The day’s economic news wasn’t plentiful but it packed a punch. The better than expected figures on the health of the economy put pressure on Treasuries early in the day and the complex was unable to recover.
Headline durable goods orders were in with expectations at a negative 1.3% but it was the ex-auto number of 2.8% that impressed the markets. Coming into the day the consensus estimate for durable goods ex-auto was .7%. Even more impressive, new home sales were reported to be 411,000, above and beyond expectations of 330,000. That said, the spike in home purchases is likely the effect of “pull forward” sales compliments of the government tax credit. If this is the case, the numbers could look equally as bad once the subsidy expires.
Greece continues to garner headlines but the markets appear to be growing immune. Stocks were able to post gains in spite of what are said to be positive developments in Euroland and Treasuries lost the skip in their step.
We are looking forward to next week’s auctions. Another round of supply could keep a cap on the rally, yet overly strong demand might have the opposite effect.
Our expectations for a countertrend Friday became a reality and this leaves the market vulnerable to continued selling into the 116’06 price range. We are beginning to lose our bearish bias and return to neutral territory. After all, we have the Fed next week and potential volatility in stocks could overflow into fixed-income.
If you are following our short call recommendation, we will likely look for a place to exit (profitably) early next week. Stay tuned….(if you are interested in learning more about option selling, give us a call or send us an email).
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April 22 – Our clients were advised to sell the July bond 121 calls for 22 or better, and were filled this morning on the rally.
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