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[Bloomberg] Global Stocks Extend Rebound; Treasuries Decline: Markets Wrap [CNBC] US 10-year yield rises to fresh 4-year high of 2.94% [Bloomberg] Oil Trades Near One-Week High as Stockpile Gains Slow Down [Bloomberg] Dollar Under Siege With U.S. Deficits Back on Wall Street’s Radar [Reuters] U.S. producer prices rise in January on gasoline, healthcare [Bloomberg] Three […]
[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Gain as 10-Year Yield Approaches 2.9%: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] U.S. Consumer Prices Rise More Than Forecast on Apparel Costs [Bloomberg] U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall After December Revised Down [Reuters] Euro zone production jumps more than expected in Dec as economy powers on [Bloomberg] Japan’s Economy Misses Fourth-Quarter Forecasts [Bloomberg] Debt-Laden HNA’s Credit […]
Exploding Deficit Must Be Financed, Past Lenders Are Less & Less Interested Strong Dollar? / Weak Dollar? Gold Wins Either Way Do We “Encourage” Instability Worldwide to Attract US Treasury Investors? The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “We are moving into a period of global chaos and disunity unlike any that […]
[Bloomberg] Stock Recovery Falters; Yen Rallies With Havens: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] Record Number of U.S. Small-Business Owners Say It’s a Good Time to Expand [Reuters] Stock market’s rout is not impacting the US economic outlook: Cleveland Fed’s Mester [Bloomberg] Any Hint of Faster Inflation in Data Could Knock Markets All Over Again [CNBC] Investors cut […]
[Bloomberg] Stocks Rebound With S&P; Oil Snaps Selloff: Markets Wrap [CNBC] US 10-year Treasury yield climbs back to four-year high [Bloomberg] Record $23 Billion Flees World’s Largest ETF [Bloomberg] Volatility’s Awakening Spurs Record Long Position in VIX Futures [Bloomberg] U.S. Budget Director Warns Interest Rates May `Spike’ on Deficit [CNBC/FT] Bridgewater investment chief sees new […]
[Bloomberg] Bond-Stock Clash Has Just Begun as Inflation Looms [Reuters] ECB concerned about U.S. political influence on exchange rates: Nowotny [Reuters] IMF’s Lagarde says market swings aren’t worrying, but wants reforms [Reuters] Iran displays missile, Rouhani says U.S. regional policy a failure: TV [WSJ] Investors Brace for More Market Turbulence After Rocky Week [WSJ] Why […]
[CNBC] Big-spending budget pact rattles markets, threatens ‘next fiscal crisis’ [Reuters] Investors brace for more swings as U.S. inflation specter rises [Bloomberg] Junk-Bond Selling Accelerates at End of Jittery Week in Markets [FT] The end of an era for market tranquility [FT] The unstoppable rise of trading market volatility
February 6 – Wall Street Journal (Spencer Jakab): “Only very rarely has a trade gone from being so good to being so bad so quickly. Among the most profitable trades during the bull market has been to short volatility, essentially betting the market would get calmer and stay calm. An exchange-traded instrument, the VelocityShares Daily […]
