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Marc Bentin
Aug 21, 20226 min read
Still Technically Bullish but...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Equities forfeited all the previous week’s strong gains as de-risking struck across the board, causing...
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Marc Bentin
Aug 14, 20226 min read
Squeezing A Little Longer...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, The catalyst for last week’s continued rally in risk assets was a lower-than-expected US July CPI print...
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Marc Bentin
Aug 7, 20226 min read
6 Sigma Beat on US Payrolls
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Friday’s US unemployment data delivered a 6-sigma upside deviation vs. expectations with 528k non-farm...
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Marc Bentin
Jul 31, 20227 min read
Fed Tightens 75bps, Stocks Rally
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, As was widely expected the Fed raised rates by 75bps last Wednesday giving way to a powerful and...
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Marc Bentin
Jul 24, 20228 min read
ECB Raises Rates 50bps and Unleashes More QE
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, The major news from last week was the ECB 50bps rate hike along with the details of its new...
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Marc Bentin
Jun 21, 20225 min read
Bonds Throw A Party (BentinPartner Daily 23-Jun-22 )
BentinPartner Daily Dear Reader, US stocks initially dropped on the first words of J. Powell’s House testimony as he reaffirmed his...
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Marc Bentin
Jun 19, 20225 min read
Stagflation Ahead...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Stocks dropped sharply again last week as doubt emerged whether investors need to be scared more of the...
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Marc Bentin
Jun 12, 20225 min read
Inflation Soars and Consumer Confidence Sours
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Last week delivered some brutal trading sessions yet again, ending the period with a storm and sharp...
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Marc Bentin
Jun 5, 20225 min read
Not A Storm But A Hurricane Coming (J. Dimon)
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, The US Jobs report last Friday showed 390’000 jobs were created in May while the April figure was also...
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Marc Bentin
May 30, 20226 min read
Squeezing The Big Short...Weekly Review
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Squeezing The Big Short... With the rejection of the lows printed on Friday last week (the one before...
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Marc Bentin
May 22, 20227 min read
The New Gold Narrative is Shot...Weekly Review
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, The "New" Gold Narrative is Shot... Last week was again brutal, inflicting US equity indices a seventh...
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Marc Bentin
Jan 23, 20227 min read
12 Years Ago...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, 12 Years Ago... 12 years ago, Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart wrote the book “This time is different”, a...
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Marc Bentin
Jan 1, 20226 min read
Is It Over or What ?
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, 2021: An Exceptional Year … Last year was exceptional and wild in many respects, driven by the pandemic...
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Marc Bentin
Nov 2, 20215 min read
Meme Pas Peur...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Last week brought in a weaker than expected US Q2 GDP growth at 2%, dragged down by supply bottlenecks,...
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Marc Bentin
Oct 25, 20215 min read
Bye To A Mercyless Vilain...Really?
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, US indices rose to fresh all-time highs last week, propelled by short covering as the recent correction...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 21, 20215 min read
Inflation is Transitory and a non-issue...Really?
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, US Retail sales climbed 5.3% last month (and +7.4% from a year ago) after decreasing 1.0% in December,...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 7, 20215 min read
Risk On Again...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Risk-on returned with a vengeance last week. Friday’s payrolls report came in weaker than expected...
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Marc Bentin
Jan 31, 20215 min read
Main vs. Wall Street traders
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, The entire story of the past week was centered on an epic fight between Main and Wall Street traders...
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Marc Bentin
Jan 24, 20215 min read
Bye bye... Buy? Buy!
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, In 2008, the US debt/GDP ratio was 41%. In 2019 it reached 87%. In 2020 it crossed 100%, ending at 108%...
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Marc Bentin
Jan 17, 20216 min read
Crusting Time...
BentinPartner Weekly Dear Reader, Over the past week, US stocks shed gains from the first week of the year, dragged down by weaker than...
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