STOCKS : SINGLE STOCKS AND EVEN THE INDICIES HOLD THE KEY TO A BOND YIELD DROP, ITS COMING VERY SOON!

STOCKS : SINGLE STOCKS AND EVEN THE INDICIES HOLD THE KEY TO A BOND YIELD DROP, ITS COMING VERY SOON!

THE NASDAQ HAS RECOGNISED ITS MULTI-YEAR 200% RET 13045.324 A SUBSEQUENT BREACH OF THIS WILL BE EXTREMLY HELPFUL. IT ALSO REMAINS SUB THE 50 AND 100 DAY MOVING AVERAGES, SIMILAR TO BITCOIN A FEW WEEKS AGO.

EQUITIES REMAIN A "MAJOR" CONCERN WITH MANY SINGLE STOCKS GENERATING LONGTERM "TOPS". IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THAT EFFECT BOND YIELDS?

BITCION CONTINUES TO SUFFER BADLY AND HEADING TOWARD ITS 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE 39679.94. B of A Fund Manager Survey Says `Long Bitcoin' Most Crowded Trade

APPLE IS OF MAJOR CONCERN GIVEN IT CLEARLY FLAGGED A TOP 2 MONTHS AND IS CLOSE TO THIS MONTHS LOWS ALREADY! TESLA HAS ALREADY BREACHED LAST MONTHS LOW!

"THE MOST WIDELY HELD STOCKS AT MUTUAL AND HEDGE FUNDS IN 4Q 2020 WAS MICROSOFT, AMAZON AND FACEBOOK". ALL OBVIOUSLY VERY OVER EXTENDED.

TESLA, AMAZON AND APPLE ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE FINANCIALS, ENERGYAND METALS SECTORS COMBINED.

 

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BOND UPDATE : SOONER OR LATER BOND YIELDS WILL BE “FORCED” TO DROP GIVEN STOCKS ARE FORMING SOME VERY LONGTERM TOPS

BOND UPDATE : SOONER OR LATER BOND YIELDS WILL BE “FORCED” TO DROP GIVEN STOCKS ARE FORMING SOME VERY LONGTERM TOPS. THE MONTHLY RSI DISLOCATIONS REMAIN AND SOME KEY LEVELS ARE APPROACH IN EQUITIES. EQUITY UPPDATE TO FOLLOW.

GERMAN DBR 2046’S HAVE HELDW A 200 WEEKLY MOVING AVERAGE 151.774 WITH AN RSI DISLOCATION NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

US 5YR YIELD HAS FAILED AGAINST ITS MULTIYEAR 23.6% RET 0.8737.

SPECIAL MENTION TO THE US 30YR YIELD CHART FAILING SO MANY PROFOUND LEVELS.

GET READY TO PARTY LIKE 1994! THE HISTORICAL-TECHNICAL PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS A SWATHE OF 1994 RSI EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE VERY OBVIOUSLY EXCEPTIONAL!

ESSENTIALLY THESE TECHNICAL DISLOCATIONS ARE HISTORICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE.

US BOND AND SWAP CURVES CONTINUE TO “SCREAM” FOR A MAJOR FLATTENING GIVEN THE HISTORICAL RSI DISLOCATION. THE OTHER POINTER IS THE 102030 SWAP CURVES CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE 20YR IS “OUT OF LINE” WITH THE WINGS!

 

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Finland new issue

Finland Sep31 @+8.8bp vs Sep30

 

 

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STOCKS : SINGLE STOCKS REMAIN THE KEY AND ARE EXTREMLY VULNERABLE.

STOCKS : SINGLE STOCKS REMAIN THE KEY AND ARE EXTREMLY VULNERABLE.

THE NASDAQ HAS RECOGNISED ITS MULTI-YEAR 200% RET 13045.324 A SUBSEQUENT BREACH OF THIS WILL BE EXTREMLY HELPFUL. IT ALSO REMAINS SUB THE 50 AND 100 DAY MOVING AVERAGES, SIMILAR TO BITCOIN A FEW WEEKS AGO.

EQUITIES REMAIN A "MAJOR" CONCERN WITH MANY SINGLE STOCKS GENERATING LONGTERM "TOPS". IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THAT EFFECT BOND YIELDS?

