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What We’re Reading
November 9, 2018
Today's topics include crude oil's bear market, crude oil production, bond fund inflows in 2018, ballooning U.S. debt, quant fund performance, the U.S. economy and the dollar.
Today's topics include crude oil's bear market, crude oil production, bond fund inflows in 2018, ballooning U.S. debt, quant fund performance, the U.S. economy and the dollar.
Talk is rampant that the Fed could cut Interest on Excess Reserves (IOER) by five basis points to better align the effective rate in the middle of its range of 2.00% to 2.25%. The Fed is not entirely sure why IOER has drifted to the upper end of the targeted range, but increased bill supply is one suspect.
The U.S. 5-year 30-year spread is poised to flatten with investor positioning reaching steepening extremes and the Federal Reserve committed to normalizing policy.
Global economic convergence may be on its way, but this time around economies are slowing. Investors are beginning to make a return to long-end U.S. Treasuries and low volatility equities in preparation.
Improvements in key industrial search trends are encouraging signs for Latin American growth.
Today's topics include weak Treasury demand during QT, politics and the economy, emerging market debt, the trade war, Venzuela and the rise of alternative data.
Traders have good reason to fear the last half hour of trading during sell-offs.
U.S. stock returns typically fare well in the wake of a midterm election.
While optimism in Asian Pacific emerging markets is on the rise, the same cannot be said for Latin American emerging markets.
The U.S. will spend almost 17% of its tax revenues on servicing its debt this year.