Dollar stronger again; bond rout continues. Stock futures dropped a bit as GDP revision came in in-line, up 0.9 percent from 0.6 previously.
Morgan Stanley out with a long note on business travel this morning, not surprisingly with the title, "Business Travel Fundamentals Worsening." A summary:
1) room rate renegotiations, which first surfaced with financial business travelers, is now spreading to other sectors;
2) group cancellation rates are increasing.
3) rising airfares, already impacting leisure travel, will impact corporate travel this year.
They cut their ratings on Marriott
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Elsewhere:
1) We have been getting retail earnings reports for the past week, with mixed results.
a) Men's Wearhouse
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b) Big Lots
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2) NYSE IPO: Safe Bulkers (SB), a marine drybulk shipping company, priced 10 million shares at $19, below the expected range of $20 to $22 a share.
3) German chip maker Infineon
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Bob Pisani's Trader Talk: Morgan Stanley Says Business Travel Suffering - Trader Talk with Bob Pisani - CNBC.com
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