Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The rotation towards bonds continued, with equity investors under pressure from any number of angles.Escalating tensions in the Middle East and Treasury yields topping 5% for the first time since just...

This will be one of those weeks with significant risks quietly lurching in the background. Again, the biggest of those risks are the Treasury auctions, which haven’t been going particularly...

Restrictive monetary conditions, from higher yields and tighter lending conditions, are the Fed’s “Waterloo.”If you don’t remember, the “Battle of Waterloo” was...

The US 10-Year Treasury yield briefly crossed above the 5% mark yesterday — the highest since 2007 — before settling at 4.98%, based on Treasury.gov data.For buy-and-hold investors, the...

US: Third-quarter GDP growth to come in at around 4% Eurozone: Broad consensus is for no hike as the ECB has already reached a record high UK: Jobs data and PMIs in focus as BoE is set for November...

MON: Bank of Israel Announcement, EZ Consumer Confidence (Oct), US National Activity Index (Oct) TUE: German GfK Consumer Confidence (Nov), EZ/UK/US Flash PMIs WED: BoC Announcement, NBH Announcement,...

Risk off: Wild moves in Treasury markets yesterday betrayed the rather febrile mood – the US 10yr Treasury swung 10bps as Fed chair Jay Powell spoke, kissing 5% for the first time in 16 years...

Markets remain unsteady and investors undecided, as rising Middle Eastern tensions and bond yields threaten to undermine any thoughts of an immediate rally.The end of the week could prove to be...

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Risk off Remains the Dominant ThemeIt was “risk off” again first thing this morning as Europe’s leading indexes fell along with US index futures following Wednesday’s selling....

Stocks finished sharply lower as rates reached new cycle highs on the long end of the curve, and the yield curve steepened. This led to a drop of about 1.3% on the S&P 500, bringing the index down...

The US recession forecasts persist for some analysts, but the start date keeps moving forward as incoming economic data continues to reflect strength. The trend is reflected in today’s upwardly...

Yesterday was a busy day for stocks, as rates exploded to the upside following the hot retail sales report. This led to a sharp decline in the morning for stocks, only for the declines to be erased...

Bloomberg recently penned a great piece on the “Law of Unintended Consequences.” To wit: “There is only one true law of history, and that is the law of unintended consequences. In...