Anthony Crescenzi
Anthony Crescenzi
aversion bonds flow increased junk market money past price risk treasury
When risk aversion is declining, money will flow out of the safe-haven Treasury market into riskier assets, ... High-yield bonds have increased in price in the past week; holders of junk bonds are doing well right now.
basis bonds gotten rally
The basis for a rally in bonds has gotten smaller.
bonds last turned
The Dow went from 8,360 to 8,420 in the last 45 minutes. That turned the bonds down,
conditions inflation
I think we have conditions in place now that could put off the tightening. Unfortunately, there is some inflation embedding itself.
expect strong trend
I think this is just a hiccup in a very strong trend that we expect to continue.
events generally hitting losses microcosm notion pose
It is a microcosm of events generally hitting the market, ... and it reinforces the notion that there are yet-to-be-reported losses at other institutions that would pose systemic risk.
below close originally recession
I'm struck, ... Originally I thought that in a recession we could get below 5 percent, but we're not even close to one (a recession.)
concern dollar euro money reserves
I think it is more psychological than anything. But there is concern more money will be put in euro reserves than in dollar reserves.
concern dollar euro money reserves
I think it is more psychological than anything, ... But there is concern more money will be put in euro reserves than in dollar reserves.
economic economy enters further giving grow growth hence holiday investors job looking might momentum optimistic prospects raising seen strong toward
Looking out even further toward the end of the year, investors might grow optimistic about the end-of-year economic situation, as 2004's strong job growth could be seen as raising the prospects for holiday spending, hence giving the economy momentum as it enters 2005,
numbers
That was the key. All of those numbers were bearish for the market.
april believes convince deflation dramatic feeds headline month past rampant run talk though upsetting
The PPI just feeds the deflation talk that's run rampant in the past month or so, ... It's upsetting for someone who believes deflation is on the way. Even though there are qualifiers for the April data, that headline is dramatic enough to convince them.
both driven due expected figures gains higher inflation large oil percent thursday
There are inflation figures due out Thursday and Friday. The CPI and the PPI both are expected at 0.5 percent (increase), which is a very large gain, but both of those gains are expected to be driven by higher oil prices.
businesses desirable economy harmful inflation overall perhaps pricing rate rise
While it's perhaps desirable for some businesses to have a little more pricing power, the overall rate of inflation could rise at a rate that's very harmful to the economy this year.