Monthly Archives: August 2023
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08Aug11:07 amEST
We're Moving to a Higher Plane
Dare I say, the era of low volatility is over. With volatility sellers as cocky as I have ever seen them, to dovetail mega cap tech bulls, the stage is set for a nasty volatility unwind higher. To be sure, this entire process has taken much longer than I ever anticipated. However, nothing has changed the underlying picture which is why I...
07Aug2:10 pmEST
Natty Gas: Maybe the Nine Millionth Time Will Be the Charm
Anyone who has traded natural gas over the years, be it the commodity futures contract themselves or the various ETFs, knows how uniquely tricky it can be insofar as various head-fakes and traps. However, with the energy complex catching a strong bid during the middle portion of this summer, namely crude and gasoline futures, it is certainly...
06Aug10:53 amEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 08/06/23 {Video}
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04Aug2:28 pmEST
Fitch's Get Stitches
While it may be tempting to praise the credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, for its recent downgrade of U.S. debt as being an admirable display of courage and integrity, I am willing to bet they had plenty of other reasons for making the move, too. Fitch, of course, got publicity from it. They also cement a ton of of ye-olde "covering one's...
03Aug1:27 pmEST
Bond Bulls Have it Wrong
The sheer duration and size of the consolidation Treasuries have been operating in, since last autumn when equities bottomed, almost assuredly means that when the inevitable directional break comes from said consolidation it will take many by surprise and oftentimes be far more violent in nature than most expect--Paul Tudor Jones has famous...
02Aug11:47 amEST
Son of a Fitch Downgrade!
You can tell just how spoiled and irresponsible our politicians have become by their visceral whining to the Fitch downgrade of U.S. debt last evening after the bell. But perhaps even more of a travesty was the sheer amount of pearl-clutching by various economists and market pundits who immediately slammed the ratings agency for the timing of...
01Aug2:50 pmEST
Summertime Blues for the Lag
We have High Yield Corporate and Junk Bonds (HYG, JNK ETFs, respectively) gapping down hard from a cluster of recent sideways candlesticks denoting a possible bearish reversal down. Meanwhile, both rates and the U.S. Dollar are on the move higher, with rates on the 10-Year Note suddenly coming close to that key 4.1% level we have been noting...