Beware of the evident global slowdown. Many will blame alleged trade wars, but data has been poor for months.

Global Manufacturing PMI New Exports Orders fell for the 5th month in a row to 50.5 (23-month low), suggesting that global trade growth will slow in the coming months.
*Link: bit.ly/2NmvAFZ

World stocks in the red, and offshore Chinese yuan slides to 6.6926/$, weakest since August last year. Pace of fall accelerating, now -5% in little over 2 weeks,” h/t @ReutersJamie

European deleverage as stalled… earnings are slowing down. Winter is coming.

 

High Yield Risk Is Slowly Rising

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(EMEA 5-year CDS)

Look at the actual yield – soaring 50 bps as well to 6.6%! It hasn’t been this high since early Dec. 2016 … when the SPX was 2,200 (gulp). <2/2>

European banks are closely following earnings downgrades, seem to discount another wave of revisions in 2Q18

h/t dlacalle_IA

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