BITCION CONTINUES TO SUFFER BADLY AND HEADING TOWARD ITS 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE 39679.94. B of A Fund Manager Survey Says `Long Bitcoin' Most Crowded Trade

APPLE IS OF MAJOR CONCERN GIVEN IT CLEARLY FLAGGED A TOP 2 MONTHS AND IS CLOSE TO THIS MONTHS LOWS ALREADY! TESLA HAS ALREADY BREACHED LAST MONTHS LOW!

"THE MOST WIDELY HELD STOCKS AT MUTUAL AND HEDGE FUNDS IN 4Q 2020 WAS MICROSOFT, AMAZON AND FACEBOOK". ALL OBVIOUSLY VERY OVER EXTENDED.

TESLA, AMAZON AND APPLE ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE FINANCIALS, ENERGYAND METALS SECTORS COMBINED.

 

 

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Update on Trades - James & Will @Astor Ridge

Hi
Good to catch up

Trades and Thoughts

Hi / Lo coupon Italy

This is the OAS spread to the Italian Curve shows us real cash flow Value / anomaly spreads

…. – if we can go High coupon into Medium – Aug39 into Mar40 we're meant to do so - as it's the smallest bp give for the longest time value – approx 20yrs

 


Germany +2y -4y vs OIS/Eonia

 


Credit – shortening from Be into Finland – should look even better after the new 10y announcement…

Here's 9 years in Europe…

 

Belgium into Finland Z-Spread hasn't really moved – but in a widening we see Belgium as a weaker credit – so in the generic Widening of France we thing Belg should have suffered somewhat

(SP037[RFGB 0 09/15/30 Corp] - SP037[BGB 0.1 06/22/30 Corp])

 


                Italy forwards – here's our sheet – and can put any specific bonds in

We see 15s20s as too steep – maybe look at +10y -15y +20y?

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BOND UPDATE : BOND YIELDS CONTINUE TO “HOLD” SUB MOST OF THE STEADFAST MOVING AVERAGES.

BOND UPDATE : BOND YIELDS CONTINUE TO “HOLD” SUB MOST OF THE STEADFAST MOVING AVERAGES. IDEALLY YIELDS HEAD LOWER THIS WEEK.

GERMAN DBR 2046’S HAVE HELDW A 200 WEEKLY MOVING AVERAGE 151.777 WITH AN RSI DISLOCATION NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

US 5YR YIELD HAS FAILED AGAINST ITS MULTIYEAR 23.6% RET 0.8737.

SPECIAL MENTION TO THE US 30YR YIELD CHART FAILING SO MANY PROFOUND LEVELS.

GET READY TO PARTY LIKE 1994! THE HISTORICAL-TECHNICAL PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS A SWATHE OF 1994 RSI EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE VERY OBVIOUSLY EXCEPTIONAL!

ESSENTIALLY THESE TECHNICAL DISLOCATIONS ARE HISTORICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE.

US BOND AND SWAP CURVES CONTINUE TO “SCREAM” FOR A MAJOR FLATTENING GIVEN THE HISTORICAL RSI DISLOCATION. THE OTHER POINTER IS THE 102030 SWAP CURVES CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE 20YR IS “OUT OF LINE” WITH THE WINGS!

 

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STOCKS : EQUITY INDICIES ARE CONSOLIDATING BUT MANY SINGLE STOCKS REMAIN EXTREMLY VULNERABLE.

STOCKS : EQUITY INDICIES ARE CONSOLIDATING BUT MANY SINGLE STOCKS REMAIN EXTREMLY VULNERABLE.

THE NASDAQ HAS RECOGNISED ITS MULTI-YEAR 200% RET 13045.324 A SUBSEQUENT BREACH OF THIS WILL BE EXTREMLY HELPFUL.

EQUITIES REMAIN A "MAJOR" CONCERN WITH MANY SINGLE STOCKS GENERATING LONGTERM "TOPS". IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THAT EFFECT BOND YIELDS?

BITCION CONTINUES TO SUFFER BADLY AND HEADING TOWARD ITS 200 DAY MOVING AVERAGE 39530.08. 

APPLE IS OF MAJOR CONCERN GIVEN IT CLEARLY FLAGGED A TOP 2 MONTHS AND IS CLOSE TO THIS MONTHS LOWS ALREADY! TESLA HAS ALREADY BREACHED LAST MONTHS LOW!

"THE MOST WIDELY HELD STOCKS AT MUTUAL AND HEDGE FUNDS IN 4Q 2020 WAS MICROSOFT, AMAZON AND FACEBOOK". ALL OBVIOUSLY VERY OVER EXTENDED.

