“Since Q1 2016, volatility across assets, and in particular for equities, has declined and stayed remarkably low YTD. As a result, investors often ask how long the current ‘boring’ markets can continue, and what the risks and asset allocation implications are.”
Author: therealheisenberg
A Royal Shakeup, China’s Big Day Falls Flat, Crude Reality Bites
Ok, well for obvious reasons, the headlines overnight pretty much all revolved around: Saudi Arabia
Key Calls (Wednesday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations
Are your stocks on the list?
MSCI China Inclusion: The Road To $430 Billion In Inflows
“The end game (full inclusion) could see inflows reach nearly a half trillion”…
Oil Crashes Into Bear Market: “It’s A Game Of Chicken”
“Obviously, the sentiment in the market right now is negative and bearish.”
MSCI To Include China A Shares In EM Index
MSCI WILL INCLUDE CHINA A SHRS IN MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX
Guest Post: There’s Something Wrong With The Future (Who Can Kill Whom?)
“Of all the issues that have emerged in the last years, murder has been the most divisive. From police brutality, to vigilante killings, mass murders, shooting of cops and terror attacks. All these cases were really about who has the right to kill whom, and at what price.”
Pound Dives To Post-Election Low
“There are a lot of potential risks which could come together to various degrees.”
Apparel Stocks Plunge As Amazon Delivers Another Gut Punch
Jeff Bezos is going to drive every retailer on the planet not called “Amazon” out of business if it’s the last thing he does, goddammit.Â
Is Donald Trump Too Stupid To Be Guilty?
One of the reasons it’s so difficult to determine whether Donald Trump and members of his administration are “guilty” of colluding with a hostile foreign power is that it’s hard to distinguish between criminality and stupidity.Â
The Simple Reason One Fund Manager Likes Bitcoin
“diversification among the various flavors of state-sponsored fiat currency offers little protection from the fiscal and monetary profligacy that could eventually threaten each of these currencies.”
“Ok, Which One Of You Is Al-Qaeda?”
“It is not hard to show that someone in the Brigades knows someone who knows someone in al-Qaeda.”
One Trader Wishes You Would Get Your Damn Dollar Story Straight
“Wasn’t it only last week that everyone was telling us that the market was fading the FOMC’s ‘policy error?'”
Fourth Time’s The Charm: MSCI To Make “Bigly” Decision On China Shares
It’s watered down. But it’s still important.
Oil Plunges For No Reason: “There Was No News”
“The trend is your friend.”
Dollar Is Happy, Pound Is Sad, And There’s Some Yuan Shenanigans Afoot
It’s about Dudley for the dollar which rose to a three-week high versus the yen
SocGen: This Is The “Real Test For The Party Mood”
“Whether the Fed is raising rates too fast given their inflation mandate or not, they are raising them too slowly to contain asset price inflation. And while the FX market was getting a bit nervous, with falls for the RUB, ZAR and the TRY yesterday, the emerging bond market community was getting excited about 100-year, dollar -denominated debt issued by Argentina.”
Key Calls (Tuesday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations
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The Death Of Political Norms In America
“Civility is a lot harder to maintain when you try to give the other side its due and get nothing in return. And it only aggravates already existing policy differences when one side regularly moves the goal posts.”
Lloyd Blankfein Explains Why He’s Trolling Trump On Twitter
“Three outta six of these, Lloyd, are, I would say, antagonistic to the president”…
CNN’s Acosta Loses It, Calls WH Spineless As Spicer Dodges Questions
“Call me old fashioned but I think the WH should have the backbone to answer questions on camera.”
Guest Post: Heroin & Non-Consensual Capitalism
“Three decades of heroin price history parallel the transformation of the neoliberal state and society. It tells an interesting story of business, politics, economics, globalization, and governmentality.”
Unlike “Pundits” Who Are Always Wrong, One “Risk Taker” Actually Cares About His P/L
“While the pundit class can be wrong on a regular basis with no repercussions, for risk takers the P/L never lies.”
When Will Trump Be Removed? Spoiler Alert: Maybe Never
“Still, Nixon held onto office for more than 17 months after his ratings sank below 50 percent, and for more than nine months after they sank into the twenties. Being loathed by the American public, and being widely and correctly perceived to be a criminal, did not do him in for a long time.”
That Time Alex Jones Replaced Alexa In Your Amazon Echo…
Well in the spirit of treating Alex like Alex deserves to be treated (that is, like the joke that he most certainly is, rather than as someone who reputable news outlets should be interviewing), here’s a fun clip of what it would be like if “Alexa Jones” replaced “Alexa” in Amazon’s Echo…
Qatar Hits Back: “The Better Question” Is Why You Guys Did 9/11
“Ambassador Otaiba must certainly be aware that the United Nations and the U.S. Treasury Department list 10 times as many suspected terrorists and terrorist financiers from the boycotting countries as from Qatar.”
BofAML’s Stark Warning: “Sell Before It’s Too Late”
“Is it possible that the Fed has become concerned about the recent surge in the equity market, especially tech stocks that has been feeding off low interest rates and low volatility?”
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