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Euro: 3.3652 (at 18:34) Today's Recap Archives I am in Uruguay for the rest of this week, continuing the search for a hilltop farm
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Chart Feature Euro futures at 1.3740 on Feb 04 (1.4334 at year end) Dollar's 2010 high is 80.683 vs 77.860 at year end
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As I’ve pointed out here previously, technology is not going to stop advancing and by 2016 there will be many more jobs subject to both automation and outsourcing than is the case today. Full employment is a moving target that is going to get harder and harder to hit. UPS to lay off 1,800 people in management and administrative positions in 2010 “by leveraging technology and the management strengths of its people.” \\ That technology was not faster trucks, it was better computer systems. -EconFuture
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Monday Closes: The 2Y/10Y is 2.809%, +0.9bp 10Y yield is 3.589%, +4.1bp 10yr Tips is 1.328%, +3.0bp 2Y yield is 0.779%, +3.2bp Tips CPI inflation gauge is 2.261%, hotter by +1.0bp * The 2010 high is 2.475% on Jan 8; the 2009 high is 2.447% on Dec 28 * The decade average is about 2.700%; all-time low is 0.010% on Nov 20 * Gauge was 1.414% on Dec 31, 2009 and 0.135% on Dec 31, 2008 * The 2008 high was 2.613%; gauge was 1.94% just before Lehman bankruptcy The Eurodollar EDZ0 closed at 0.910% Friday, putting the yield of Dec Euribor at +44.5bp over the comparable US rate. The spread is slightly narrower than its 18-day average of 44.8bp, a neutral pattern for the dollar vs the euro.
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Monday at 15:00 Euro: 3.3674 vs 3.3636 Dollar-Yen: 89.329 vs 89.211 Euro-Yen: 122.13 vs 121.69 Canadian dollar: 1.0726 vs 1.0745 Aussie dollar: 86.62 vs 86.41
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Tuesday 07:30 NFIB index 07:45 Weekly chain store survey 08:55 Redbook weekly chain store survey 10:00 IBD/TIPP consumer confidence 10:00 Wholesale inventories 13:00 3Y note auction 17:00 ABC Consumer Comfort Index Wednesday, 2/10 07:00 MBA mortgage applications 08:30 International trade 10:00 Bernanke will outline the Fed’s exit strategy and tightening blue print 13:00 10Y note auction 14:00 US budget Thursday, 2/11 08:30 Retail sales 08:30 Jobless claims 08:30 Continuous claims 10:00 Business inventories 13:00 30Y bond auction Friday, 2/12 10:00 UMich consumer sentiment 10:00 Survey of professional forecasters Monday is President's Day Holiday
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The Baltic Dry Index rose +30 to 2,715 Friday. The BDI is down from 3,005 at year end and it has fallen more than -40% over the last 11 weeks. The 2009 range was 772 to 4,661 on Nov 19. The 2008 high was 11,793. The 20 year average is near 2,300.
2Y Yield Spread: Germany Over US - - - Tsys Yields
At 8:38 Monday, the spread of Germany 2Y over US 2Y is +22 German Dec 2Y is 0.99% US Jan 2Y yld is 0.77% On Dec 7, Mar euro contract was 1.4815 and 2Y spread was +54; euro is 1.3765 today - MS: The Fed to begin exiting from zero rates during the second half - GS: No 2010 Fed hike & probably no hike in 2011
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The Nikkei is expected to open down -57 Tuesday in Tokyo. The NK/DJ spread is zero -- both contracts at 9,895. Accordingly, NKH is trading cheap relative to DJH at -216 below the 21-day average of +216.
