tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post8338791850467052292..comments2024-03-28T12:22:11.704+00:00Comments on Macro Man: A broad scanMacro Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-297097781083272102016-06-02T07:51:26.015+01:002016-06-02T07:51:26.015+01:00Iron Ore rallied 80% in the first quarter which al...Iron Ore rallied 80% in the first quarter which all but explains the beat in Aussie GDP <br /><br />It has since fallen 30% <br /><br />The government was happy to use the high of the quarter in their budget estimates though, so everything is ok, as you were. Rosscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218092677103028057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-71528330911483839572016-06-02T01:30:25.933+01:002016-06-02T01:30:25.933+01:00Well saidone washed. But I think it's a good a...Well saidone washed. But I think it's a good article for those kyle bass traders / jGB shorting crowd to consider. <br /><br />Regarding uses of debt I would think it's not always easy to pin point exactly where money is flowing to scientifically though a lot easier anecdotally. Also a great argument I read from Morgan Stanley once was that it's not the amount but the pace of increase that is most important. <br />abee crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320039155613443039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-33962026836253046852016-06-02T01:30:01.211+01:002016-06-02T01:30:01.211+01:00Well saidone washed. But I think it's a good a...Well saidone washed. But I think it's a good article for those kyle bass traders / jGB shorting crowd to consider. <br /><br />Regarding uses of debt I would think it's not always easy to pin point exactly where money is flowing to scientifically though a lot easier anecdotally. Also a great argument I read from Morgan Stanley once was that it's not the amount but the pace of increase that is most important. <br />abee crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320039155613443039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-38993596987701886562016-06-01T22:37:58.050+01:002016-06-01T22:37:58.050+01:00@abee - this article is well thought out, but kind...@abee - this article is well thought out, but kind of misses the whole point - whether debt is benign or not really ultimately depends on what you do with it - if you use 1 trillion dollars on elementary school education in india and bangladesh, over a 30 year period there are ridiculously massive returns - if you distribute it among the bottom 2% of the population in developed countries and they rush out and buy iPhones with the money, thats not as great of an investment but at-least juices AD temporarily - roads, bridges, broadband have varying merit too - the problem occurs when you take the excess debt and create malinvestment in that you keep creating overcapacity and/or it finds its way into asset markets such that you bring forward future returns, thats when there is an issue. The debate on debt should therefore focus exclusively on the use and not the magnitude, or as the article painstakingly focuses on, the source of funding - I'd argue the latter is irrelevant in a global market anyway - case in point, note swiftie, who I surmise is not running a japanese corporation, and does not have a day job as the japanese FM, is considering shorting JGB's and synthetically borrowing.washedupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-71000068910839052202016-06-01T21:43:50.363+01:002016-06-01T21:43:50.363+01:00Swiftie - jgbs
https://brandywineglobal.com/arou...Swiftie - jgbs <br /><br />https://brandywineglobal.com/aroundthecurve/index.cfm?page=article&content=984700710 - nice article for those interested in pounding inevitable ZH debt crisis bust ...<br /><br />There is a reasonably well-defined correlation between domestic savings rates and domestic indebtedness among emerging market (EM) economies (see Chart 2). For instance, China and Singapore have the highest domestic indebtedness, which mirrors their very high gross domestic savings rates. By the same token, low-saving nations such as South Africa, Turkey, and Latin American economies have significantly lower debt levels.<br /><br />abee crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320039155613443039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-6679273484542829162016-06-01T20:50:05.945+01:002016-06-01T20:50:05.945+01:00Japanese bonds. Can I short them yet? Widowmaker a...Japanese bonds. Can I short them yet? Widowmaker and all that, but - positive carry.<br /><br />Positive. Carry.<br /><br />Wish I were joking. Anyway, thoughts?Swiftienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-38594374940259089892016-06-01T18:41:09.770+01:002016-06-01T18:41:09.770+01:00Data breach from Fed shows Fed PPT have bought 50%...Data breach from Fed shows Fed PPT have bought 50% of equities in many major US corporations to avert stock market crash:<br /><br />https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/1384Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-64522452542047496692016-06-01T18:01:17.806+01:002016-06-01T18:01:17.806+01:00MM, on CHFSEK, Im not an FX guy, but just wonderin...MM, on CHFSEK, Im not an FX guy, but just wondering how many ppl play that cross? Swissy seems strong vs Euro, perhaps bc of the gold/hard money association, though I will give you SEKEUR isnt doing much either. <br /><br />re anon 5:23, I think historically, long term investors are served well looking for reasons NOT to own equities vs when to buy them. Not a jbtfd guy here just pointing out LT returns for (US) equities trump most asset classes, so the objective is to own them most of the time and only avoid when it is glaringly obvious. Valuation is high but not a 2001 situation and the fundamentals while bumping along the bottom, arent declining which I guess is good enough. <br /><br />Q2 earnings I suspect will be big as analyst are now expecting #'s to improve. abee crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320039155613443039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-12325378316337634742016-06-01T17:50:30.826+01:002016-06-01T17:50:30.826+01:00@anon 5:23 Ive learnt to cut the 'cash on the ...