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Tariff Drama Activated Equity Market ‘Doom Loop’

April 14, 2025April 15, 2025

Remember: Volatility and liquidity tend to be inversely correlated. That’s part and parcel of the

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Is There A Silver Lining In China’s Deflationary Doom Loop?

December 12, 2023December 13, 2023

“Some of us sell-side macro commentators might be more predisposed to hyperbole than others.” So

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Funds Trapped In ‘Doom Loop’ Amid ‘Spot Up, Vol Up’ Trade

February 3, 2023February 5, 2023

Some unlucky folks on the buy-side might be trapped in a “doom loop” with little

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‘Agnostic’ Sellers: The ‘Doom Loop’ During The Pandemic

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021

Name something more potentially dangerous than “a large, fundamentals-agnostic, owner of equities.” Go ahead, I’ll

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Commodities Stand Corrected As Demand Destruction Doom Loop Beckons

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

Coal mine canaries?

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Nightmare: Goldman Explains How VIX ETPs Activated The Doom Loop On Monday

February 6, 2018

“Come play with us Danny”…

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‘The Biggest Risk Is A Quick SPX Selloff At The End Of The Day’: It’s Time For A ‘Doom Loop’ Update

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

“Come and play with us, Danny”…

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Market Doom Loop Update: Risk From VIX ETPs, CTAs Flashes Red

November 15, 2017November 15, 2017

It’s all about “loops” and “spirals” these days.

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‘The Automatic Flow That Poses The Most Immediate Risk Is VIX ETPs’: Goldman Takes On The ‘Doom Loop’

October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

When the proverbial shit hits the fan, don’t blame risk parity and the trend followers. Rather, point the finger at the Target manager next door.

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Doom Loop Update: VIX ETP ‘Risk’ Remains High

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017

According to the latest read on this, the potential for an ETP rebalance to cause problems is still near record highs.

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‘The Risk Remains Large’: Updating The VIX ETP ‘Doom Loop’

October 4, 2017

“With VIX futures several points below their historical average, a several point move would not be a tail scenario.”

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The Doom Loop Is Back: ‘VIX ETP Risk’ Hits All-Time High

September 16, 2017September 16, 2017

“This vega-to-buy is at a record highs, almost doubling since mid-July on inflows to short VIX ETPs.”

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The ‘Doom Loop’: How VIX ETPs Exacerbated Last Week’s Vol. Spike

August 17, 2017

That is all kinds of precarious for all kinds of reasons that should be obvious to anyone with any sense.

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A Nightmare On Wall Street – Updating The Feedback Doom Loop (Again)

July 17, 2017

Listen, there is a non-negligible chance that you have unwittingly sowed the seeds of this

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A Nightmare On Wall Street – Updating The Feedback Doom Loop

June 29, 2017

Remember “Investigating The Market’s ‘Nightmare Scenario’”? Of course you don’t. That post is from May

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The Chinese Capital Flight Doom Loop & Why A One-Off Depreciation Could Cause A Crisis

March 21, 2017

” We take the contrary position and believe that a big devaluation might turn out instead be the final straw on the camel’s back of China’s credit bubble, leading to an even greater crisis.”

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What Could Go Wrong? Summer 2025 Edition

July 8, 2025July 9, 2025

What could go wrong? Snarky macro commentators with misplaced pretensions to cleverness are quite fond

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Are The Machines Done Selling?

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

Early Monday, I revisited “doom loop” dynamics. A fixture of modern market structure is the

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UK Teeters On Brink Of Second Crisis In Two Years

January 9, 2025January 10, 2025

Liz Truss was in the news Thursday. Apparently, it’s illegal to suggest she crashed the

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Chaos Entrepreneurs

September 2, 2024September 3, 2024

There’s a bull market in political polarization. In turn, the political center — “the establishment,”

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$55 Billion Stock Crash Underscores China’s ‘Inevitable’ Date With Deflation

August 27, 2024August 28, 2024

Earlier this month, PDD founder Colin Huang usurped water baron Zhong Shanshan atop the list

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Game On

July 21, 2024July 22, 2024

The rumors weren’t rumors. Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday

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Wanted: Viable Bear Cases

April 9, 2024April 10, 2024

Equity bears are caught in a kind of insanity loop. Generally speaking, bear cases fall

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Can Vol Stage A Comeback?

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024

They’re hedging downside again. A little bit anyway. For months, the options space was defined

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Mind SPX 4650

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

Why do selloffs accelerate? In modern markets, the answer to that question is very often

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‘You Can Feel It Turning’: Stock Melt-Up Takes A Toll

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

Increasingly, funds are concerned they might miss the proverbial boat, and one bank’s client conversations

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UK’s Economic Nightmare Rolls On

April 19, 2023April 30, 2023

The UK’s inflation problem isn’t getting better. “These figures reaffirm exactly why we must continue

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