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Type: Financial market analysis / commentary
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This document is a financial market commentary from approximately October 2013, providing a series of eight specific trading ideas across various asset classes and geographies, including Europe, the US, and Asia. The author analyzes currencies, credit markets, equities (IT, banks, small caps), and options, justifying each trade with detailed reasoning. The commentary concludes by identifying upcoming US labor data (NFP) and Eurozone inflation as the primary market drivers to watch, along with a technical analysis of gold.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Unnamed Author Analyst/Trader
The author of the document, who provides market analysis and trading ideas in the first person (e.g., 'My personal vi...
Unnamed Strategists Strategists
Mentioned as 'Our strategists', they provided the view that 'Italy looks attractive'.
Barclays management Management
Mentioned in the context of having seen 'horrible six months'.

Organizations (6)

Name Type Context
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia, expected to 'step in' if the Australian dollar moves above parity.
Unicredit (UCG)
An Italian bank that 'clearly stands out' and is expected to gain from the European banking union theme.
Barclays
A UK bank that the author feels 'has hit Rock Bottom' but is expected to recover and push through a cost-cutting plan.
Fed
The US Federal Reserve. The timing and pace of its 'tapering' is a key market driver.
ECB
The European Central Bank. Its policy decisions (hold or loosen) are dependent on Eurozone inflation data.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT
The document identifier 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022323' suggests the document is from a collection related to the U.S. House...

Timeline (3 events)

2014
Expected recovery in rates and credit, driven by Fed tapering.
US
Fed
A Tuesday, likely in October 2013
The release of the September Non-Farm Payroll (Sep NFP) data, a key market driver for determining Fed tapering.
US
this year / early 2014
Anticipated point in time when impaired loan growth in Italy may subside.
Italy

Locations (5)

Location Context
Central to several trading ideas, including HY vs IG compression trade, long small caps, and the European periphery r...
US
Compared against European small caps. US labor market data is cited as a key market driver.
Focus of a 'long' trade recommendation on its banks and government bonds ('Govvies').
Its 10-year bond is the other side of a recommended trade against Italy's 10-year bond.
UK
Location of Barclays bank, which is analyzed.

Relationships (1)

Unnamed Author Colleagues Unnamed Strategists
The author refers to 'Our strategists' and quotes their analysis in the document.

Key Quotes (4)

"more than $200bn of 'cov-lite' loans have been issued so far this year, more than double the $100bn sold in 2007."
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"Italy looks attractive in a twin deficits framework and should benefit from improving fiscal and credit impasse, political risk premium should decline"
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"Deflation is not anyone's central case, but a "underpriced tail risk"."
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"What should we be focused on: The most important market drivers will now be the 1) US labor market data and 2) Eurozone inflation."
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move above parity is unlikely as the RBA should step in. Therefore buy 2m 0.9750 call against selling 2x 0.9900 calls. The AUDUSD
risk reversal looks cheap (calls expensive relative to puts). This suggests selling high-strike calls, either outright for those that do not
expect further AUD appreciation or to finance a low-strike call for a short-term carry position.
Long KRW NDF: this trade will benefit should CNY appreciation or band widening expectations gain additional traction
Long USD TRY: the market remains relatively short TRY, and with risk premium in USDTRY declining the most among major
currencies, these short positions are likely to be at risk from carry traders.
2) HY vs IG compression trade in Europe: Six weeks of retail outflows from high-grade funds but retail inflows into high-yield funds
shows that the compression trade in credit is firmly entrenched in Europe. There is a structural reach for yield and this trade still has
some legs. I would however hedge out rate risk and stick with spread risk. I will point out that more than $200bn of "cov-lite" loans
have been issued so far this year, more than double the $100bn sold in 2007. The record issuance means that about 56 per cent of new
leveraged loans are now cov-lite !!
3) Long Europe small caps: This is a leveraged trade to a European recovery. European small + mid caps have a higher potential for
upside. As European economies improve and small to mid cap valuations in the region continue to look attractive, a re-acceleration of
sales and earnings at these companies should drive better performance in European small to mid caps versus the US. Investors looking
for yield will find higher levels in Europe versus the US with European small to mid caps yielding near 3% versus approximately
1.4% in the US.
4) Long IT stocks: overall IT spend is expected to grow 0.9% in 2014 compared to ~0.7% growth. Corporate spending sentiment now
is on the uptick prompting this move. Also keep an eye on data center growth. Demand for data center services is due to, First,
technological evolution -> driving up computing density (servers) and utilization rates (virtualization), therefore data center space
must constantly evolve to meet power and cooling needs. Second, increased cost consciousness and core competency focus -> driving
greater acceptance of data center outsourcing within Enterprise IT departments.
5) Long Italian Banks / Italian Govvies: another leveraged play on the European periphery recovery. Unicredit clearly stands out.
UCG will definitely gain from the European banking union theme. There has been recent talk of this year / early 2014 as a point when
impaired loan growth may finally subside and I expect a wide range of cost cutting action. Our strategists think "Italy looks attractive
in a twin deficits framework and should benefit from improving fiscal and credit impasse, political risk premium should decline",
therefore they recommend buying 10y Italy vs Germany at 230bps, targetting a spread at 200bps
6) Euro Inflation floors: In the euro inflation options market, 5y 0% inflation floor prices are close to their lows. This is not consistent
with the 5y inflation swap rates which are by themselves close to lows -> meaning deflation is closer-to-the-money. Inflation volatility
has collapsed, probably mostly for purely technical reasons as is all other vol !!. Deflation is not anyone's central case, but a
"underpriced tail risk". This creates opportunity for those prepared to pay premium for this risk and therefore would recommend
buying the charted 5y 0% zero coupon floors at or around the current level of 20c.
7) KOSPI Calls: The KOSPI2 has been trading within a tight range, realizing only 9.8% over the past 30 days, the lowest globally.
Low realized vol has capped short-dated implied vol, driving 1m ATM vol to 12.8%, near all time lows. The Index broke out from a
tight range last week and investors should consider buying short-dated calls for upside exposure or replace outright longs with calls.
The differential between positioning in EM equities and European equities has reached an extreme - worst on record and 2.4 stdev
below its 10-year average. Even the NKY 3M ATM vol dropped to an 8-month low !!!
8) UK Banks: On the back of weak FICC earnings across the street, Barclays I feel has hit Rock Bottom. This reflects the sentiment
around FICC geared investment banks generally, but also the horrible six months that management has seen. My personal view is that
rates + credit will recover in 2014 as tapering will create a steeper curve and volatility. I also think Barclays leverage ratios will
improve soon and Barclays will push through an aggressive cost cutting plan.
Quick Macro Snippet:
What should we be focused on: The most important market drivers will now be the 1) US labor market data and 2) Eurozone inflation.
An improvement in the former will determine the timing and pace of Fed tapering. A decline in the latter will determine whether the
ECB will stay on hold, or loosen policies. The Sep NFP is on Tuesday stay focused.
Gold some technicals - couldn't resist: The bears are still fighting the recent up move, here are some technicals to rebase...
The volatility in gold over the past several days has been impressive. A close above 1330 (Oct-08 high) would be the first sign of
basing and a turn higher, while bulls gain control only AFTER a close above 1375 (Sep-19 high). A close below 1270 exposes the
Jun-13, bear trend lows of 1180
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