I mentioned on QuickHits yesterday morning that VIX options had their most actively traded day of 2012 on Tuesday this week, trading more contracts than any single day since Aug 2011. A lot of that …
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Our Main Macro Man Enis is on his way to Turkey this morning to do a little emerging market groundwork, so I am gonna take a quick shot at his Macro Wrap. First things first …
Continue readingMr. Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech will be at 10am EDT today. It’s the first of a series of big macro announcements over the next 3 weeks. FTAlphaville had a good calendar posted yesterday, courtesy of …
Continue readingThe S&P 500 has spent the last 13 days trading above the 1400 level, the longest stretch since the winter of 2007. There was much talk of a bullish breakout earlier this week when the …
Continue readingMarketwatch Consumer spending in the U.S. fell slightly in June and marked the second straight decline even though wages rose sharply, according to the latest government data. Spending fell less than 0.1% last month on …
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