@anon 5:23 Ive learnt to cut the 'cash on the sidelines' crowd some slack - when you are talking to the average Joe Q. Long on TV, its a lot easier to say 'plenty of cash on the sidelines' than to argue 'high velocity relatively price agnostic capital with a short time frame has temporarily transferred its erstwhile long position to corporate treasuries and retail investors'.<br /><br />Jokes aside - yes you are absolutely correct - for all the headlines garnered by perms-bulls and bears, major equity moves have always been about the marginal actions of perms-longs tweaking their allocation between 95% and 98%, and the prices are determined by the risk sentiment prevalent at the time of the transaction. The fact that the re-allocation has been enough to guarantee 400-500 point annual ranges in spoos for the past 15 years should be self evident.washedupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-62948181931873960932016-06-01T17:23:41.063+01:002016-06-01T17:23:41.063+01:00funny most people's argument to be bullish spo...funny most people's argument to be bullish spoos is based on the fact that there are a lot of bears around? hmmm<br />the money on the sidelines argument i never get- corporates issue shares and at all times someone has to hold them- if i withdraw money from my fund then someone has to buy those shares- cash doesn't just leave. also given dismal performance by money managers a lot of this cash might be going to tracker funds- if one looks at household wealth in equities or fund cash positions they tell similar story- equites are always owned so i never get this argument that no one's got it! really???!!!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-73497413823989692782016-06-01T17:14:17.341+01:002016-06-01T17:14:17.341+01:00Booger/Left - one thing we all seem to agree on (s...Booger/Left - one thing we all seem to agree on (somewhat) is the idea that if the dollar were to weaken substantially from here the majority of it would be vs the Yen - all dollar weakening is not created equal - if crude rallies to 55-60 on a headline weakening driven by the risk averse Yen rally, that would be an insane example of whistling past the graveyard, but I'm not one to suggest crude isn't capable of doing precisely that and carrying spoos to new highs in the process as you suggested, especially for an environment where APPL is struggling to hold 100. <br /><br />I actually like the gold idea a lot for your scenario where the fed is seen disappearing into the restroom followed by loud retching sounds - maybe long gold vs oil even perhaps. washedupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-75899088944569398422016-06-01T14:48:30.975+01:002016-06-01T14:48:30.975+01:00LB: maybe. Color me deeply skeptical about a hike ...LB: maybe. Color me deeply skeptical about a hike in June or July though. If there isn't going to be one, a dollar correction should kick in around now. I wonder whether a combination of dollar correction and no rate hike might excite SPX back to the top end of the range 2120. I am a bit anxious about holding an SPX short here. <br /><br />Long gold I am still holding with a stop around 1190. I feel more comfortable that this is more imminent than the short SPX. No rate hike would likely lead to dollar correction which would suggest gold to 1300 and oil to $55-60 before a final rollover in commodities/SPX/risk. Boogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-84729351242431979782016-06-01T12:03:23.402+01:002016-06-01T12:03:23.402+01:00We wondered whether the January Gap and Crap might...We wondered whether the January Gap and Crap might repeat. Looking at the yen crosses this morning, there's a good chance that we were correct. Is this just another f-in' dip for the youngsters to buy eagerly? Watch this space.... (actually watch USDCNY and USDJPY). This also might be the day where we find out what the funding currency has been for the leveraged crude rally....?Leftbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07728096415928915882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-32944320436423048302016-06-01T09:03:05.482+01:002016-06-01T09:03:05.482+01:00"Hard to say at this point which way it will ..."Hard to say at this point which way it will be, though if recent Brexit polls showing Leave picking up steam are accurate, it might not be hard to identify the catalyst..."<br /><br />Could also be a relief rally... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465583809802386246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-11815196083803355362016-06-01T07:26:58.402+01:002016-06-01T07:26:58.402+01:00I sense a theme...
Saudi Arabia Said to Weigh Bon...I sense a theme...<br /><br />Saudi Arabia Said to Weigh Bond Sale of as Much as $15 Billion<br /><br />Governments in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes the two-biggest Arab economies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are turning to public markets after the plunge in oil prices punched holes in their budgets. Qatar last week attracted $23 billion in orders for its $9 billion sale, the biggest-ever from the Middle East. Abu Dhabi raised $5 billion from the sale of five- and 10-year securities in April, while Dubai is also said to be preparing an international bond sale this year.<br /><br />and this...<br /><br />MANDATE: Oman Hires 5 Banks for USD Bond Meetings From Tmrw<br /><br />Neutralising UST holdings, neg carry, budget holes..take your pick. My Spidey senses are tingling. The oil moves are going to play out for some time yet. And then there's Venezuela...how long until the US makes a move there with or without the UN. I sense a summer of discontent (or winter which has finally arrived down here in the antipodes).<br /><br />Bartmannoreply@blogger.com