Wry chuckles and sardonic smirks aside, investors had a lot to smile about headed into
Category: Markets
Xi Triggers Brutal Wipeout For Tencent With Shock Curbs
Xi Jinping just can’t help himself. On Friday, Chinese regulators blindsided markets with a raft
Albert Edwards Says Tech ‘Market Cap Bubble’ Is Biggest 2024 Risk
SocGen’s Albert Edwards has some concerns going into 2024. If you’re looking for rosy outlooks
About The December 20 0DTE Mini-‘Crash’
Did you hear? The stock rally died mid-week. If it has a Lazarus moment, don’t
Colossal Bond Rally Has Wall Street Grasping At Straws
If the seven-week stock rally put Wall Street’s more bearish top-down equity strategists behind the
Low VIX Belies Wall Street Stock Confusion
Earlier this week, I talked of a new “strategist short squeeze” on Wall Street. The
Fund Managers Ditch Cash For Stocks On ‘Goldilocks 2024’ Hopes
Fund manager sentiment is the least bearish in nearly two years, according to one bank’s
The Bear And The Doves
“Markets took the change in guidance as an ‘all clear’ sign to ramp up risk
A New ‘Strategist Short Squeeze’ Looms As Stocks Eye Records
Remember the “strategist short squeeze”? In June and July, when markets melted up following Nvidia’s
Front-Running And Chicken-Counting
It’s dangerous to count chickens. That was one message from Austan Goolsbee, who regaled CBS’s
Cashing In
Of all the questions that loom large for 2024, few are more pressing for market
Bear Humbug
Bears could still be right, God bless ’em. After all, the year’s not over yet.
Rare Occurrences
If the Fed cuts rates in 2024 with core inflation above the unemployment rate, it’d
Technically You Did Start It, John
“My fault? How is it my fault?” “Well, you did start it, John.” In “Critics
The $6 Trillion Question For 2024
The great thing about 4% or 5% on term deposits and federal money market funds
Critics Decry Fed’s Dovish Pivot. Does Powell Deserve The Derision?
There was more than a little perturbation Thursday among the Fed’s legions of critics. With
ECB Manages Balanced Message As Lagarde Battles Rate Cut Speculation
The ECB removed a key inflation warning from its policy statement on Thursday, even as
A Weary Bank Of England Tries To Dissuade Rate Cut Bets
The Bank of England kept rates on hold Thursday, as expected. The vote split was
No Hawks Here
The Fed’s policy rate is “likely at or near its peak for this hiking cycle,”
Fed Signals Three Rate Cuts For Next Year At Final 2023 Gathering
The Fed kept rates on hold for a third consecutive meeting on Wednesday, as widely
The Big Impact Of A $60 Billion Options ETF Trend
On a number of occasions over the past — I don’t know — call it
Fed In ‘Unenviable’ Position. Risks ‘Potentially Incoherent’ Messaging
This time last month, US financial conditions, as measured by various Wall Street gauges, were
Too Quiet?
Is it too quiet? That question came up again and again over the past two
Grin And Bear It
By now, it’s well understood that corporates took full advantage of the inflationary macro environment
Why Marko Kolanovic Expects Higher Volatility In 2024
The same factors which’ve mitigated the impact of the Fed’s hiking cycle on corporates and
Marking Time
This week started out like every other week in the world’s conflict zones and across
What To Expect From The Final FOMC Meeting Of 2023
Headed into the final FOMC meeting of 2023, a few observers were anxious about Jerome
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