A prayer to Ben Bernanke from a fixed income trader
A prayer to Ben Bernanke from a fixed income trader
/ June 20, 2013 0 COMMENTS
This was sent to me by a reader who is clearly an interest rate guy, or he could be ...
Morning Call – Bernanke speaks, bonds up, stocks down and the Aussie crashes
Morning Call – Bernanke speaks, bonds up, stocks down and the Aussie crashes
/ June 20, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap It truly was the most important announcement of the year so far and while the FOMC didn’t divert at all, except for one small wrinkle I will talk about below, from the ...
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/ June 20, 2013 1 COMMENTS
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Morning Call – Waiting on the Fed, Stocks up but Aussie pressured.
Morning Call – Waiting on the Fed, Stocks up but Aussie pressured.
/ June 19, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap Is it possible that for all the criticism that has been directed at the Fed that the nuances are actually starting to become apparent between a “taper” and a ...
Morning Call – Enter the vacuum, Aussie Down but other markets quiet
Morning Call – Enter the vacuum, Aussie Down but other markets quiet
/ June 18, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap Considering that Jon Hilsenrath wrote an article almost guaranteeing the Fed taper yesterday morning and the FT followed up with a similar piece overnight stocks did pretty well ...
FX CFTC CoT Positoning – Aussie specs super short, GBP finally reacting to the rally
FX CFTC CoT Positoning – Aussie specs super short, GBP finally reacting to the rally
/ June 17, 2013 2 COMMENTS
Here is our summary of this week’s moves in the positioning of the large speculative FX trading community as reported by the CFTC in their Commitment of Traders Report AND what it means ...
Morning Call – Waiting for Helicopter Ben
Morning Call – Waiting for Helicopter Ben
/ June 17, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap Stocks in the US ended the week under pressure  as the Yen surged again and people reacquianted themselves with the relationship between USDJPY and the S&P 500. Data in the US ...
Morning Call – Aussie roars, stocks recover on stronger US data
Morning Call – Aussie roars, stocks recover on stronger US data
/ June 14, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap You would have been forgiven after seeing the massive 6% drop in the Nikkei yesterday to expect to walk in today after a night of equity market carnage and it might have gone that ...
Morning Call – Stocks sink, as bonds rise and emerging markets sell off.
Morning Call – Stocks sink, as bonds rise and emerging markets sell off.
/ June 13, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap More concern over the past 24 hours about the path of Fed policy when the FOMC meets next week which caused more selling in stocks, bonds and FX markets and a generalised increase ...
Morning Call – watch out it’s volatility time as emerging markets join the rout
Morning Call – watch out it’s volatility time as emerging markets join the rout
/ June 12, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap As if we need any fresh reminders that the Markets are on life support from central banks stocks were hammered yesterday in Tokyo and then overnight  and the Yen strengthened ...
Morning Call – Markets hang about waiting on BoJ and Fed, Aussie finds a little support
Morning Call – Markets hang about waiting on BoJ and Fed, Aussie finds a little support
/ June 11, 2013 0 COMMENTS
Recap Stocks had a messy night as the competing forces of rising US bond yields, a Greek miss and weaker than expected Chinese data over the weekend competed with the S&P decision ...