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In the Foothills of Its Everest Outside of a wild week of Middle East geopolitics and volatile market price action, this week was relatively quiet on Wall Street. The profound exception to that quiet, however, was the absolute racket made by a gaggle of Federal Reserve speakers led by Chairman Powell himself. After last week’s […]

[Reuters] US House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package [Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead ‘Crowded’ megacap trade in US stocks awaits earnings test [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Charting the Global Economy: Fed Delay Recalibrates All Rates [Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ’s Ueda Reiterates Policy to Remain Accommodative for a While [Reuters] Ukrainian drones strike Russian fuel depot, […]

Despite close calls Saturday night and again on Thursday night, we at least made it through the week avoiding “the start of WW3.” I’m afraid the same cannot be said for the beginning of WWDD (World-Wide De-Risking/Deleveraging). Key speculative leverage epicenters were under notable pressure this week – global bond markets, EM currencies and bonds, […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Treasury Rally Fades as Rush for Haven Assets Starts to Wane [Reuters] Stocks off two-month low as fear of Middle East escalation eases [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Steps Up Currency Defense as Mideast Strife Roils Market [Reuters] Oil slips after Iran plays down reported Israeli attack [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Havens Bid Unravels as Iran Strikes Seen Contained: […]

Here’s our weekly report on the price moves of precious metals for April 19. Let’s take a look at where precious metals stand from what we reported a week ago. The gold price is at $2,374. It’s up about 1.7% from the week before, and it also reached an intraday high of $2,420. So it’s […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P Futures Signal Recovery With Earnings in Focus: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Decline as Geopolitical Risk Premium Seen Fading [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Makes a Stand as Dollar Threatens to Upend Currency Markets [Reuters] Morning Bid: Recoiling oil and dollar sow calm as tech earnings loom [Reuters] Wobbling US stocks could push volatility-linked funds to […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Advance as Earnings Return to Center Stage: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Holds Near Record as Traders Look Past Later Rate-Cut Odds [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Edges Lower as Israel Weighs Up Response to Iranian Attack [Reuters] UK’s Cameron, in Israel, says Israelis have decided to retaliate against Iran [Reuters] Morning Bid: Blunt Powell signals rate […]

Insider Equity Selling 50/1 Over Buying BOA “We Cannot Allow The Markets To Determine Interest Rates” Private Equity Nightmare: 28,000 Unsold Companies Worth $3 Trillion Dollars “They’re trying to figure out why consumer sentiment isn’t stronger given a relatively strong economy. And if you look at cumulative inflation, cumulative inflation just in the last few […]