Ok, So What Now?
Just one more day of this before the weekend, when we’ll all get to put up the plywood and hide in the basement as Irma turns Florida into Atlantis and Kim turns Tokyo into Dresden…
Just one more day of this before the weekend, when we’ll all get to put up the plywood and hide in the basement as Irma turns Florida into Atlantis and Kim turns Tokyo into Dresden…
“Hope” meets reality, where “reality” means hurricanes, missiles, recalcitrant lawmakers, Fed indeterminacy, and on, and on…
We’re going to keep writing about today’s BoC rate hike because as noted earlier, it’s more important than most stories that contain the word “Canada.”
And so, having already grown faster in its initial stages than every other notable bubble on the list (and they probably should have included housing in Canada and Sweden), the only question now is whether it will continue to rise and ultimately surpass the 2+ year, exponential rally in BitCoin.Â
If it does, Seth Golden will be one of the richest people on the planet
“As we celebrate Labor Day, we are reminded of the inherent dignity of work and the American worker. In America, we honor grit. We honor determination. We honor craftsmanship. And we honor the men and women who turn dreams into reality with their own two hands.” “
To be sure, whatever you thought was going to dominate the news flow in the week ahead is probably going to take a backseat to North Korea, for obvious reasons.Â
But North Korea isn’t the only thing on traders’ minds this week. Not by a long shot.
Ok, so strap in, because this promises to be an interesting week. August has proven
Ok, well Goldman has some new “top” FX trades for you – because those always
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“Deterrence counts on the rationality of the opponents. The build-up of mutual threats and the shows of force in the past weeks have unsettled markets, with risk assets and high-beta currencies underperforming, and it is likely to continue.”
“Left to its own devices your portfolio will grow wildly — not to structural ruin, but to structural inefficiency.”
And meanwhile, at Mar-a-Lago…
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“And I liked your editorial today, very nice. (Laughs.)”
“The circus at the White House makes for compelling viewing, as evidenced by the recent rise and fall of “the Mooch.” But if you want to forecast asset markets correctly, focus on the facts.”
“There have been no actions by the central banks that would suggest that they believe there’s benefit in being the bubble popper.”
“At the Pentagon,â€Â reports BuzzFeed, the tweet “raised fears that the president was getting ready to announce strikes on North Korea or some other military action.â€
So for the third week in a row we get to say “congratulations Canada!”
Now just hope that epic housing bubble doesn’t burst.
“While OPEC’s production path remains uncertain, recent fundamental oil data have come in even better than we had expected.”
And thus ends one of the most painful chapters in the history of spec positions gone horribly wrong.
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“…market participants are understandably worried about how they will be weaned off the current highly-liquid environment.”
“The world is less in need of triage and intensive care from central bankers than it was, and more of them are thinking about how, and when, to set out on the road to normalisation.”
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If you didn’t get your fill of hand-wringing over DM central banks last week, then you’re in luck…
“Indeed, measures of financial stability look stretched”…
Well with the release of the latest CFTC data, we learn that a long, and exceedingly painful chapter for CAD shorts has (almost) come to an end…
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