US equities catapulted higher Tuesday, capping a mammoth two-day rally and putting the S&P on
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China Reaches Pain Threshold. Easing Cycle Seen Underway
After spending the better part of a year engineering a series of overlapping crises in
The ‘Blind Spot’: Traditional Portfolios’ Biggest Risk
What happens to the US equity market if macro volatility rises as a result of
Fed Put Re-Struck On ‘Tier 1 Political Hot Potato’
We’ve seen it before. The Fed pivots hawkish, only to recant in the face of
More Noise Than Signal
I’d call it a testament to rampant uncertainty, but it’s probably more accurate to say
Evergrande, Alibaba Meltdowns Exemplify China’s Engineered Crisis
Another day, another selloff in Chinese tech shares. The Hang Seng Tech Index dove more
China Slashes RRR As Economy Teeters
Just one business day after Premier Li Keqiang tipped incremental policy easing aimed at bolstering
Nothing Is More Political Than Inflation
Towards the end of “Bad Optics,” I spoke briefly about the political ramifications of persistently
Bad Optics
Traders will attempt to find their way back from “dark places” in the new week.
Zeitgeist: Tightening Into A Slowdown
A consensus is forming around the notion that the Fed is on the brink of
Omicron Cuts Begin: Goldman Slashes US Growth Forecast
In the days following the first Omicron headlines and associated post-holiday market tumult in the
Bitcoin, Crypto ‘Liquidated’ In Saturday Plunge
“As usual, since crypto traders deploy leverage, it results in cascading sell orders and liquidations,”
Weird, Wild And Crazy
On Friday, someone described the November jobs report as “one of the weirdest I’ve ever
Good News Is Definitely Bad News Now
For once, “scorching” isn’t hyperbole. The US services sector is on fire, according to the
‘I Quit. No, You’re Fired.’
“You’re fired.” “No, I quit.” That, in a nutshell, describes the state of play for
In Turkey, An Autocrat Goes All-In
After years spent living in denial, emerging market watchers finally came around to the reality
Markets Turn ‘Shockingly Dysfunctional’
If you get the feeling markets are dysfunctional, it’s not just your imagination. Over the
Apples, Hawks And Boosters
Uncertainty lingered on Thursday, as traders assessed a smattering of Omicron headlines, more relatively hawkish
Kolanovic Asks: What If Omicron Ends Up Being Bullish?
JPMorgan’s Marko Kolanovic has a few questions about the Omicron variant and associated turmoil across
Adaptation
Can you blame them? That’s what I’d ask of anyone inclined to criticize retail investors
A Simple Recipe For Volatility
“Omicron + taper = volatility,” read the title of one note on Wednesday. Weary and
Powell Gives Traders More Whiplash Amid Impossible Dilemma
Stocks careened lower again on Tuesday, as Jerome Powell’s remarks to Congress rattled investor sentiment
The Year-End Trade Just Got More Complicated: McElligott
Over the weekend, I noted that the marked spike in realized vol precipitated by last
Meanwhile, In China
Reasonably upbeat PMIs out of China were wholly insufficient to allay market concerns on Tuesday,
‘This Is Not Going To Be Good’: Moderna Execs Spook Markets
“The number of mutations are surprising,” Moderna co-founder Noubar Afeyan told Bloomberg Television, while discussing
Animal Spirits And Gunslingers
Retail bought the dip. Or at least according to data from Vanda Research. Conditioned over
‘Madness,’ The Dollar And An ‘Omnipresent’ Threat
“Madness.” That’s how one analyst described last week’s post-Thanksgiving price action, which found global equities
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