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Look At All The Trade War Drums

Vanity Fair’s Bess Levin recently said that when it comes to the trade war hoopla the “Three Horsemen of the Economic Apocalypse are on it”.  The article in question, tinged with an anti-Trump bias, is [...]

By | 2018-04-06T06:42:54+00:00 April 6th, 2018|Comments Off on Look At All The Trade War Drums

Trading Barbs Down To The Wire

The opening salvos have been fired and the body count could soon start piling up.  No, I am not talking about the steel and aluminum tariffs announced by Trump a couple of weeks ago (which [...]

By | 2018-03-23T16:21:44+00:00 March 23rd, 2018|Comments Off on Trading Barbs Down To The Wire

Is Short Volatility Contained Or A Canary?

On Janet Yellen’s last day as Fed boss the markets suffered their worst percentage loss in 20-months.  Yesterday, on Jerome Powell’s first day as Fed Chairman, the VIX spiked by its largest amount on record [...]

By | 2018-02-06T10:28:07+00:00 February 6th, 2018|Comments Off on Is Short Volatility Contained Or A Canary?