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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Morning Report - Bank earnings and Iran

Vital Statistics:

Last Change Percent
S&P Futures  2091.8 -2.6 -0.12%
Eurostoxx Index 3577.9 -12.6 -0.35%
Oil (WTI) 52.15 -0.1 -0.10%
LIBOR 0.286 0.000 -0.07%
US Dollar Index (DXY) 96.33 -0.532 -0.55%
10 Year Govt Bond Yield 2.40% -0.06%  
Current Coupon Ginnie Mae TBA 103.3 -0.1
Current Coupon Fannie Mae TBA 102.3 -0.1
BankRate 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage 4.22

Stocks are lower this morning after retail sales came in weaker than expected. Bonds and MBS are up. 

Looks like we have a deal with Iran. Sanctions are lifted, but snap back if Iran violates any of the terms of the agreement. The immediate effect will to bring another 3 MM barrels of oil per day onto the market. Congress will have a vote on the deal. 

Retail sales disappointed in June, with the headline number falling .3% versus expectations of a positive .3%. Ex autos and gas, they fell .2%, versus the .4% expectation. May strong numbers were revised down slightly. There appears to be some seasonal effects going on here (early Memorial Day "borrowed" sales from June) so don't read too much into this number. 

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Survey fell in June to 94.1 from 98.3. Weak sales and the political environment accounted for the decrease. Looks like hiring stopped in June. 

Import prices fell .1% in June and are down 10% on a year-over-year basis. 

Now that Tsipras has accepted the EU's terms, he has to sell the idea back at home. Not going to be an easy task, but it will probably pass. 

Hillary Clinton gave a speech yesterday on the economy, and it is more or less a grab-bag of assorted liberal ideas: increase the minimum wage, more aggressive enforcement of discrimination laws, paid family leave, free childcare, the usual.. She even went after Uber (who cheekily did a senior citizen promotion that day). It is clear she is feeling the #Bern and is worried about her left flank. 

JP Morgan reported this morning that mortgage banking net income fell 20% in the quarter. Not a lot of color on mortgage banking in particular, however they are paying close attention to China (I'll bet). The stock is up about 1 percent on the open. 

Wells also reported this morning. Mortgage banking revenues fell 1% in spite of the fact that originations rose to $62 billion from $47 billion. Well's market share fell to 13% from 28% three years ago. 


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