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
Pressure on the Fed Rises as the CPI Hits a 40-year High
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning that the Consumer Price Index for January 2022 was up 0.6% and 7.5% year over year. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said he’...
11 Feb 202239min
Between "Inflation and Deflation" Lies More Volatility
Japan Machine Tool Orders, the best leading indicator of the global industrial cycle, accelerated in January. And recent data suggest the backlog at Los Angeles Port may begin to ease by summer. At th...
10 Feb 202234min
Did Macron Convince Putin Not To Invade Ukraine?
President Emmanuel Macron of France met with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow on Monday and emerged with what seemed like good news: There’d be no further escalation of the Ukraine crisis....
9 Feb 202238min
