Last week we noted that Goldman posted a 'yuge' miss in fixed income trading of $335 million (see "Goldman Misses As FICC Disappoints, Stock Slides As Average Banker Comp Hits $360K"):
Broken down by key operating group, most segments reported numbers that beat expectations with the exception of FICC:
Ahead of Trump's much anticipated tax announcement on Wednesday, the WSJ reports that the president has ordered his (mostly ex-Goldman) White House aides to accelerate efforts to create a tax plan "slashing the corporate rate to 15% and prioritizing cuts in tax rates over an attempt to not increase the deficit" which means that without an offsetting source of revenue, Trump is about to unleash the debt spigots, a proposal which will face fierce pushback from conservatives as it is nothing more than a continuation of the status quo under the Obama administration, and may well be DOA.
It appears the hope that a centrist candidate will win the French election is enough to trump tumbling macro-economic data, disappointing earnings, and flailing inflation in the US economy. June rate hike odds have spiked to 69% overnight (even as debt ceiling risks begin to price in... and the dollar drops)...
So The Fed gets the all-clear from the market to hike in June...
Even as the Treasury Bill curve inverts over debt ceiling fears...
And the Dollar is not buying it at all...
Despite today's surge in global equities, which may be as much driven by the France relief rally as the unwind of recent hedges, the latest attempt to reignite the reflation rally is fading as US Treasury yields have given up on much of the overnight move, following two weaker than expected "soft data" reports, the CFNAI and Dallas Fed, released earlier today.
It looks like another 'retailer' is about to be 'Amazon'-ed. Wayfair - the retail household goods seller - is tumbling this morning after Amazon reportedly pitches a new furniture seller program. Additionally, not helping the stocks, Citron's Andrew Left goes negative on the stock, comparing the company's controls to Madoff.
As FurnitureToday reports,