholders.

Bonds

10-yr Trys yield at 2.28% (up)
10-yr Bund yield at 0.55% (down)

DXY

Offered tone, sentiment getting more bearish
As cautious Fed and political mess in Washington pressure USD
Close to support levels


EURUSD

Marching higher, no clear top yet, outside day reversal
Watching: 1.1750, 1.1794 (200 WMA), 1.1810 (38.2% Fibo) and then 1.20/2200
Likely 1.1800 will be respected as ECB to turn dovish soon too
On falling inflation and missing wage growth
So the 1.1750 and 200 WMA may be seen as the top
Support of note 1.1615, then 1.1580

USDJPY

Pressured by lower US yields, long liquidate seen
Sitting on 111.00 with likely dip demand around 110.80
Option expiries between 111.00-111.30 (more than USD 1.7 bln)
Life insurers with lower interest in foreign bonds
Has some room to get and stay above 114.00 toward year end

Gold

Resistance at 1264 (38.2% Fibo)
Support at 1255 (50.0% Fibo)
Watch also ascending and descending trendlines
As it trades above 1250 (100 DMA) we may see opportunities from a long side
Not only in spot but also in gold mining stocks
On the back of low inflation, weak USD and Trump

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

Good luck Champs!

Mr Hawk



DISCLAIMER: This material was created for informational purposes only and represents the Land of Trading team’s view of the past and current economic and capital market environment. It is not an investment advice and should not be viewed that way at all, and the creators of this material cannot be held liable for any potential losses resulting from trading, where despite this disclaimer someone would consider this material as an investment advice. All rights reserved ©2016. Contact: landoftradingATgmailDOTcom


Tuesday, 6 June 2017

June 6, 2017 - Market Update

Short recap

Asia in red on risk off as plenty of things going on this week
Europe opening lower


US election scandal going more public with DoJ accusing contractor about leaking top-secret documents
PIMCO neutral on Italy after offloading Italian bonds
Italy not leaving EZ but probability of things going wrong is high
UK readying for elections on Thursday amid security issues
China suggesting qualified firms to issue Panda bonds (denominated in CNY, issued by non-China issuer but sold in China)
China looking at expanding futures trading to foreigners

Equities

Lufthansa seeing higher traffic from US and Asia
Knock, knock…Siri from Apple coming to you home via HomePod speaker
GM-Greenlight Capital stock battle keeps going
Blackstone likes Scandinavia and wants to buy Finnish real estate Sponda (USD 2 bln)
GTCR and Carlyle working on buying Albany Molecular Research
Apple and Amazon to join Foxconn to buy chip business from Toshiba
In general, Europe and Japan still look attractive (valuation & flow)
Insurers like Swiss Life, followed by banks can benefit from hiking cycle

Bonds

10-yr Trys yield at 2.17%
10-yr Bund yield at 0.28%

DXY

Higher liquidity support the increase in FX reserves
Rising USD liquidity and excess of USD funding well supporting move to yielding assets despite Fed gradual tightening
Support at 96.44 (38.2% Fibo)

EURUSD

US yields not supporting USD
Market keeps respecting 1.1300
But bids weakening towards 1.1284
Support at 1.1180 (23.6% Fibo)

USDJPY

Below 110.00 and 200 DMA (if we close below, the 108.12 is next)
Support 109.50-60 range (76.4% Fibo)
USD 1.3 bln options sitting between 108.90-109.00
In general, Japanese corporates find the range of 108.00-110.00 as a budget rate zone
What may add additional strength to JPY

Upcoming Data/Events

June 8 – ECB meeting – Draghi being alone but inflation data from US and JP suggesting ECB to carry on with ultra-loose stimulus
ECB likely to adjust the risk to economy wording but no change to asset purchases
June 8 – UK elections including Scotland, if SNP/Sturgeon wins the independence referendum likely to follow
June 8 - Former FBI director James Comey to testify before Senate

June 11/18 – French Legislative (Parliamentary) elections (a big question mark for Macron to gain majority)
June 13/14 – FOMC meeting – Jun hike probability at 95%, Sep at 28% and Dec at 40%. After Friday’s NFPs Sep hike may be skipped if data doesn’t come strong.

June 15/16 – EcoFin meeting to discuss Greece



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

Good luck Champs!

Mr Hawk



DISCLAIMER: This material was created for informational purposes only and represents the Land of Trading team’s view of the past and current economic and capital market environment. It is not an investment advice and should not be viewed that way at all, and the creators of this material cannot be held liable for any potential losses resulting from trading, where despite this disclaimer someone would consider this material as an investment advice. All rights reserved ©2016. Contact: landoftradingATgmailDOTcom