“While the pundit class can be wrong on a regular basis with no repercussions, for risk takers the P/L never lies.”
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Trader: Markets Need To Be Exposed To Politics Just Like The Rest Of Us
“Ultimately, there can’t be normalization without exposing markets to the same concerns as the citizenry at large. The divide in levels of being appalled by goings-on is dangerous and as much a fuel of populism as other, more obvious causes.”
Stocks Super Happy, Oil “Flirts With Collapse,” UK Brexits, France Wonders Why No One Voted
Generally speaking, it was a quiet overnight session as traders look forward to a light
The Day After: Yellen’s Big Mistake
So here we are, the day after a Fed hike that was supposed to (and
What A “Buzz Kill”: Tech Selloff Goes Global
“There’s a chance U.S. internet technology stocks that have propelled a global stock rally will now serve as a buzz kill.”
Josephine Witt’s Reign Is Over Or, Central Banks May Actually Mean It This Time
“For good reason, we’ve gotten used to taking everything with a grain of salt. It’s probably better to err now on giving them a serious dose of the benefit of the doubt.”
Terrorist “Troublemakers” Storm Overnight Session, Murder 12 In Iran Ahead Of “Super Thursday”
Well, it was a quiet overnight session right up until around 2 a.m. EST when
One Trader Weighs In On Thursday’s Trio Of Risk Event Hellspawn
“All capable of moving things around. All capable of passing calmly by and spawning headlines of “all attention now turns to…â€. The financial world equivalent of Mad Libs.”
Brace For Impact: Full Week Ahead Preview
“While improving manufacturing confidence has recently added to the constructive global risk environment (characterized by dovish central banks, low cross-asset volatility and rising equity prices), a potential increase in political uncertainty in the US may undermine this backdrop.”
Trader: “We’re Struggling To Understand Why Things Are Even Happening”
“So we function in a world where risk assets keep going up while we couch everything in risk-off terms. It’s not enough that our central bankers think they can play with our heads under the fiction that they are masters of nuance, we do it to ourselves.”
China Just Murdered The Yuan Bears
The PBoC has spoken and markets, at least for the time being, have listened. Coming
Goldman Has Some ‘Cheap’ Options Advice For You On Tuesday
Right, so earlier today we noted that just a few weeks after everything was supposed
One Trader Talks Homemade Italian And A “Tag Team Wrestling Exhibition”
“It’s yet another example of how the global narrative increasingly resembles a tag team wrestling exhibition. Or at least a heated he said, she said rumble.”
“The Honeymoon Period Is Over” – Bullard Ain’t Buyin’ Trump And Other Overnight News
“Washington does have to deliver at some point and I think that is a concern going forward, whether the honeymoon period would end at some point and maybe the reality of American politics would settle in.”
Your “Unreal, Irrational, Herd Actions” Were Pissing China Off – But They “Fixed” It
Well, this was pretty easy to see coming. When Moody’s downgraded China for the first time
“Unexplained, High-Volume Drops,” Yuan Shenanigans, And A Cartel Meeting
Well, things have been “choppy” overnight and especially around the flood of OPEC headlines that
How The ECB “Actively” Rescued Markets Ahead Of The French Election
“But the ECB is more than just a “passive acquirer†of assets, in our view. We think they are taking an active role in bond buying to manage the fallout from policy uncertainty (and prevent a tightening in credit conditions that would ensue if they didn’t).”
Guest Post: A Bearish Positive Carry Trade
“This has long been one of my favourite trades, and even though it has moved my way, I am not taking any off. In fact, now that it is working, I probably should be adding…”
Storm Clouds Gather As Trump Headline Risk, Terror Attack Battle Econ Data For Market’s Heart
Well, this market’s mettle is being tested. Again. On Monday evening we got what might
“Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,” One Trader Indicts A “Sheep-Like, Cynical” Market
“Last week it was, U.S. is cratering, the legislative agenda is dead, China is tightening at a dangerous rate and Brazil will take down the emerging market complex. So far today, and it’s only Monday, global growth is accelerating, corporate profits are great, China knows exactly when to ease off the decelerator, PMIs are a source of strength not worry.”
“Thy Orb And Thy Staff They Comfort Me”: “Risk Feels A Bit Better Today!”
Yea, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no geopolitical tail risk: for Donald Trump art with us; thy orb and thy staff they comfort me…
“President’s Day”: Iran Is Voting, Brazil Is Panicking, Trump Is Traveling
It feels quiet in America on Friday morning. Maybe that’s because Donald Trump is leaving
Guest Post: Stock Market Shakeout
“Let’s hope I am not too early, and end up getting eaten by the shorts who are pressing their trade.”
Trader: What You’ve Seen Unwound Is “Just The Tip Of The Iceberg”
“It’s vital, therefore, to remind yourself that these moves, while portrayed as dramatic, represent only the very tip of the iceberg of positions built up over a very long period of time and in massive size.”
Risk Appetite Evaporates As 18 More Contacts Between Trump, Russian “Godfather” Revealed
Everything was going (relatively) ok and then…
This Hasn’t Happened Since 2009
This probably shouldn’t surprise you…
Global Markets Shudder: Impeachment “Makes It Difficult For Investors To Buy”
“I suppose the question is whether these are US political rain showers like the ones drenching London’s commuters, or real storms with lasting damage.”
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