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Comment As the chart above shows, Yellen (orange) is now in third place behind Warsh (dark blue) and Powell (light blue). Predictit added a contract for Powell on Friday when his name as a potential Fed chief first came to light. That...
CNBC – This was the least volatile September ever, here’s what that means for stocks The calendar says Fall, but you’d be forgiven if you think it’s Summer. That’s because this was the least volatile September on record, but...
The Financial Times – Supply-side shocks confound Fed’s economic models As a mere humble observer of passing macro events, rather than a model builder, I have been noticing a series of unexpected supply-side shocks coming in one business...
The Wall Street Journal – Buying Dollars Is Getting Expensive, Again It’s getting pricey for foreigners to snap up U.S. bonds without the currency risk. A type of derivative used to buy dollar funding using other currencies is once again...
Bloomberg – Fed Eyes Rates as Asset-Price Tool in Break With Hands-Off Past Federal Reserve policy makers are embarking on a subtle shift in strategy with potentially big implications for investors: using interest rates as a tool to contain the...
Bloomberg – Cryptocurrency Flash Crash Draws Scrutiny From Watchdog A popular digital-coin exchange is drawing scrutiny from U.S. regulators over a June flash crash that erased most of the value in the second-largest cryptocurrency before...
On September 29, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the Commitment of Traders (CoT) statistics for Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Below are some charts of note we selected from our new interactive CoT report below. Feel...
Long-term Treasury ETFs saw record inflows leading up to the September FOMC meeting. Yields failed to move lower and are rising sharply today. Some investors had already begun to lose faith before today’s move. The chart below shows 5-day net flows swung from +$1.9 billion on September 13 to -$519 million as of September 26. … Continue reading
As the chart below shows, shortly after the Brexit vote last year both the Stoxx Europe 600 (red line) and the S&P 500 (blue line) fell sharply. After that initial fall, they have advanced 11.34% and 18.29%, respectively. The MSCI World Stock Indices are all also up after initially falling. The… Continue reading Stock Total...
The Bloomberg Treasury Index (blue line below) is down slightly (-0.05%) since the Brexit vote. The Bloomberg High Yield Index (blue line below) is up 14.34% since the Brexit vote. The Bloomberg Investment Grade Index (black line below) is up 4.50% since Brexit. Use the interactive chart below… Continue reading