Wednesday's FOMC was highly unusual. A 50bps cut, an optimistic economic outlook, and hawkish forward guidance have never combined at an FOMC meeting that I can recall. Historically, 50 was always a bazooka, reserved for highly stressful times when recession risks...
On Monday morning at 9am EST I am going to host a zoom call focused on the speed with which the Fed is likely to return to a neutral policy stance. A quickened pace post the election is likely to have important implications for equity, currency, credit, and commodity...
I thought this very concise commentary below from over 13 years ago would be a nice way to kick off September. The Fed put structure has been a critical feature in my writing since first starting at Jefferies nearly 15 years ago. The put has come a long way, through...
As a good Greek, I tried my best to disengage from work during the month of August and rest up before hitting the road on an unusually aggressive fall travel schedule. That said, in the early part of the month, I felt obliged to write a quick note from the beaches of...
The Fed, the BoJ, payrolls, the US presidential election race, tech earnings, and the escalation in the Middle East have all conspired to create some heavy derisking. Volatility was low, and complacency was high heading into the mid-July all-time highs for spoos. And...
The Fed, the BoJ, payrolls, the US presidential election race, tech earnings, and the escalation in the Middle East have all conspired to create some heavy derisking. Volatility was low, and complacency was high heading into the mid-July all-time highs for spoos. And what precisely led to this spiky exodus from crowded carry positions since […]