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Aleph's Dirty Dozen: 1) China’s mercantilism — loans and currency 2) US Deficits, European Deficits 3) The Eurozone is a mess — Greece, Portugal, Spain, etc. 4) Many entities affiliated the US Government, e.g., FDIC, GSEs, FHA are broke 5) The US Government feels it has to “do something” 6) Residential real estate is still in the tank 7) Commercial real estate — there is too much debt and too little equity 8) State economies are weak 9) The US, UK, and Japan are force feeding liquidity into their economies 10) Yield greed. A bid for risky debt 11) Political deadlock is common, unable to deliver real pain to the populace 12) Europe and Japan face shrinking populations - a big, but hidden pressure Either currencies or debt markets will blowup in the next financial dislocation -- Dollar, gold and the VIX are likely to produce the biggest gains -- Aussie and Brazil overvalued on 12/31 at 89.74 and 1.75228; 90.45 and 1.80225 1/21 -- Inflation is emerging as key economic problem for India and China as growth surges -- China and Hong Kong have ‘dangerous’ bubbles in the real estate market -- Global economy could slow dramatically if China tightens lending due to inflation Public finances of the major Western countries are becoming unmanageable -- Who is going to buy the multiple trillions the G-7 countries want to issue? -- After Fed exits QE, who is going to buy $1 trillion in the US? That is 7% of GDP -- Bond market pressures on the PIIGS: Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain -- Portuguese and Greece economies face a ‘slow death’ as they pay off huge debts -- Credit-rating agencies are on collision courses with Spain, Portugal and Greece -- Danger of sovereign defaults by Dubai, Greece, Ukraine and the UK -- Spain's sovereign risk has increased due to exposure to Venezuela devaluation -- Social security systems are likely to be raided and social unrest is probable -- State, local and regional governments face a major funding crisis by summer -- Severe gaps will be closed via budget cuts or tax increases - especially on corps -- Large pension plans in U.S. have $2 trillion shortfall -- AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and GMAC are long-term wards of the state Fifteen bank failures in 2010 vs nine in Jan 2009 and a total of 140 failures in 2009 -- 599 banks on so-called problem list -- Banks face huge rollovers of their corporate debts in next few years -- S&P has warned that nearly all of the world's big banks lack sufficient capital -- JP Morgan reported deep losses on its mortgage and credit card businesses in Q4 -- Banks have not taken write-downs on $150-170 billion of Alt-A expected to default Consumer spending remains persistly weak, jobs are scare and gasoline is expensive -- Consumer credit down record $17.49 billion in latest read; 10th consecutive fall -- Local, state, and federal tax increases of $500 billion are in the pipeline -- Unemployment likely to be 10% or higher (except for a few months of census hiring) -- Persons not in the labor force increased by about 840,000 between Nov and Dec -- To get a 5% unemployment rate within 7 years, US needs 300,000 new jobs a month -- Gasoline at highest level since Oct ‘08 at $2.70; record is $4.11 in summer of '08 -- Every $0.10 move higher takes an extra $14 bln annualized out of consumer pockets Residential investment up for two quarters, but slowed to 5.7% in Q4 from 18.9% in Q3 -- There is a huge overhang of vacant units with more foreclosures in the pipeline -- Leading indicators are NAHB index, housing starts and new home sales -- Higher mortgage rates likely as Fed stops buying GSE MBS; program ends on Mar 31 -- $47 billion collateral to recast from IO to a fully amortizing payment this year -- $130 billion due to recast over next two years; second wave of defaults likely -- At least 23% of all homeowners with mortgages are underwater -- Moody's put $572.7 billion in Alt-A mortgages on watch for possible downgrade -- Alt-A mortgages were granted without borrower showing proof of income or assets Commercial real estate foreclosures will have “catastrophic effects” * Fitch warns of huge CRE losses for life insurance carriers on mortgages * $1.4 trl in commercial loans are due in next 5 years; much will not be renewed Continued policy reflation should see trade weighted index fall to fresh lows (BCA) -- Yen may become the funding currency to short to fund the carry trade -- Dollar in bear market until Fed signals confidence in growth and hints of exit! -- Capital controls to curb hot money flows if dollar weakens again -- But watch trade deficit -- if it continues to narrow, the dollar may do better Core inflation is nearly impossible (statistically, anyway) -- Owners' equivalent rent unchanged in January -- Owners' equivalent rent is 24% of core CPI and its largest single component -- Rental vacancies remain near 10% and landlords have virtually no pricing power -- Capacity utilization is 72.0%, still low and a curb on both inflation and wages Stocks represent valuable enterprises which are inflation and dollar hedges -- Inventories and staff are very lean; operating leverage gives earnings much upside -- Dollar devaluation is huge positive for firms with int'l revenues; and visa versa -- Emerging economies with reserves, high productivity growth, low debt are valuable -- Most analysts seem cock-sure the bottom in the stock is in
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