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Strategies & Market Trends : John Pitera's Market Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Challo Jeregy who wrote (7231)	10/21/2005 12:44:55 PM
From: John Pitera	Respond to of 33421

Thank You Challo, Most people generally refer to the 3 month t-bill. Most of the analysis these days is on the spread from 3 month to the 10 year frame and especially the 2 year to 10 year spread. ECB head Trichet talking up rates in euroland....... Global Yields Mixed: ECB's Pres Trichet told parliament he was prepared to act "decisively" on interest rates as oil threatens to spark inflation. His comments were taken seriously enough to trigger a sell-off in German 2-yrs as they headed for the seventh consecutive weekly decline, despite evidence of economic weakness which would theoretically caution against a raise in rates. In the UK, 10-yr gilts grabbed a bid on reports out of the UK that showed Q3 growth slowed prompting speculation that rates could continue to be cut in spite of the inflation hawkery. Japanese 10-yr bond yields dropped primarily due to rotation out of equities as the Nikkei 225 fell 1.6% and correlation between the two has ratcheted up since the beginning of Sept.