Markets Held Hostage
Needless to say, markets will remain hostage to geopolitical news flow in the week ahead.
Needless to say, markets will remain hostage to geopolitical news flow in the week ahead.
US equities closed out a truly chaotic week with a spectacular two-day rally, even as
This week’s marquee data out of the US showed a resilient consumer and elevated inflation,
It was impossible to escape dire headlines on Thursday. Neither was it easy to scan
The assets most at risk from Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine are Russian assets.
Losses continued to pile up for US equities on Wednesday amid a deluge of dour
Although you may be inclined to exasperation vis-à-vis the impossibility of trading a market hostage
The combination of manic intraday swings and myopia imposed by extreme ambiguity around the long
Barring some manner of good news on the geopolitical front, it’ll be another challenging week
Back on January 14, in “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” I wrote that “it’s becoming
This week has the potential to be another minefield for traders and investors. Just like
Those weary of inflation banter and Fed speculation will get no respite in the new
In the 24 hours following the release of January’s inflation data, I’ve been adamant about the
US consumer prices rose more than expected in January, closely-watched data out Thursday showed. Headline
It could be an afterthought by the end of the week depending on how patient
For the last two months, I’ve parroted some version of the “hiking into a slowdown”
US equities meandered through another mostly meaningless session Tuesday. Traders were stuck in suspended animation
Last week, I talked a bit about market depth and a seemingly acute dearth of
We’re living in historic times. People tend to say things like that when something’s just
Despite a truly harrowing ride for markets in 2022’s opening weeks, there’s been “no capitulation”
By the time the closing bell sounded on Wall Street Thursday, Facebook suffered a decline
US equities could stabilize or, at the least, calm down, following a manic start to
Someone may have been playing catch-up on Tuesday. According to one popular strategist’s hypothesis, a
US equities have been a veritable roller coaster lately. Maybe you noticed. Tuesday was no
“The stock market is not only in correction, it is already in bear market territory
“Fed speakers are lunging around like ‘short Gamma’ traders,” Nomura’s Charlie McElligott wrote, in an
Global risk sentiment was reasonably buoyant Tuesday following a jubilant end to a disastrous month
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