Traders and investors came into the new week staring down a formidable slate of data
Category: Markets
India Needs Help. Now
Last month, BofA’s closely-watched Global Fund Manager survey revealed that for the first time since
Junk Just Keeps Notching Records
The first quarter of 2021 was the busiest ever for US junk sales. Almost $150
Wealthiest Americans May Sell Some Stocks
A few minutes after Bloomberg lit up traders’ screens with headlines touting a doubling of
Sound And Fury
US equities were worried about a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in India on Monday and Tuesday.
Ultra-Rich To Prosperous Americans: We’ll Speak For You
One of the (many) advantages to living amongst people who fall into what I described
The Great Tapering? (Oh, How Quaint)
If the flow of central bank purchases matters more than the stock, asset prices may
Cruel Biden Tax Plan Causes ‘High Anxiety’ For 0.3% Of Filers
The prospect of higher taxes is likely to permeate discussions around US equities in the
US Economy ‘Firing On All Cylinders’
There was more good news on the economic front in the US on Friday. IHS
Oh, No! Higher Capital Gains Taxes For The Wealthy!
Lengthy editorializing (on my part) around the latest weekly jobless claims figures proved accidentally prescient
Albert Edwards Isn’t Retiring. And Nothing Matters Anymore
Valuations seemingly don’t matter. I’m talking about equities, of course. While the contention that traditional
Jobless Claims And Two Kinds Of Porsche Shoppers
A week after diving to a new pandemic-era low, US jobless claims… well, they dove
The Situation, The Matter And Reputation Repairmen
“[Our] underlying business results were offset by the significant charge in respect of the US-based
Christine Lagarde Will Keep Buying Assets. Do As You Will, Mortals
I suppose this goes without saying, but the ECB “reconfirmed” its ultra-accommodative policy stance Thursday,
Systematic Problems
On Tuesday afternoon, I spent some time reflecting on what counts as a “selloff” or
Stay Tuned
Predictably, US equities recovered Wednesday after a multi-day slide left pundits pretending to be flummoxed
PBoC To Hold Nose, Eat Billions Of Huarong’s Bad Cooking
Speculation about the future of Huarong, the state-linked bad debt manager at the heart of
‘We’re At The Peak’: Pandemic Roars Back Onto Traders’ Radar
There was nervous chatter Wednesday about the prospect of a wider selloff amid a rise
When Dogecoin Is (Almost) Bigger Than Twitter…
I told myself I wasn’t going to dedicate any additional space to the Dogecoin phenomenon,
2% Is The New 10%
Days like these make it difficult to stick by any disciplined “strategy,” no matter how
Marko Kolanovic Says Reflation Trade To Resume – With A Vengeance
When JPMorgan set its year-end 2021 price target for the S&P late last year, it
Treading Cautiously
Sentiment felt a bit damp again Tuesday, as US equities and rates confronted a data
‘They Called Me Mad!’ Bears And ‘Lunatic Ideas’
Lately, it feels like someone utters a variation of the following phrase nearly every single
Has Equity Positioning Peaked? (It Depends)
If the question is whether there’s room for market participants to increase their equity exposure
Not-So-Sweet 16
There’s something about 16%, apparently. Although I’d be inclined to file this away in the
Peak Manchin And The Return Of The Micro
It’s been all about the macro for quite some time now. Those who enjoy the
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