Here’s Why US Equity Investors Should Care About China’s Bad Loan Problem
With all eyes on Brexit, the market seems to have temporarily forgotten about the biggest risk factor of all: China. Understanding the country’s capital markets, FX regime, and banking system can be a daunting task, but it’s worth the time to do a bit of research because it truly is important to comprehend what’s going…
Fear Builds Ahead Of Fed, Brexit Vote As German 10-Year Goes Sub-Zero
It’s probably safe to say that there’s now a palpable sense of anxiety hanging over global markets. We previewed the flight to safety here yesterday, noting that Brexit risk was driving investors into supposedly “riskless” assets and haven currencies. Currencies like the yen, which is trying pretty hard to press towards 100, creating a rather…
Brexit Jitters Drive More “Yen”-Sanity: Lessons From The Bloodbath In Asia
Ok, so Microsoft bought LinkedIn. If you picked up some LNKD back in February after the disastrous Q4 call, good for you. Now that we got that out of the way, let’s talk about the trends driving markets on Monday because understanding the ebb and flow here is going to be critical over the next…
Goldman Warns Big Drawn Down On The Way
Remember last year, when Jamie Dimon jumped on the bond market liquidity bandwagon and warned that harrowing bouts of flash crashing madness like what unfolded in October of 2014 with USTs were likely to happen with increased frequency? As a reminder, here's what he said: "Treasury markets were quite turbulent in the spring and summer…