Showing posts with label #KKR. Show all posts
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Monday, 5 June 2017

June 5, 2017 - Market Update

Short recap

Asia mixed
Europe opening higher


Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar over support of Iran (Islamic Brotherhood and Hamas)
Pushing oil more than 1% higher
All of that coming after Trump’s visit and security threats (banning travellers or notebooks on the planes)
Russia sees oil down to USD 40

UK – attacks and risk of no majority government increasing
It may weight on GBP as UK heads towards weaker government mandate
ECB’s Visco – Italy down most in 10 years
High debt because of low growth but still the average Italian household is wealthier the German one
Fed on track for June hike after weaker Friday’s NFPs but further hikes in question
Unless we see a pick up in inflation and Trump coming with positive fiscal news
Trump to come up with Dodd Frank revamp on Tuesday
But the reality is he doesn’t have enough votes in Congress to push it through

Equities

Investindustrial and Alibaba likely to submit a join bid for The Body Shop from L’Oreal
Blackstone selling Logicor to China Investment Corp (EUR 12.25 bln)
KKR raised USD 9.3 bln in new Asia buyout fund
Exxon misleadig about climate change impact of its business
Pfizer to hike prices of some drugs in US by 20%
Goldman Sachs eying to trade Saudis stocks
Home Capital to face regulators on June 26

Bonds

10-yr Trys yield at 2.17%% (2.16% critical level, on Friday closed below 200 DMA)
10-yr Bund yield at 0.27%


EURUSD

Resistance at 1.1284, 1.1300 (big level), 1.1355/65and 1.14/15/1600 range
Should see lots of hesitation ahead of 1.1300
Support at 1.1213 (10 DMA), 1.1200 and 1.1179 (23.6% Fibo)
New trading range 1.1000-1.1500 ?
Morgan Stanley switching from end year 0.97 level for EURUSD to 1.1800
On strong data, political stability, valuations and equity market inflows
A very nice switch…

USDJPY

US yields taking the cross lower
Support at 200 DMA at 110.34, 110.10 (Ichimoku) and 109.60 (76.4% Fibo)
Bids sitting ahead of 110.00, with stops below
Resistance at 110.50 (61.8% Fibo), heavy level
New trading range 108.00-112.00 ?

GBPJPY - With GBP under pressure and strong JPY double whammy  possible here... looking for lower levels



AUDJPY - Are bears controlling the market?



Weekly Commodity: Oil and Sugar under pressure, Grains in a vacuum Link 



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



Wednesday, 17 May 2017

May 17, 2017 - Market Update

Short recap

Asia in red on Trump mess
Europe opening lower
Trump to face tough scrutiny from Congress on meeting with Lavrov and sharing sensitive info
What would happen if Donald Trump were impeachedlink


European Court of Justice ruling – EU-UK trade deal doesn’t need to be ratified by all 38 EU’s national and local parliaments
Confirming the qualified majority vote of EU member states as sufficient
Kuroda – BoJ to continue the stimulus firmly
Atlanta Fed rising Q2 GDP forecast to 4.1%

Equities

UK gov to sell the remainder in Lloyds
Chinese Shanghai Pharmaceutical interested in Stada Arzneimittel
Yahoo planning a USD 3 bln share buyback ahead of merger with Verizon
Ford planning job cuts of white-collars
Delphi to work with BMW and Intel on autonomy driving project
JPMorgan shareholders not happy with Dimon advising Trump
KKR buying Q-Park (USD 2.2 bln)
Nasdaq offers enhanced data service based on robot intelligence
BGC launching e-platform to trade US Trys in June
NYSE planning a 350-microsecond delay on all in/outgoing orders
To use the similar set up at IEX Group does
Nasdaq printed new highs, helped by techs
As already mentioned stocks being resilient to global geopolitical and security risks
With VIX closing at 10.65

Earnings

Home Depot doing well as the revival in US real estate market goes on
And people keep refurbishing their dwellings

Cisco to report another decline in revenue as the company is striving to refocus from traditional activities to security, Internet of Things and cloud

Others reporting: Target, Tencent, Alibaba

Bonds

10-yr Trys yield at 2.30% - at critical support level, June hike still in place
10-yr Bund yield at 0.41% - Bunds jumped at EU opening pushing the yields lower

Greece readying for July bond issue if agreement with lenders in place

DXY 

Market is getting distracted from growth agenda by Trump mess and we may face delays in reforms
But US economy is in a good shape, earnings growing, labour market tightening…etc.


EURUSD

Cross supported by EZ data, Macron, Merkel, capital inflows, US politics/Trump mess
Having positive correlation with risk, FR-GE spread narrowing
50 & 100 DMA may break through 200 DMA soon (overall technical picture remains bullish)
May have a potential toward 1.1300 and 1.1500
But 1.1000 needs to hold, next 1.1130/40 and 1.1250
Some traders still sceptical about further move higher
Seems that the spot is getting way ahead of yields
Bund yields lagging the move, need to catch up to validify the move
Option expiries may keep the cross close to 1.1100
EURUSD weekly chart - facing the resistance

Upcoming

UK: Labour Market Report
EZ: Inflation data

Thu
ECB’s Draghi, Mersch, Nowotny, Lautenschlaeger speaking
Fed’s Mester speaking

Fri
ECB’s Constancio speaking
Fed’s Bullard speaking
Iran elections - impact on security and oil production

May 25 – OPEC/Non-OPEC meeting
June 8 – ECB meeting
June 8 – UK elections
June 11/18 – French Legislative (Parliamentary) elections (a big question mark for Macron to gain majority)
June 13/14 – FOMC meeting – market pricing rate hike above 74% (CME) and 97% (Bloomberg)


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