Through The Flames
The market narrative continued to revolve almost exclusively around the Fed on Tuesday, as traders
The market narrative continued to revolve almost exclusively around the Fed on Tuesday, as traders
Hours after the heads of Ukraine’s separatist republics formally requested assistance from the Russian military
First, Russian-backed separatists claimed Ukrainian forces fired mortars, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. Then,
Global risk sentiment was reasonably buoyant Tuesday following a jubilant end to a disastrous month
Jerome Powell’s press conference performance, and particularly the Chair’s multiple references to this cycle being
Asian equities plunged Tuesday, as manic moves on Wall Street rippled across global markets a
When Andrew Bailey told a virtual panel discussion last month that the Bank of England
As expected, the Fed formally unveiled plans to trim the pace of monthly bond-buying on
Predictably, media coverage of the RBA’s Tuesday policy tweak was replete with nonsense. One particularly
The November FOMC meeting and accompanying taper announcement will garner most of the financial headlines
One day, we may look back on the last several weeks and chuckle at the
One bond market recap featured the word “bloody.” I suppose the hyperbole was apt. Last
“Not for me to say.” That was Christine Lagarde’s assessment Thursday when, following the October
The financial media was awash this week with headlines about flattening yield curves and what
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday became the latest central bank to suggest (tacitly) that
Taxes and inflation were in the news Wednesday. Or, put differently, the same macro narratives
Risk sentiment was clearly impaired by pandemic concerns to kick off the new week, raising
Not all “notables” make for the most exciting reading. In fact, some notables are downright
One of the reasons I gently (and ironically) discourage people from consuming too much in
“The eurozone economy is booming,” IHS Markit’s Chief Business Economist, Chris Williamson, said Wednesday, in
Geopolitics continued to monopolize headlines Monday as Joe Biden’s “America’s back” world tour rolled on
A quick look at the schedule for this week suggests it’ll be a noisy affair,
A fresh bout of bond turmoil rippled across markets Friday, as Treasurys sold off on
The ECB is dealing with the same dilemma as the Fed, the RBA, the BoJ,
Apparently undeterred by the bond tantrum and accompanying equity jitters, investors poured a sizable $22.2
Risk sentiment was constructive globally, as Wednesday found European equities looking for a third daily
Risk sentiment improved as February gave way to March. Global equities were higher, marking a
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