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Volatility Insanity Return :Averages Spike
After the shock of early August 2024, the Volatility Index (VIX) had ups and downs, but the averages did not move much as the spot prices...
Sameer Kalra
6 hours ago


US Liberation:Global Deliberation Worry
In the next forty-eight hours, President Trump will announce the most awaited tariff changes, marking it as Liberation Day. Will the...
Sameer Kalra
Apr 1

Global Liquidity Crisis ?
Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to reduce the quantitative tightening and the Bank of Japan continues to support bond operations....
Sameer Kalra
Mar 25

The Fed Error in the Making ?
Last week's FOMC meeting resulted in a reduction in the GDP forecast and an increase in inflation, with some level of increase in...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 24

Recession Scenario : Horror of 1973-75
Assuming that a recession is likely to occur in the near future as a result of policy changes, the important question is what impact it...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 18

A Recession ? We are fine with it
Over the past few days, officials within the US administration, including President Trump, have been saying there will be a period of...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 17

Reset of World Order & The Costs
For decades, free trade practices with smooth goods and services movement were given to companies planning to start or expand their...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 11

Volatility Insanity Returns : March Madness
The first week of March has been more volatile than previous months combined. The volatility index ( Vix ) jumped to a high of 27, the...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 10

Oil Price Breakdown ? Recession ahead
Yesterday, OPEC+ decided to start reversing the 2.2 mn bbl/day cuts from April 2025. This is estimated to reduce the deficit by 0.9 mn...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 4

The Transatlantic Dislocation
For the past many decades, it was a given that the USA and Europe along with certain other countries were on the same side of any global...
Sameer Kalra
Mar 3


European Outperformance Surprise
As the first two months of the new year come to a close, most of the investor community has been surprised by the outperformance of...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 25

Germany Test Over : EU Test Begins
As Germany voted with the highest turnout of 84% since its reunification in 1990, the results were mostly in line with polls. Unions(...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 24


USA & Russia : Warm up in Winter ?
In the last few days, the geopolitical world has been turned upside down by a one-hour call between President Trump and Putin. Two major...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 18

Gold : The Only thing Shining
Since October 2023, gold prices have increased 60% to $2900/oz. Ever since the first lockdown in 2020, central banks throughout the world...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 17


World Tariff War 2 - Second Week
It has been only a week since China imported goods into the USA and received a 10% tariff hike, with Canada and Mexico tariffs postponed....
Sameer Kalra
Feb 11

Volatility Insanity Returns - 6 Months +
In the past six months, financial markets have seen large downside moves in a quick period of time. Despite equity indices being higher...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 10

World Trade War 2 - 48 hrs onwards
After 48 hours since the initial order in tariff was signed, there has been de-escalation and escalation simultaneously. Given that IEPA...
Sameer Kalra
Feb 4


DeepSeek causes the Deep Correction
In the last 24 hours, there has been enough information about DeepSeek and how it might impact the AI industry. This led to almost a $1...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 28


Emergency Tariff - The Trump Card ?
As the world was getting ready to start a new week and recover from the actions of the new US President, it had a new one to cope with....
Sameer Kalra
Jan 27

The Inaugural Reversal : Years in Hours
Yesterday, as the USA elected a new President, the world elected the most unpredictable leader in recent history. The time for unknown...
Sameer Kalra
Jan 21
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