October 31, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

You know the drill… BOJ, Fed, Oct Jobs this week. Election next. I suspect BOJ surprises to the downside on less than expected commitment to monetary stimulus, but will be muted. I expect the Fed …

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September 8, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money, Marko Kolanovic, JPMorgan’s global head of derivative strategy made the case for an uptick in volatility, and the strong potential for a pullback in U.S. stocks nearing 5% between now …

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July 21, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

As most of you know, sentiment is a strange bedfellow when it comes to financial markets. It’s usually dire or running hot at the opposing extreme in the actual market, bottoms or tops.  I’ve always felt …

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May 6, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

April non-farm payrolls came in 45k below the 205k expectations, with a revision lower for February and March.  April’s print was the lowest since September 2015, and the 2016 average of 192k per month is …

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March 9, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Prior to Crude Oil’s 45% rally off of last month’s 13 year lows, the commodity declined 75% from its 2014 high, remains 65% off of those levels, and is down about 75% from its 2008 …

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March 7, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Ya’all know whats going in Japan regarding decades of failed monetary policy, and the recent introduction of negative interest rates.  Abenomics seems like sooo 2012/2013 at this point, and it seems whatever the BOJ says …

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March 1, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

NOTE: Last night on our sister site, Ticker District contributor Peter Boockvar, Chief Market Analyst for The Lindsey Group, and the Co-CIO of Bookmark Advisors fielded questions from the other contributors, ranging from what kind of volatility we can expect …

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February 26, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

For the better part of the last 6 months, investors have been fairly clueless as to where to park cash with the prospects of a reasonable risk adjusted return. The global volatility in credit, currencies, commodities …

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February 23, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Everybody I read and listened to called it. The S&P 500 (SPX) was going to test the August 24th lows, then test the October 2014 lows then bounce back to 1950.  If you came into …

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November 12, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

In August, fears of systemic financial risk briefly roiled our equity markets. That was the first time those fears had bubbled up since 2011. Since then, central banks globally have at least talked the talk …

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