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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 7, 2024


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
Oct 1, 2024


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 30, 2024


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 24, 2024


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 23, 2024


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 17, 2024


The Rate Cut Week - 25 or 50 ?
During the past six months, there have been many ups and downs that led to investors speculating the time of rate cuts. However, given...
Sameer Kalra
Sep 16, 2024


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 10, 2024


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 9, 2024


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 3, 2024
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