US Election enters Climax phase
Almost three weeks to go before the worlds top economy chooses its new leadership. In last few months it has been nothing less than a...
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Sameer Kalra
Oct 8
Volatility Insanity Returns - Third Month
As financial markets entered the third month from the day, the volatility index (VIX) became volatile again. It is important to review...
Sameer Kalra
Oct 7
New Targets of War - Energy & Power
In the last forty days, natural gas prices are up by 30% and oil prices are up 8% since the start of this month. This has a...
Sameer Kalra
Oct 1
The Month of October - Critical
As the new month begins so do a new level of worries for many. Last night Israel started with a limited ground operation in Lebanon. The...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 30
The Sleeping Dragon Fights Back
As per the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey, the second most crowded trade was Short China equities with an increase percentage...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 24
Global Stock Markets on a High
In the last four quarters summing into a year now, the global equity proxy fund (URTH) has risen by 30%. Despite geopolitical tensions...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 23
The Fed Action had a stronger Reaction
Last week, the Federal Reserve surprised a lot of stakeholders by cutting rates by 50bps without a crisis going on. This move was...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 17
Global 3yr Cycles - Bonds,Forex,Stocks
While global investors await the Federal Reserve's decision on Interest Rates, the US bond yields have already reduced from 4.2% to 3.6%...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 10
Low Price of Oil - Sign of Worry ?
Since July 2024, the price of crude oil has fallen from a high of $88/bbl to the current low of $71/bbl. In a normal economic scenario,...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 9
Volatility Insanity Returns - Week 6
After the first two weeks of volatile volatility, the levels reduced for the next three weeks and returned to where they began. Last week...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 3
Volatility Insanity Returns - Month 1
It has been a month since the Volatility Index ( VIX) of the S&P500 turned insane and rose from level 16 to 65 within three days. This...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 2
Global Bond Market at Inflection point ?
In the last two months, International Bond ETFs have witnessed a return of 6.5% similar to November- December 2023. The difference this...
Sameer Kalra
Aug 27
Wars Enter a New Stage of Escalation
During the past few weeks, the ongoing conflicts between Israel-Iran proxies and Russia-Ukraine have reached new escalation. Last weekend...
Sameer Kalra
Aug 26
Powell gets a Hole in One
The last 72 hours have been another round of volatile events but this time one was positive and another negative with limited impact. The...
Sameer Kalra
Aug 20
Manufacturing Slowdown Started ?
During July, the first hint of a manufacturing slowdown appeared globally. In the past two years, the global economy has witnessed a...
Sameer Kalra
Aug 19
Volatility Insanity Returns - Week 3
Today is the start of the third week since VIX spiked from 17 to 65 within 48 hours. But since then, certain changes in events have led...
Sameer Kalra
Aug 6
Volatility Insanity Returns - Day 2
In the past 24 hours there have been many speculations of a Fed emergency rate cut and due to this Fed rate swap market is now factoring...
Sameer Kalra
Aug 5
Volatility Insanity Returns
In last three trading sessions VIX has almost doubled from a low of 16 to high of 30. The crude oil OVX has increased from 28 to 40....
Sameer Kalra
Jul 30
Crude Oil Price at Critical Level
Since December 2023 crude oil prices have been in a range of $76-$86/bbl and this has resulted in stable energy prices that have led to a...
Sameer Kalra
Jul 29
East & West Central Banks Decision Time
This week might be the most anticipated in the Central Bank policy calendar as the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve Bank meet on the...
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