[CNBC] ‘The Fed is breaking things’ – Here’s what has Wall Street on edge as risks rise around the world [Reuters] Wall Street Week Ahead: [...]

The Going Gets Tough Next week, the MWM team will be hosting its annual client conference live in Durango. On behalf of the team, this author would [...]

Global de-risking/deleveraging has taken A Threatening Turn. It’s no exaggeration to write that the UK pension system was this week at the brink of [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Equities Rise With Bonds as Turmoil Eases: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar swaps blow out as volatile Q3 ignites dash for [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Risk-Off Sentiment Returns With Focus on Inflation: Markets Wrap [Reuters] London stocks slide as fiscal policy concerns weigh; [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Climbs; UK Bonds Jump on BOE Purchase Plan: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOE Steps Back Into Bond Market to Restore [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise, Pound Gains as Global Selloff Pauses: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] UK Markets Claw Back Losses as Buyers Emerge [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Risk Assets Tumble as Pressure on UK Mounts: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Sterling crumbles to all-time low, euro at 20-year low [...]

[BBC] Italy votes as far-right Meloni looks for victory [Guardian] Europe holds its breath as Italy prepares to vote in far-right leader [Reuters] [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Investors wonder when vicious sell-off in U.S. stocks will end [Reuters] Russia holds votes in occupied parts of [...]

Sickness Spreads Regrettably, a sickness, not unlike the one now brutally tormenting global financial markets, has also overwhelmed this author. [...]

It really got going Tuesday. Chinese “big four” bank CDS each surged about 10 bps, the largest single-session gains since the July 15th peak [...]