Category: World Out Of Whack

World Out Of Whack
Chris MacIntosh

World Out Of Whack: You’d Be Fired For Doing This

It’s been like a surreal sense of déjà vu as conversations I’ve had over the last couple months keep bringing up similar themes. The market, increasingly indistinguishable from a petulant, impulsive, and near sighted toddler, rewards intelligence, risk management, and logic with a swift kick in the nuts. The advantage to

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World Out Of Whack: 3 Events, All Tied. Can You See The Trends?

Well done! To the Donald… Too true Donald. These guys are filthy rich. In fact, if Justin Bieber lived out there, they’d put him on income support. Fighting words those. Bow wow, woof, woof. Grrrr! Disgraceful… this bowing thing. Elect me, and I’ll show ’em. Aaaand…. tamed! Is that Trump or

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World Out Of Whack: The End Of Oil Within 10 Years?

“We are on the cusp of one of the fastest, deepest, most consequential disruptions of transportation in history.” So says Stanford University economist Tony Seba in a detailed report. The report paints a pretty grim picture for oil bulls, and an even grimmer one for one horse economies such as that of the Saudis, who

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World Out Of Whack
Chris MacIntosh

World Out Of Whack: Déjà Vu In The USD Bull Market?

What in God’s name is happening? It’s not a high. It’s a record high. Sweet mother of Mary… As we can see from the above chart courtesy of the FT, emerging markets sold a record amount of government debt in the first quarter of this year. More from the FT here: “Data

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World Out Of Whack
Chris MacIntosh

World Out Of Whack: Crypto Currencies Go Ballistic

Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all its glorious insanity.

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World Out Of Whack: 5 Head Scratchers

Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all its glorious insanity.

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World Out Of Whack: An Absurd Unintended Consequence Of Abnormally Low Rates

Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all its glorious insanity.

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World Out Of Whack: Does This Energy Deal Signal A Dollar Bear Market?

Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all its glorious insanity.

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