How Will Hedge Funds Adjust to Tighter Monetary Policy?
Christian Alexander of Macro Link is one of the best-connected insiders in the hedge fund industry -- a "Jerry Maguire" figure with a broad and deep list of contacts. Three years ago, he spoke with Ro...
19 Feb 202237min
There Is No Gold But Gold
“GOLD.” That’s it; that’s the tweet Jared Dillian has published twice in the last couple days, as the yellow metal has surged more than 2%. A store of value (and a medium of exchange) for millennia, g...
18 Feb 202234min
Is There Light at the End of the Inflation Tunnel?
As detailed in the just-released minutes of the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, U.S. central bankers are going to tighten faster than they did during their last rate-hiking cycle...
17 Feb 202234min
Investors Shrug Off the PPI as Ukraine Tensions Ease
The Producer Price Index, a measure of wholesale prices and a key input for consumer prices, rose 1% in January, doubling the 0.5% consensus forecast. The PPI was up 9.7% year over year, easing from t...
16 Feb 202243min
No Love Lost This Valentine's Day as Markets Brace for War
Equity indexes faded into the close today, as investors continue to weigh prospects for a diplomatic solution to the simmering problem in Eastern Europe. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an ultimatum t...
15 Feb 202235min
Inefficiency vs. Risk Premium
Renowned author, professional trader and quantitative analyst Euan Sinclair describes the subtle difference between inefficiency and risk premium in options and markets. Learn more about your ad choic...
14 Feb 202210min
Why Global Markets are Addicted to the Bank of Japan
Inflation is rampant globally, and the world’s major central banks are all taking decisive measures to tighten policy in their respective ways, with the exception of one major developed market central...
13 Feb 202241min
Will the Fed Be Forced To Make a Move Before March?
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for February read 61.7, down from 67.2 in January, well short of a median estimate of 67, and the lowest print since October 2011 – even lower than ...
12 Feb 202235min