TESLA, AMAZON AND APPLE ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE FINANCIALS, ENERGYAND METALS SECTORS COMBINED.

 

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BOND UPDATE : BOND YIELDS HAVE OPENED THE WEEK SUB MOST OF THE STEADFAST MOVING AVERAGES AND SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY.

BOND UPDATE : BOND YIELDS HAVE OPENED THE WEEK SUB MOST OF THE STEADFAST MOVING AVERAGES AND SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY. IDEALLY YIELDS HEAD LOWER THIS WEEK.

GERMAN DBR 2046'S HAVE HELDW A 200 WEEKLY MOVING AVERAGE 151.776 WITH AN RSI DISLOCATION NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

US 5YR YIELD HAS FAILED AGAINST ITS MULTIYEAR 23.6% RET 0.8737.

SPECIAL MENTION TO THE US 30YR YIELD CHART FAILING SO MANY PROFOUND LEVELS.

GET READY TO PARTY LIKE 1994! THE HISTORICAL-TECHNICAL PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS A SWATHE OF 1994 RSI EXTENSIONS WHICH ARE VERY OBVIOUSLY EXCEPTIONAL!

ESSENTIALLY THESE TECHNICAL DISLOCATIONS ARE HISTORICALLY UNSUSTAINABLE.

US BOND AND SWAP CURVES CONTINUE TO "SCREAM" FOR A MAJOR FLATTENING GIVEN THE HISTORICAL RSI DISLOCATION. THE OTHER POINTER IS THE 102030 SWAP CURVES CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE 20YR IS "OUT OF LINE" WITH THE WINGS!

 

 

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Trades and Fades - Will & James at Astor Ridge

 

Quick Take

 

  • Pretty fierce week with back end swap spreads collapsing as the market continues to price in less support for EGBs from  PEPP post the June ECB and at the same time choosing to use swaps over cash in the back end to get back some delta
  • Issuer spreads widening as well, but the France-specific cheapening seems to have slowed
  • That said, Belgium and Spain are standing out from the crowd as a little rich. The Spanish story seems particularly flow driven for now, and the richness of Belgium is more than likely a function of a smaller issuer being used as a proxy for France

 

Cross Market Spread changes on week and rich/cheap in percent

 

 

  • Supply next week is relatively light, but similarly nothing in the way of coupons and redemptions. Highlights include:
    • We think the Finland 10y syndication will come next week given that the tap date has disappeared from the Finnish treasury website. It's about time too. We look to take off our 9/30 vs 4/31 steepener into the pricing
    • Last tap of the current DBR 2/31. Time to buy the roll?

 

 

 

Trades and Fades:

  • You will note a lot of these are boxed to swap, which we think makes sense in this environment
  • There is also a little less analysis of some of these trades than usual, but if you want the extended version don't hesitate to ask

 

 

  1. Buy DBR 2/31 vs DBR 8/30 on asw @ pick 1bp

 

  1. Buy BGB 10/31 vs BGB 6/30 on asw @ pick 5.5bp

 

  1. Buy RFGB 9/30 vs selling Nether 7/29 on asw @ 11.5bp

 

  1. Sell UKT fe25 vs buy UKT e26 vs OIS

 

  1. Buy Ukt 46 selling Sell Ukt 37 &  Ukt 50

 

  1. Buy Btps Jul28 vs. Sell Btps Sep27s & Sell Btps Aug30s

 

  1. Italy –30y/50y flattener – regression weighted

 

  1. Sell Dbr 34s vs Buy Dbr Feb31 vs OIS

 

 

Focus on 10y rolls

 

  • 10y rolls have cheapened up a lot, and for good reason. That said, when the market does turn we think that the on the run bonds will be bought because they are 1) on the run and 2) the cheapest bonds in the sector
  • The below table shows the bonds used for the roll vs Euribor and then the annualised roll (e.g. if the roll is 18months wide we scale back by Roll * 12/18)

 

 

 

Buy DBR 2/31 vs DBR 8/30 on asw @ pick 1bp

 

  • Ok, there are more exciting ways to make a basis point or so, but we think it makes sense to get this on whilst there is the liquidity into supply next week
  • It's the last tap, which historically has been a good time to get in

 

 

 

 

Buy BGB 10/31 vs BGB 6/30 on asw @ pick 5.5bp

 

