January 15, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Last week we featured a dollar cheap way to express a defined risk bearish view into JPM’s Q4 earnings. We did not execute the trade ourselves as it started moving lower before we could get our ideal entry and …

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January 9, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On Wednesday (below) I highlighted what appears to be a brewing technical meltdown in the Euro currency and the Euro Stoxx Bank Index (SX7E) as both traded at 52 week lows today, with the SX7E closing …

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January 7, 2015 by Dan • Chart of the Day

The investment world seems obsessively focused on the rise and fall of crude oil and the knock-on effects on other risk assets. This morning, oil is green, equities are green and bond yields are green. …

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September 9, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Yesterday in Enis’ preview of the week’s events, he highlighted the extremely low levels of movement in the SPX: After last week’s busy economic data calendar, this week’s schedule is very light by comparison.  However, …

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September 2, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Last month’s towering accomplishment in the S&P 500 of finally topping the nice round number of 2000 was the surest way to get some equity market strategists dreaming of 3000.  This morning, Morgan Stanley’s strategist …

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July 11, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

As the week crawls to an end, the week that was saw the first bout of equity volatility in a while.  As I write this the VIX is up about 17% from last Thursday’s close, …

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