We have been trading on the low side but, ahead of the CPI [Consumer Price Index] number tomorrow, bonds have already moved pretty sharply over the past couple of weeks, ... The perception is that there's not a whole lot of upside and the CPI number isn't going to give the market much in the way of legs. |
We have been trading on the low side but, ahead of the CPI [Consumer Price Index] number tomorrow, bonds have already moved pretty sharply over the past couple of weeks. The perception is that there's not a whole lot of upside and the CPI number isn't going to give the market much in the way of legs. |
We have what we call a watch list. It's usually for the larger players or players who have a history of conditioning factor or anyone who's lost a lot of weight just before camp. There's certain physical factors that put them on the watch list. |
We need to have a joined up strategy. We need to deal with the avian disease... We also need to pick up the human clusters of disease should they occur, |
We were expecting boilerplate, and this is well off boilerplate, ... We were wondering if they were going to pass or run, but instead they punted. |
We were expecting boilerplate, and this is well off boilerplate. We were wondering if they were going to pass or run, but instead they punted. |
We're early in the outbreak. We expect more cases. It is a very serious outbreak. Ebola kills its victims very quickly. We're taking this outbreak very seriously. |
We're so dependent on foreign capital that, if you could see any weakness in the dollar it could come on Friday with the trade numbers. If we see a sharply above consensus reading for trade, there could be some concern about the sustainability of that trade gap and that could certainly weigh on the dollar. |
We've been in this trading range between 5.375 and 5.75 (30-year bond yields) for a very long period of time, ... Then we finally broke out of that and the next target people are setting their sights for is 6 percent. We have a refunding this week, we have an awful lot of corporate supply and we also have next week's FOMC meeting approaching. |
We've been in this trading range between 5.375 and 5.75 (30-year bond yields) for a very long period of time. Then we finally broke out of that and the next target people are setting their sights for is 6 percent. We have a refunding this week, we have an awful lot of corporate supply and we also have next week's FOMC meeting approaching. |
What we're dealing with is small clusters of cases associated with exposure to poultry. We have a strain of influenza with the potential to pick up human genes, and we're nowhere close to declaring a pandemic. |
Yesterday there were rumors that (OPEC president) Ali Rodriguez was going to push for pretty substantial production increases from OPEC, but what we've heard is that these production increases will be less than what was speculated, ... Yesterday had crude prices down sharply but they're rebounding today. Inventories are still low and demand, globally, continues to rise. |
Yesterday there were rumors that (OPEC president) Ali Rodriguez was going to push for pretty substantial production increases from OPEC, but what we've heard is that these production increases will be less than what was speculated. Yesterday had crude prices down sharply but they're rebounding today. Inventories are still low and demand, globally, continues to rise. |
You have a lot of supply at a time when the demand is down. |
You still have strong demand growth, a very tight labor market and rising inflationary pressures. Those are things that are not generally benign for bonds. |