A “Soggy” Bottom Morning
“Soggy US housing starts and soggy industrial production data just reinforced the soggy message from last week’s figures, and with it the growing sense that the inflation peak is earlier and lower than many feared.”
“Soggy US housing starts and soggy industrial production data just reinforced the soggy message from last week’s figures, and with it the growing sense that the inflation peak is earlier and lower than many feared.”
Those who, like me, are in the maddening habit of tracking markets on a minute-by-minute
Everyone is petrified. The challenge for each of the four candidates is to seek new votes without alienating their base. French voters are like fish, like eels — very slippery.
Well, I’m by no means sure that anyone cares on a lazy, post-holiday-weekend Monday, but
The tough thing about a market dominated by geopolitical concerns is that geopolitics is country- or at least region-specific. There’s nuance, idiosyncrasies, thousands of years of history peculiar to this country or that, religious undercurrents, etc., etc. You have to take all of that into account when trying to make sense of markets in the context of multiple geopolitical powder kegs.
“Tomorrow is very important, you must absolutely go to the polls,” Erdogan urged the crowd. “Don’t forget that the vote is our honor.”
If last week marked the “throwing in the towel” moment for Deutsche Bank’s Dominic Konstam with
Let’s just be clear about one thing: the idea that retaking Raqqa from Islamic State
Do you speak French?
“The Syrian regime and its primary backer, Russia, have sought to confuse the world community about who is responsible for using chemical weapons against the Syrian people in this and earlier attacks.”
On Monday we brought you the latest from France, where fast approaching Presidential elections have
Oh what a difference three days and one Dudley makes. See, you (and a whole
“The initial embrace of populism has gained traction based largely on a belief that political disruption, as a mode of change, deserves the same status that creative destruction used to have in the post industrial era with resulting political entropy becoming one of the main sources of market volatility.”
Here’s a rundown of pretty much everything you need to know in terms of who said what over the past seven or so hours. Most of this is predictable, but nevertheless you should keep yourself apprised.
“Lowest vol Q1 since 1965. There are many stats we can point to about how low volatility has been year-to-date, and most tell the same story: we’re again approaching some of the pre-financial crisis lows in implied and realized vol.”
“Let’s not forget where we’re coming from,†he shouted, struggling to be heard over his rival. “You have been repeating the same lies for 40 years — those your father used to tell.â€
Earlier today, we brought you the latest from Bloomberg’s Richard Breslow, who warned that the
“Mr President, you use a language which is more abrasive than many of your predecessors . . .”… I would say. I hope so.
“It would appear that the OAT-Bund spread is lagging relative to volatility measures in equity markets in response to the reduction in French election risk.”
“The sharp deceleration in commercial and industrial loan growth has generated a sense of cognitive dissonance among market participants, who are otherwise confronting generally encouraging growth data.”
Is the Le Pen “tail risk” becoming more tail risk-ish?
“What are the asset pricing implications of what happened on Friday?”
Well, the dollar is under pressure on Monday, just as we said it would be
Earlier, we talked a bit about Donald Trump’s waning political capital and the extent to
Some cartel folks had a meeting…
“The market is nervous about the impact. Everyone is wondering, ‘could there be a problem we’re not seeing?’, or ‘will there be some punishment that forces an institution to dump assets? Then banks get cautious and stop offering loans.â€
“The dark side – protectionism – reappeared at the G20, just when the force – hope of a bold US fiscal plan – is looking weaker. This has hurt risk sentiment a bit, helping bonds find their feet. We see that as temporary profit taking on crowded trades, rather than a fullblown reversal.”
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