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Macro Update: Food riots are starting, Sri Lanka is already facing serious unrest, Pakistan and Iran are looking to be next. Instability in Iran would compound the energy supply issues we’re already facing. Commodities deals are bypassing the US Dollar,
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Macro Beardown Breakdown. India (the second largest wheat producer) has put a ban in wheat exports. China has also banned the export of fertilizers; following the sanctions of Belarus and Russia, and this is essentially limiting the global supply of
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Good Morning Friends, Macro Minutes… Friday we saw a bit of a relief rally after VIX started to roll off the 30s into the high 20s, and remember VIX expiration is Wednesday and then we have options monthly expiration this
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In any diabolical twist of fates, there is always the most underdog dog, and in this inflation-stagflation-deflation-reflation global-local supply chain catastrophe there is always a greater loser from the losers. In terms of commodities, there are a few oddball losers
Read moreGood Morning Friends! Remember how I was telling you back in the Day (probably last week) that as credit spreads widen the greatest pressure will be felt by banks that can not borrow money via bonds? Yesterday seven high grade
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When a baby is born a mother will most often carry, love, cherish and nurture the vulnerable soul; and as that child ages, it may one day be the baby’s turn to care for the mother. No one knows how
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Ken’s story is nothing short of a miracle, covered in a drive, tenacity, and purposefulness that stands to encourage any parent, any outsider, any trader, and last but not least any underdog. In Ken’s youth, he sought excitement, danger, and mischief; though
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Good Morning! Yesterday we closed below our (Open Interest) Put Wall on both SPY and QQQ, and that has not happened since I can’t even tell you when. We also have gamma squeezes on most of the major tech names,
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This last Week/Weekend was massive and CrayZayZay! (Read with a Comedic Tone…) Russia Oil Embargo what?! (but not Gas, so Germany is spared a total implosion). Shanghai Ports, they still exist, only in our minds’ eye because strictions are getting
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During Quantitative Easing, the Fed put Money into the market by buying an array of treasury bonds/securities/notes/mortgage backed securities, etc. Now every month some securities reach their maturity and historically the Fed has refinanced most of these. With tapering, the
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