Markets Play Chicken With All Time Highs, As Risks Rise!

February 03, 2024 00:26:00
Markets Play Chicken With All Time Highs, As Risks Rise!
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Markets Play Chicken With All Time Highs, As Risks Rise!

Feb 03 2024 | 00:26:00

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Show Notes

This is my regular weekly market update. Investors hate surprises and we got many this week – to the point where I begin to wonder whether markets are fundamentally broken as they were driven higher by good results from some of the magnificent seven, despite the shock revelation of mounting losses from commercial property by little-known banks in New York and Tokyo. And then the US jobs number came in so hot, as to lift bond yields while Central Bankers this week played a cautious hand, suggesting that they need to see more evidence before they start cutting rates, against […]

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