Markets have been choppy this week as multiple narratives jostle for supremacy. Is a Chinese slow down going to send markets into a risk-off mood or was it OPEX expiries…
Markets are laser-focused this week on what Jerome Powell will decide to do regarding the pace of tapering. Expectations have been oscillating significantly in the weeks heading in the Jackson…
China’s growth is slowing, copper prices are dropping, volatility in the VIX is rising, and Iron Ore prices falling sharply are all signs that a larger stock market correction may…
The USD strengthened this week after last Friday’s strong NFP report. This has led to investors expecting a possible taper timeframe reveal at the Jackson Hole Symposium at the end…
Concerns over Chinese regulatory worries faded this week, but expectations of a deeper correction in stocks are still hanging heavy over market participants as we head into the summer. Fed’s…
The start of the week saw a wall of worry build as earnings, the Fed’s meeting, concern over highly leveraged markets, and China regulatory worries all hurt risk sentiment. The…
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck then, guess what, it is a duck! The recovery this week makes sense as the…
This week was a good week for the reflation trade. US treasuries were able to stay fairly subdued, despite really strong US CPI data as the Fed stuck to the…
The second half of 2021 started with a relentless bid into bonds. Tuesday’s volume showed nearly double the normal volume into US 10 year bonds and the reason was far…
Month-end, quarter-end and half year flow led to some choppy trade for the first half of the week. The USD was rising even while US10 year yields were falling midweek…