All of this is playing out against a backdrop defined by a (rare) dearth of news flow…
Category: Markets
Here’s How Much GDP Growth The US And China Have Torched In The Trade War So Far
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
And Now, For Another Dismal, Depressing, Dreary Projection Out Of Germany…
The accompanying report is all kinds of foreboding.
The World According To Charlie: Nomura’s McElligott On Macro, Markets And Gamma As The Most Powerful Flow In The Universe
“I view the world from the lens of volatility.”
‘This Would Very Likely Mark The End Of The Expansion’: Some Trouble With The Curve
The read-through for corporate profits is clear – and somewhat dour.
China Cuts 7-Day Repo Rate For First Time Since 2015
More dribs and drabs.
Awestruck Investors Smitten With ‘Incredible’ Market Tranquility
It’s the flip-side of the overwrought, hair-on-fire rhetoric that accompanies selloffs.
Bonds At The Crossroads…
Where to now?
PBoC Says Environment Is ‘Complex’. Fortunately, China Can ‘Properly Handle’ The Situation
“Some businesses are faced with operating difficulties”.
S&P’s Best Run In Two Years Takes Goldman’s Momentum Indicator To All-Time High
All’s well that ends with more records.
MAGA Manufacturing Renaissance Stuck In Neutral, As ‘Sluggish’ Empire Gauge Meanders To A Miss
Optimism is “restrained”.Â
‘This Isn’t Whatever-It-Takes’: Analyst Who Called Funding Squeeze Not Blown Away By Fed’s Longer-Term Repos
“We’re prepared to continue to learn and adjust”.
Even In A ‘Mild-Recession Scenario’, Buybacks Will Provide Plunge Protection For The S&P
“Still double the long-term average”.
After The (Duration) Purge…
Cue a backtest.
Is The Min Vol Bubble Bursting?
It’s now just a matter whether the bubble merely deflates, or actually bursts in earnest.
$574 Billion In AUM Pretty Sure Stocks Will Outperform Everything In 2020
That FOMO feeling again.
Nomura’s McElligott: ‘Now Comes The Hard Part’
“The easy money has been made”.
Mixed CPI Report Leaves Powell With Blank Canvas In Congressional Hearings
That could be good or bad.
‘Sudden Selloff’ Not Likely, But ‘Hedging Is Still Timely’, Goldman Says
“Monitoring conditions”…
Of Kiwis And Protesters
A “most critical juncture”.
Jay Powell’s ‘Good Place’ Monetary Policy Sets Up Election Year Clash With White House
“Others are running circles around them and laughing all the way to the bank”.
‘The Bulls Are Back’: FOMO Takes Center Stage In Fund Manager Survey As Yield Forecasts Ratcheted Higher
“Marking to misery” gives way to “waves of optimism”.

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