The events of the past week put the spotlight on retail investors’ influence in the US equity market. While January’s drama was orders of magnitude
Day: February 1, 2021
‘God Bless Them’
“If one group of speculators wants to have a battle of wills with another group of speculators over an individual stock, God bless them,” Neel
Domino Effect? Or Is It Safe Now?
Last week, as market participants pondered the potential knock-on effects from the engineered short squeeze that played havoc for some long/short books, there were questions
Reflation Or Just Inflation?
Those looking for more evidence of price pressures got it (predictably) from ISM manufacturing on Monday. Although the headline gauge slipped alongside production and new
What If Reddit Targets The Volatility Complex?
Will the retail army target the VIX complex next? That’s a question we probably shouldn’t ask. Because that might “give them the scent,” so to
Nomura’s McElligott: ‘The VIX Is Broken — Again’
“From a Vol market perspective, the issue is that the VIX is broken — again,” Nomura’s Charlie McElligott said Monday, in one section of a
Shiny Things
Risk sentiment looked to recover on the first day of February coming off the largest weekly decline for US equities since October. The presence (and