  • Whilst rich cross market, Belgium is likely to be treated as a proxy for France into the end of the year.
  • As such we think that the 10/31 should be trading better on the asw roll
    • Enter at 5.5
    • Take profit at 3.5

 

 

 

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Buy RFGB 9/30 vs selling Nether 7/29 on asw @ 11.5bp

 

  • Finland has cheapened up cross market as dealers have slowly priced in the advent of a new 10y (we expect middle of next week)
  • We like rolling out of the Nether 7/29 into what will become the old 10y RFGB 9/30
    • RFGB 9/30 should rehabilitate back into the curve and perform between 1-2 bpts
    • Finland is at the top of the recent range vs Holland in 10y
    • Nether 7/29 is rich to the Nether curve
    • Enter @ 11.5
    • Take profit at 9.0

 

 

 

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Sell UKT fe25 vs buy UKT e26 vs OIS

(P2509[UKT 0.125 01/30/26 Corp] - P2509[UKT 0.625 06/07/25 Corp])

 

 

 

 


 

UK Supply in 20y, 15y and 10y– get short 37s – rich on cash flow discounted curve

 

Buy Ukt 46 selling Sell Ukt 37 &  Ukt 50

 

(2 * YIELD[UKT 0.875 01/31/46 Corp] - YIELD[UKT 0.625 10/22/50 Corp] - YIELD[UKT 1.75 09/07/37 Corp]) * 100

 

 

UKT Anomalies using Zero Curve Cash flow Discounting

 


 

Italy – New 7yr just too cheap

Buy Btps Jul28 vs. Sell Btps Sep27s & Sell Btps Aug30s

 

Level
Enter: -10.5bp
Add: -9bp

* Aug30s , as it stands don't get a shot at being CTD and have poor carry
* New Btps 28 is a cheap bond in a cheap sector – should see RM buying
* The double old 7y is a low coupon with poor carry and rolls toward the issuance sector of 5years



 

Italy –30y/50y flattener – regression weighted

 

Buy 100% Btps Mar72

Sell 93% Btps Sep51

 

 

As tapering anti-PEPP mood surfaces  - a lack of ongoing stimulus could force issuers back into the market – with wider credit spreads and flatter back end curves

 

 

Using older issuers for History – see below

 

(YIELD[BTPS 2.8 67 Corp] - 0.93 * YIELD[BTPS 2.45 50 Corp] - 0.38) * 100

 

 


 

Sell Old, High Coupon Dbr 34s vs Buy On the run German 10y, Dbr Feb31 vs OIS

 

High Coupon Germany are the only European, High coupons that are truly rich – and without the sustenance of PEPP they are taking a breather particularly as it is possibly full of these issues

Dbr Feb31 have one more tap – and then go off the run and roll down in the basket

                (P2509[DBR 4.75 07/04/34 Corp] - P2509[DBR 0 02/15/31 Corp])

               

 

 

 

As always we would love to discuss

 

Have a good weekend,

 

Will and James

 

 

 

 

Will Scott

 

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STOCKS : EQUITY INDICIES ARE HOLDING BUT MANY SINGLE STOCKS REMAIN DAMAGED GOODS.

STOCKS : EQUITY INDICIES ARE HOLDING BUT MANY SINGLE STOCKS REMAIN DAMAGED GOODS.

THE NASDAQ HAS RECOGNISED ITS MULTI-YEAR 200% RET 13045.324 A SUBSEQUENT BREACH OF THIS WILL BE EXTREMLY HELPFUL.

EQUITIES REMAIN A "MAJOR" CONCERN WITH MANY SINGLE STOCKS GENERATING LONGTERM "TOPS". IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THAT EFFECT BOND YIELDS?

BITCION CONTINUES TO REMAIN BELOW ITS 50 & 100 DAY MOVING AVERAGES.

APPLE IS OF MAJOR CONCERN GIVEN IT CLEARLY FLAGGED A TOP 2 MONTHS AND IS CLOSE TO THIS MONTHS LOWS ALREADY! TESLA HAS ALREADY BREACHED LAST MONTHS LOW!

"THE MOST WIDELY HELD STOCKS AT MUTUAL AND HEDGE FUNDS IN 4Q 2020 WAS MICROSOFT, AMAZON AND FACEBOOK". ALL OBVIOUSLY VERY OVER EXTENDED.

TESLA, AMAZON AND APPLE ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE FINANCIALS, ENERGYAND METALS SECTORS COMBINED.

 

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