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Time to care about Euro area politics again
Investors started to worry about the French election in Feb-17 – two months ahead of the vote. European parliamentary elections…
Investors started to worry about the French election in Feb-17…
The USD Does Matter
We have been writing about the recent weakness in the Emerging Markets space, and that poor momentum in the EM…
We have been writing about the recent weakness in the…
Macro and Credit – Cryoseism
“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.” –  Pearl S. Buck Watching…
“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the…
Speculation We Said, Speculation We Got
The Chinese bull continues. Below is the chart showing the SHCOMP, CSI 300 and the Chi Next performance YTD. All…
The Chinese bull continues. Below is the chart showing the…
EM FX – Probably Nothing but Watch It
The Emerging markets FX space has been very stable over past months, but recently things have been reversing a bit.…
The Emerging markets FX space has been very stable over…
Emerging Markets – The Canary in the Mine?
The mighty USD continues climbing higher after it briefly touched the 200 day average some 10 days ago. The big…
The mighty USD continues climbing higher after it briefly touched…
Oil Matters
Oil is not trading overly happy today. A week ago, most people saw oil about to break up higher, as…
Oil is not trading overly happy today. A week ago,…
China – Dancing Close to the Exit
Chinese equities are hated by most, but the trajectory higher continues. We have written about the Chinese bullish set up…
Chinese equities are hated by most, but the trajectory higher…
Did An Irresistible Force Meet An Immovable Object?
Since the day after Christmas, the markets have been in a surge very similar to what we saw in January…
Since the day after Christmas, the markets have been in…
Vixxed not Fixxed
VIX has been on the rise over past 2 sessions. We are far away from the extreme moves we saw…
VIX has been on the rise over past 2 sessions.…
Mind the Gap
We have seen several “funny” things occur during the January move higher in equities. One of those is that when…
We have seen several “funny” things occur during the January…
Italy is Back as a Hot Topic
We reminded our readers on Italy as one of the next possible themes on January 31st. A week ago, nobody…
We reminded our readers on Italy as one of the…
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