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Cot Commentary: Largest Net Long Position For the Yen
March 3, 2025
The Commitment of Traders report gauges positioning changes among different types of market participants.
The Commitment of Traders report gauges positioning changes among different types of market participants.
Today's topics include Mag 7 takes a tumble, when will inflation reach 2%?, understanding the U.S. trade deficit, about GDPnow's massive Q1 decline, breaking down government spending, credit spreads widening, U.S. stocks are lagging, and EU defense spending
While the majority of money market fund assets remain in government funds, the retail crowd has started reaching for yield once again in prime funds.
Today's topics include economic uncertainty has risen dramatically, corporate spreads, more on tariffs, new home sales, dissecting the reasons behind market corrections, margin debt record as investors continue to add risk despite uncertainty, falling fees, will DOGE spark a Fed cut?, and active versus passive
Traders who made a bet on natural gas in the futures market over the past year had to pay a hefty price to roll contracts each month.
The debt ceiling was reached on January 1. The Treasury has various techniques to keep the government funded until July/August before a technical default is possible.
Only 41% of the stocks in the S&P 500 beat the index's return over the past year, among the lowest percentages in at least four decades.
The dollar now accounts for more than half of all SWIFT traffic globally.
How big are the Fed's holdings of bonds, notes, bills, TIPS, MBS, agencies, and FRNs in relation the outstanding market?
Since election day, the equity rally has stalled as investors become accustomed to a new paradigm of political uncertainty.