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Marc Bentin
Mar 6, 20183 min read
Daily Close
It was just not meant to be ... After shedding as much as -20 points at the lows during the overnight session, the s&p500 started to...
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Marc Bentin
Mar 3, 20183 min read
Daily Close
Stocks staged a mild recovery on Friday, bouncing off the lows to end +0.5% on the S&P. HY forgot to squeeze and closed with spreads...
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Marc Bentin
Mar 2, 201810 min read
Daily Close
US Treasuries rallied after equity markets tanked and volatility returned, sending the vix back above 20. Yesterday saw SPX,...
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Marc Bentin
Mar 1, 20184 min read
Daily Close
February was a short month but one that will be remembered for delivering an unprecedented volatility blow and a cross asset...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 28, 20184 min read
Daily Close
US treasury yields rose 4bps and the S&P500 shed 1.3% after Fed Chair Powell said in a Q&A session of his Semi annual testimony to...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 27, 20182 min read
Confidometer Review (Cleaning The Tracks)
Purpose of the Analysis: The Confidometer evaluates market sentiment looking at several gauges of volatility (vix level), option pricing...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 26, 20184 min read
Daily Close (It Is All Over over...Or Is It?)
Stocks continued on last Friday’s monentum with the S&P gaining 1%, supported by W.Buffett’s thank you to D. Trump’s tax cut in his...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 24, 20183 min read
Daily Close (Pumping Iron into the Close)
Stocks traded nervously for the whole day on Friday and “were rallied” towards the close, ending 1.5% higher after an explosive last...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 23, 20182 min read
Confidometer Review
Purpose of the Analysis: The Confidometer evaluates market sentiment looking at several gauges of volatility (vix level), option pricing...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 23, 20183 min read
Daily Close (A Fizzling Rally)
US stocks closed largely unchanged after a daylong fizzling out of the opening gap higher and the s&p closed below its 50dma despite a...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 22, 20181 min read
Daily Close
Stocks rallied ahead of the Fed minutes publication but ultimately closed lower as us 10 year bonds yields climbed 5bps to a new high...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 21, 20183 min read
Daily Close
Semiconductors (bitcoin related...) and tech stocks rallied early yesterday, keeping the tape together before a 10% decline in Wallmart...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 17, 20181 min read
What A Week It Was...
Despite a failed last run on Friday, US stocks recovered about half their losses this past week, climbing every day after investors...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 17, 20182 min read
COT Report
Last week’s FX Commitment of traders report showed a broad based but modest "reduction" in net speculative positions which was a healthy...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 16, 20183 min read
Gold Report (Why It is Time to Buy Back Gold)
The fundamental support for gold will likely come from nascent inflationary fears (see inflation expectation report below) and central...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Daily Close
No news is good news. Europe is lagging and EM outperforms amidst global dollar weakness. Bonds were stable and the s&p500 gained 1.2%....
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Marc Bentin
Feb 15, 20183 min read
Daily Close
The publication of a surprisingly strong US CPI (+0.5% in January (from +0.2% in December), “beating” all expectations) coupled to a...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 14, 20182 min read
Daily Close
Today’s session was nearly boring for those who got used to the volatility of the past two weeks. Stocks seem to want to return to...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 13, 20183 min read
Daily Close
Stocks further recovered from last week’s selling climax, adding 1.5% yesterday. Gold rallied USD8 as well while US 10y bond yields...
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Marc Bentin
Feb 11, 20181 min read
The COT Report
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