US STOCKS: Late Equities Roundup: Fed Powell Calms Stocks - Off Mid-Sep'24 Lows
Mar-07 19:29
- Stocks managed to rebound off midday lows Friday, some solace after a punishing week as Fed Chairman Powell stressed patience in making policy changes. Currently, the DJIA trades up 226.92 points (0.53%) at 42809.28, S&P E-Minis up 31.75 points (0.55%) at 5778, Nasdaq up 127.5 points (0.7%) at 18197.14.
- Energy and Utility sectors continued to outperform since midweek, oil refiners and servicers led the Energy sector as crude prices bounced off lows (WTI +0.79 at 67.15): Schlumberger +4.98%, Texas Pacific Land Corp +3.62%, Occidental Petroleum +3.35% and Devon Energy +3.22%.
- Meanwhile, the Utility sector was supported by a mix of water, gas and electricity providers: American Water Works +4.92%, Eversource Energy +4.09%, NextEra Energy +4.06%, AES Corp +3.54% and WEC Energy Group +3.37%.
- Banks and financial services stocks continued to weigh on the Financials sector: Discover Financial Services -4.22%, Arthur J Gallagher -3.97%, S&P Global -3.33% and Wells Fargo & Co -2.57%.
- Broadline retailers weighed on the Consumer Staples sector: Costco Wholesale -6.80%, and Walmart -2.39%, while Philip Morris International declined 1.32%.
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PIPELINE: Late Corporate & Supra-Sovereign US$ Debt Issuance Update
Feb-05 19:21
At least $28.25B domestic/foreign corporate and supra-sovereign debt to price Wednesday, still waiting on $2.5B Republic of Turkiye 7Y to price
- Date $MM Issuer (Priced *, Launch #)
- 02/05 $5.5B #Republic of Poland $2.75B 5Y +75, $2.75B 10Y +105
- 02/05 $4.75B #IBM $1B 3Y +45, $1B 5Y +60, $850M 7Y +70, $900M 10Y +80, $1B 30Y +105
- 02/05 $3.5B #PepsiCo $500M 2Y +22, $750M 3Y +27, $1B 5Y +40, $1.25B 10Y +60
- 02/05 $3B #UBS $1.5B PerpNC5.5 7%, $1.5B PerpNC10 7.125%
- 02/05 $2.5B #US Bancorp $1.3B 6NC5 +80, $1.2B 11NC10 +100
- 02/05 $2.5B #IDA 10Y SOFR+61
- 02/05 $2B *Citigroup PerpNC5 6.95%
- 02/05 $1B #Citadel Finance 5Y +170
- 02/05 $1B #Minera Mexico 7Y +140
- 02/05 $1B *KFW 4% 2026 TAP SOFR+20
- 02/05 $1B #BBVA Mexico 10NC5 7.625%
- 02/05 $500M #Healthpeak LLC 10Y +102
- 02/05 $2.5B Republic of Turkiye 7Y 7.2%
- Expected Thursday:
- 02/06 $Benchmark IFC 4.5Y SOFR+36a
US TSY OPTIONS: Scale Buyer March'25 1Y Put Update
Feb-05 19:16
- Over +110,000 TYH5 109 puts on the day from 18 to 26 (expire Feb 21), open interest 66,520 coming into the session
US: Senate On Track To Confirm All Of Trump Executive Nominees
Feb-05 19:13
The Senate is on track to confirm two more of Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week - Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
- If the two are confirmed, the Senate will have confirmed 13 Cabinet members within the first three weeks of Trump’s second term – eclipsing the confirmation speed of his first term and that of former President Joe Biden’s term.
- Politico writes: “The firehose of news from the White House risks obscuring what ranks as one of President Donald Trump’s most stunning feats: This was the week that he finally broke the Senate,” allowing for the confirmation of Cabinet officials, “who once would have seemed unimaginable for their posts.”
- Axios notes: “All of President Trump's nominees for the most senior positions in government are on track to get confirmed — a rarity for any modern president, and a particular coup for Trump and his cast of "destroyers."
- Axios has published a useful guide to the status of Trump’s Cabinet nominees here.
- Bettors at Polymarket now consider every Trump nominee close to a 100% implied probability of confirmation.
