Comatose
Markets felt comatose Thursday. Within whatever scant coverage you managed to run across, there was
Markets felt comatose Thursday. Within whatever scant coverage you managed to run across, there was
“We like this,” one CIO said, on the first day of the last week of
The last week of 2021 dawned with headlines lamenting thousands of holiday flight cancelations in
Are Americans desensitized to ominous headlines warning of new COVID waves and soaring inflation? Perhaps,
Global equities staged a coordinated selloff Monday as concerns about the spread of the Omicron
Someone, somewhere is aggrieved. Germany on Thursday agreed to institute sweeping restrictions on the unvaccinated
Consumer confidence deteriorated in November, data out Tuesday showed. It’s hardly surprising that Americans are
Risk sentiment attempted to stabilize Monday following a grievous Friday rout on Wall Street, but
There’s nothing like inserting a negative macro catalyst into holiday-thinned Friday trading to shake things
Over the past week, Fed officials have gone out of their way to socialize the
US and global equities came into Friday poised for a fifth consecutive weekly gain. For
Even if central banks stumble into a policy mistake and it all comes crashing down
Maybe the US consumer isn’t feeling so terrible after all. Despite an underwhelming preliminary read
It’s difficult for me to get excited about the latest deluge of damning revelations about
Last week, following a second consecutive rate cut from Turkey’s hopelessly beholden central bank, I
Never miss an opportunity to use the word “century” in a headline. That’s especially applicable
Well, it wasn’t terribly difficult to write the copy on Monday. OPEC, in its infinite
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to suggest that headline writers and financial
Time and again over the past several years I’ve lamented the scope of government dysfunction
In news that will surprise exactly nobody (other than the several dozen economists whose forecasts
340,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, fewer than expected. Consensus was looking for
There were two key macro narratives Tuesday, one of which was the slowdown in China
Consumer confidence tumbled in August amid Delta variant hand-wringing and inflation concerns. Earlier this month,
Risk assets started the new week on the front foot, as the dollar backpedaled from
It’s all too easy to cite a litany of concerns in the course of suggesting
“Expectations have declined… point[ing] to increasing risks… such as from a possible fourth COVID-19 wave
One image showed five young women in bright, pastel summer attire, one wearing a pink
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