“Investors await catalysts”, read one chyron on a quad witching Friday, capturing the “limbo” character
Category: Markets
Bonanzas, Borrowing Binges, And Cash Off The Sidelines
Investment grade credit funds took in another $5.17 billion in the week through Wednesday, the
Bubble Watching With A Blind Man
On Wednesday afternoon, during a virtual Q&A with reporters, Jerome Powell made a somewhat dubious
September Tech Correction Turns World Upside Down
The US equity market took a rare turn for the egalitarian in September. A summer
Jobless Claims: ‘Better’ Is An Extremely Relative Term These Days
860,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, broadly in-line with market expectations. The latest
Negativity: BOE Does Prep Work For Sub-Zero Rates
The existing stance of policy remains appropriate, the BOE said Thursday, in the course of
Jerome Powell Can’t Find Duration Bubble He Saw Eight Years Ago
As regular readers are aware, I’m generally loath to devote too much energy to lampooning
Jerome Powell Relearns A Lesson He Taught In 2012: ‘It Will Never Be Enough For The Market’
Jerome Powell described the Fed’s new, outcome-based forward guidance as “strong and powerful” on Wednesday,
Fed Adopts Outcome-Based Forward Guidance, Will Keep Rates Near Zero For At Least 3 Years
Headed into the September meeting, the Fed wasn’t expected to make meaningful changes to the
JPMorgan Sees $200 Billion Near-Term Risk For Stocks, But Kolanovic Still Broadly Bullish
If you’re looking for an excuse to get tactically bearish, you might point to quarterly
Retail Sales Miss May Be Coal Mine Canary For US Recovery
Retail sales, one of the few top-tier economic indicators to stage a “real” V-shaped recovery,
Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Global equities were mixed and US stocks looked poised to build on gains as traders
Oracle’s TikTok Deal Takes Shape With Some Trump Demands Unmet
Oracle’s proposal for dealing with Donald Trump’s TikTok “problem” does not include a payment to
Everyone’s A ‘Loser’: Meaningless WTO Ruling Marks Peak Absurdity In US-China Trade War
“Before the Trump administration came along and decimated the Appellate body, a case like this
‘The Vaccine’s The Thing’ For Bond Yields, Elusive Stock Rotation
“The vaccine’s the thing”, writes BofA’s Michael Hartnett, describing what respondents to the bank’s monthly
It’s A Bull Market And The Recession Is Over, Say Fund Managers
“It’s a bull market” and this is “no longer a recession”. That’s the “September zeitgeist”
Problem Solvers
Reasonably strong activity data out of China was enough to bolster global risk appetite on
China Beats Across The Board With August Activity Data. Yuan Strongest Since Huawei Ban
China on Tuesday reported activity data for August that beat expectations, helping to cement the
‘Mega’ Risk
When it comes to performance, mega-cap US tech is more exception than rule. The Nasdaq
Oil Faces Existential Crisis As Mother Nature Finds A Way
Headlines around the outlook for crude continued to deteriorate on Monday, as OPEC chimed in
M&A(benomics)
Global equities were buoyant to start the new week as deal activity, a smooth leadership
Was That It?
Was that it? Market participants will be asking themselves some version of that simple question
Oracle Said To Win TikTok Bidding War As Microsoft Rejected, Algo In Question
Just 48 hours after reports indicated that Beijing would prefer ByteDance simply shut down TikTok
Amid Summer Stock Storm, A Dove Yawns
Barring some kind of truly dramatic, nightmarish spiral in risk assets on Monday and Tuesday,
Analysts Stirred, But Not Shaken, By ‘Warp Speed’ Correction
In the midst of rampant uncertainty, Goldman’s cross-asset strategy team this week upgraded equities to
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