The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for February 18, 2023 Interest rates rose again this week; stocks, bonds and gold fell while the US Dollar rallied I began last week's Notes by pointing out that…Victor Adair19 February 2023
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for February 11, 2023 Key Turn Date - February 2, 2023 - The Fed Will Be Higher For Longer The market was "Fighting the Fed" for the past couple…Victor Adair11 February 2023
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for January 28, 2023 FOMO Alert! The Nasdaq had its highest weekly close yesterday since September, up ~13% from the 27-month lows made last October. This week's close was…Victor Adair29 January 2023
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for January 21, 2023 The Anti-dollar trade Last week I wrote: Gold bugs have believed for years that gold is the original Anti-dollar, but lately, the Euro currency has…Victor Adair22 January 2023
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for January 14, 2023 Markets are expecting the Fed to cut rates this year, but the Fed says, "Don't count on that." This is the current SOFR (Secured Overnight…Victor Adair15 January 2023
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for January 7, 2023 "What's the Fed going to do?" was the Big Question in 2022, but it won't be the Big Question in 2023 The Fed raised short-term…Victor Adair8 January 2023
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for December 31, 2022 The Financial Times: Global Stock and bond markets lost more than $30T in 2022 The S+P more than doubled (up ~120%) from the Covid Panic…Victor Adair31 December 2022
The Trading Desk Trading Desk Notes for December 17, 2022 Market sentiment: the Big Question has changed For the past several months, the Big Question has been, "When will we get Peak Fed?" The sentiment…Victor Adair18 December 2022