March 9, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

The stock market volatility in January and February was largely the result of investor fear that the deflationary pressures of crashing oil and industrial commodity prices would move the global economy closer to a recession.  …

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March 4, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Earlier today in my MorningWord I highlighted the conundrum of the data dependent U.S. Federal Reserve, faced with U.S. economic data hitting their prior targets for employment and inflation and the possibility for renewed tightening, vs the …

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January 26, 2016 by Dan • Trade Updates

In late November, heading into what was a near certainty that the U.S. Fed would put an end to their zero interest rate policy in their December FOMC meeting, we decided to put on a trade that …

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January 15, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Yesterday in my MorningWord (Skyfall for Treasury Yields?) I offered my take on the prior night Fast Money guest Raoul Pal‘s view U.S Treasury yields were likely to go lower over the course of the next year, …

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January 11, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

I think we can all agree that the main culprit for the 6% decline last week in U.S. equity markets was the decline in China’s currency and the downward volatility in their stock market.  What is …

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