The Traderszone Network

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda off to the Diet
Lucky him
– Bloomberg report he has 3 scheduled appearance times
– 9am, 11am and 4.30pm – give or take a few minutes
As a service to any paparazzi reading, this is Kuroda’s route if he is power walking:

The past week signalled that Saudi Arabia’s role as the undisputed leader of the OPEC cartel is changing.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the agenda for the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC) meeting scheduled for October 5th. The Committee will be reviewing regulation S‑K disclosure requirements, research regarding corporate board diversity, and outreach to smaller companies about… Read More

read more

Asian shares opened mixed, as the key BOJ survey showed manufacturers’ sentiment did not improve in the third quarter.

Every Friday after the close, we eagerly look forward to the weekly post-mortem summary by one of our favorite credit analysts, Deutsche Bank’s Dominic Konstam who better than most on Wall Street, cuts through the noise. However, things get awkward when the primary “signal” in any given week is emitted by his employer, Deutsche Bank: how does a strategist discuss global financial markets and events when the biggest variable is the source of your own paycheck: just what does one say without sounding conflicted or hypocritical?

read more

Australian Industry Group Performance of Manufacturing index
Comes in at 49.8
– prior was 46.9, down 9.5 points on the month and the biggest drop ever for this survey

Some key points from AiG:

There was a bit of weekend news about on GBP
Mike posted on:
UK to trigger Article 50 by end-March 2017
US Justice Department expected to demand $10bn from RBS next year