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This Week In Cryptocurrency: Bloodbath
The Sky Is Falling! Okay, maybe we’re being a little dramatic. But, this week was a bloodbath for the cryptocurrency market. For the first half of the week, the market seemed to be continuing the non-volatile movement we’ve gotten accustomed to over the last few weeks. However, on Wednesday, things turned south with an almost […]
Cold Early December Risks Send Gas Flying Again
The volatility appears here to stay in the natural gas complex, as the December contract shot 6% higher and continued upwards post-settle on continued risks that the month of December starts quite cold. The theme of March leadership continued as well, with the March contract logging the largest gain again today after it led Tuesday […]
Foreigners Dump US Treasuries As They Liquidate A Record Amount Of US Stocks
Earlier this week, DoubleLine’s Jeff Gundlach held his latest webcast with investors in which he warned that as a result of rising hedging costs, US Treasury bonds have become increasingly unattractive to foreign buyers. This can be seen in the chart below which shows the yield on the 10Y US TSY unhedged, and also hedged […]
Why A Short-Term Correction On USD/CHF Pair Could Happen
Switzerland is one of the most prosperous countries in the world. Its prosperity comes because of a number of reasons. Historically, the country has taken a neutral approach to global issues. In fact, it did not participate in the Second World War. As a result, the country continued to develop its economy as the other […]
How Might Market Reactions Guide Brexit Votes?
(Video length 00:04:57) On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Senior Quantitative Investment Strategy Analyst Dr. Kara Ng and Rob Cittadini, director, Americas institutional, discussed the latest developments surrounding Brexit, recently released economic data from China and U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on the state of the economy. Tumultuous […]
E Central Banks Are Withdrawing Support From Government Bond Markets
The asset holdings of the important central banks are shrinking (Fed, BOJ, ECB), as the three central banks have shifted from quantitative easing towards quantitative tightening. The three central banks were involved in a substantial program of bond buying in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown to stimulate their own economies as well as […]
S&P 500 Snapshot: Down 1.6% From Last Friday
The S&P 500 was down three out of five days this week, closing Friday up 0.22% from Thursday. The index is down 1.61% from last Friday and has seen declines each of the last Fridays, week over week. It is up just 1.5% YTD. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note […]
Market Talk – Friday, Nov. 16
A relief rally after a poor opening for US markets and that confidence did roll into Asia, but only for a short time. The Nikkei opened well but then saw selling and the heavy mood softened the index into the weekend. This trade could also have been a balanced trade for the Yen, which is […]
Why Are Oil Prices Dropping Sharply? Global Economy Forecast Softer
Oil prices jumped in September and early October of this year (2018), but have dropped $20 a barrel in the last few weeks. The sharp turnaround is attributed to OPEC’s inability to cut supply, but this is old-fashioned thinking. OPEC’s power is a small fraction of what it was in the 1970’s. What’s happening now […]
