Tag Archives: Markets

Markets

Dominant Retail Options Traders Load Up On Puts
Posted By Alex Malitas  |  Featured, Newsclips

Total options volume has soared since the end of 2019 as retail traders have become dominant in using short-dated (less than a week) options as speculative tools. With the macroeconomic backdrop constantly changing, they bounce back and forth between puts and calls, This is amplifying volatility in markets.... Read More

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Can the Stock Market Handle Higher Yields?
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

Rising yields are taking their toll on the S&P 500, so much so that stocks are currently more volatile than Bitcoin. Without a Fed pivot in sight, stocks may have to have a sharp correction before yields stop moving higher.... Read More

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Equity Market Concerns
Posted By Alex Malitas  |  Featured, Newsclips

The extreme pace of global central bank tightening is causing turmoil across all financial markets. Much of the focus is on the "liquidity hole" in the bond market, however equity markets are showing cracks. ... Read More

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The Case for Higher Rates From Here
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

As the Fed hikes and short rates increase, long rates should get dragged higher. Economic data would need to weaken meaningfully to change this outlook.... Read More

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What’s Missing From the Fed’s Argument
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

The Fed has been explicit in their goal to continue raising rates, but the markets are still hoping for a pivot. Behind this tension is a disagreement about the long-term outlook for inflation. Is it persistent?... Read More

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The 10-Year Note Goes Streaking
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

10-year yields are up nine straight weeks, the longest such streak in over 28 years. History shows this type of rise in yields typically proves detrimental for the stock market.... Read More

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Bond Market Trouble
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

The bond market suffers from high volatility, illiquidity, stress, and record losses. These problems are spilling over into the currency and stock markets. ... Read More

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Buy-and-Hold Investors Keeping the Market Afloat
Posted By Alex Malitas  |  Featured, Newsclips

Equity markets have yet to show full panic even as macro headwinds grow. With flows and volatility showing no signs of capitulation, we are unlikely at a bottom until positioning shifts.... Read More

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What Is Breaking?
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

The labor market is not showing signs of faltering, which is only adding to fears the Fed will continue hiking. Stress is showing in the markets, however.... Read More

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Chairman Powell Forecasts Interest Rates
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

In Chairman Powell's press conference on Wednesday, he said the Fed would like to see interest rates "across the entire yield curve" move above the inflation. If positive real rates are the goal, rates have to move another 100 basis points higher.... Read More

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Will a Higher Terminal Rate Result in Higher 10-Year Yields?
Posted By Jim Bianco  |  Featured, Newsclips

As hawkish talk continues, the forward curve is pricing in a higher terminal rate. This pushes up the 2-year yield. If the yield curve holds its current spread, the 10-year should also shift higher.... Read More