Wednesday 5 March 2014

Pre-Market Brief

Good morning. Futures are slightly higher, sp +2pts, we're set to open around 1875. Metals are a touch higher, whilst Oil is moderately lower, -0.4%. Equity bulls look set for another set of new index highs, with the Dow/Trans to follow.


sp'60min


Summary

*ADP: 139k net gains, vs 160k expected. So..its a miss, but the number is still arguably 'reasonable', and should be enough for the market to cope with.
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So..we look set to break index highs this morning, and the 1880s are well within range today.

With sig QE-pomo, the bulls should be fine today. The only minor excuse for a late sell down is if market does not like the Fed beige book.

Regardless, we're broadly continuing higher, and I expect that to continue all the way into the next FOMC of March'19.

T-10 days to go.
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Notable early mover: DRYS +3.6% @ $4.02. The break over the $4 threshold is pretty significant, and does open up the 5s within the immediate term. Whether we can close the week in the 4s will be very important.