TIF is getting clobbered today, down about 8.5% as the company reported Q1 earnings that missed consensus and lowered its full year guidance. While the reported results and lowered guidance were obviously a big disappointment, …
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FT Eurozone bond markets suffered a mass sell-off on Tuesday as investor fears spread beyond Italy and Spain to triple A-rated France, Austria, Finland and the Netherlands. The premium that France and Austria pay over …
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CNBC The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported after the bell Thursday that it provided $200 million of liquidity to the Swiss National Bank, via its swap lines for foreign central banks, a facility …
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Some interesting moves in global currencies today as several players around the world have made interventionist moves. First, the Swiss: The Swiss National Bank took the market by surprise by announcing what amounts to another …
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A little while back I wrote about trading overall market volatility through ETN’s and the difficulty of trading from the long vol side (VXX.) With what’s going on in D.C. and the uncertainty over how …
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Adobe reports their fiscal Q2 tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7% move vs the 8 qtr avg move post earnings of ~6.5%.
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Seeking Alpha Today’s Markets In Asia, Japan +2.0% to 9694. Hong Kong +2.2% to 23684. China +1.4% to 2744. India +1.5% to 18503. In Europe, at midday, London +1.0%. Paris +1.5%. Frankfurt +1.9%. Futures at …
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Friday’s Economic Calendar (Seeking Alpha) 8:30 Personal Income and Outlays 9:55 Reuters/UofM Consumer Sentiment 10:00 Pending Home Sales 10:30 ECRI Leading Index Notable earnings before Friday’s open:MENT, SDRL Earnings: Last Night Marvell Technology Group (MRVL): …
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S&P Futures: 1344.0 +5.40 Last Updated: 09:04:51 AM CNBC New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, but a rise in the four-week moving average to a six-month high indicated the …
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EVENT: –AMZN Reports Q1 earnings tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 7% move vs its 8 qtr average of about 7%. Of the 8 moves there is one move of …
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