Brexit - Part Three

While stocks, real estate, and sovereign debt may be in bubbles, there is a bigger bubble than them all. That bubble is the political bubble. Unlike other bubbles, there is no way to measure the feelings of citizens. The polls tend to underrepresent populist support much like analysts over represent earnings expectations. There’s no PE…

Trump Is Brexit

Trump IS Brexit. Allow me to explain. The presidential election was in the news today as the FBI re-opened its case investigating Hillary Clinton’s emails after new evidence was found in its research into Anthony Weiner’s separate case. This sent stocks falling mildly. I think we can extrapolate the effect it had on the market…

Big Macs and Big Buildings: The “Gates” Are Up In The UK

If you had no idea how the Brexit vote turned out, you could certainly surmise what happened just by glancing at the following chart: What do you see? That’s right, a stronger dollar, a stronger yen, and sharp declines in the Chinese yuan and British pound. Actually it’s not entirely accurate to call the pound’s…

Red Light, Green Light

Earlier this week, we explained how pretty much everything you’re seeing in terms of market swings can be at least partially explained by central bank frontrunning. Stocks up? Investors anticipate the Fed will delay its next hike thanks to the Brexit debacle. Dollar up? Investors know that even if the Fed doesn’t hike, it’s still…

The Brexit, the brally, and the brutal reality

TheoTraders must zero in on where the risk is in the market. Let's look at a comparison chart of the bonds, gold, and stocks. This will help us determine whether or not risk is still on the table.

Pounded: British Pound Plunges, Stocks Soar As Bank Of England Comes To Rescue

This is yet another one of those days where everything can pretty much be explained in one chart. Here it is: Bank of England governor Mark Carney gave his second speech since the Brexit vote on Thursday and all but assured the market that more BoE easing is in the cards. “The economic outlook has…

Brexit Fallout Continues: Here’s What To Watch

US and European bourses got off to a rocky start on Monday after a largely positive session overnight in Asia. You’ll want to watch financials here, both in the US and (especially) in Europe. Needless to say, markets were already questioning the solvency of some European banks and now, post-Brexit, we’ve got a real problem.…

A Closer Look At Which Companies Are Vulnerable To A Rising Dollar

Clearly, the results of the UK referendum leave us with quite a bit to think about going forward. Trading in the days ahead of the vote provided some important lessons in investor psychology and we learned, yet again, that the post crisis landscape is vulnerable to tail events. We were also reminded of the extent…

The Black Swan Landed: What Happens Now?

Ok, the Brexit dust has settled. Sort of, although there’s a Russell rebalance today, so don’t forget about that. The obvious question going into the weekend is this: “so by almost all accounts that was a catastrophe, what now?” Well, the first thing you should probably take into consideration is the collective central bank reaction.…

The Morning After: Surveying Brexit Damage

It all started at exactly 5:01 pm ET Thursday evening. That’s when the following headline hit the terminal: NIGEL FARAGE: LOOKS LIKE REMAIN WILL EDGE IT: SKY Hallelujah. This week’s risk-on sentiment was justified after all. They’ll be no “Brexit” on our watch. Take that, anyone long yen. Then, exactly one hour and 53 minutes…

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