The repurchase “repo” market is the function that deals with cash management in the bank-to-bank funding markets. You may have heard there have been some issues in recent weeks. It’s nothing investors need to worry about today, but it will be when the economy gets
The Iranian backed attack by the Houthi Rebels against critical Saudi crude infrastructure is clearly an escalation of negotiating tactics. The US led sanctions since breaking the Iran nuclear deal is economically painful for Iran. We also saw Iran flex their muscle in the Strait
The ECB is expected to cut overnight rates 10 bps to -0.5% and extend their QE bond buying program at this week’s meeting. Outgoing leader Mario “Whatever it Takes Bazooka” Draghi is being replaced by Christine “Whatever it Takes TBD” Lagarde next month. The debate
Buying the dip always makes sense if you want a sleep-at-night type of portfolio rather than buying strength. The question, as always, is what do you buy and when do you buy it? We almost always focus on the S&P 500 because it represents almost
“We have a bond market where one-quarter of the universe trades at a negative yield. The long bond yield just went negative in Germany [the entire yield curve in Switzerland has been negative for a while]. Over half the world’s bond market is trading below
President Trump is not likely going to get a trade deal with China before the next election. He basically told us that on Friday, and it’s confirmed my market chatter today. What’s plan B? Currency wars. In studying the 1987 stock market crash, there we
Basic economic analysis looks at the relationship between demand and supply. There are two major ways prices move higher. And increase in demand (the good way) and decrease in supply (the bad way) in terms of the outlook for the energy sector. Back in 2014,
As a classically trained technical analyst, one of the areas of study we learn when completing the Chartered Market Technician designation is an understanding of the market topping process. By comparison, it’s WAY WAY WAY easier to identify market bottoms due to the emotion capitulations
Last episode we wrote about the rapid decline in earnings outlooks for the S&P 500. We focus on this benchmark because it represents about 40% of the world equity market capitalization and houses most of the largest companies in the world. The US market is
I recall the Barron’s round table discussion in the January 2008 issue where the majority of panelists were very optimistic on the outlook for 2008 earnings as the Great Recession was digging in. What investors need to understand is that Wall Street is always painting