Followers of my twitter account (@JulianMarchese) would know by now that I have switched from the long side in stocks, gold, bonds, and euros, to being short stocks, oil, and euros. My initial long positions were essentially based on the expectations of further central bank easing/accommodation, and the expected move did come to fruition, at [...]

Below is an example of note-taking I do every day to get a sense of what is going on around the world. It is extremely important to condense as much information as possible especially with the huge amount of information exchanging hands every day. Economic Data Releases   Technical Notes: -Market correlations continue to break [...]

For anyone following my twitter (@JulianMarchese) you would notice that I am currently long risk assets, through a bullish stance on equity and the euro. I am also long gold and bonds for very similar reasons. The reason I have such positions is simple… expectations for Federal Reserve & ECB liquidity injections. At the very [...]

Nothing.  In my opinion, along with many others, I believe that any action or hints to action by the Federal Reserve is quite unlikely at this point. The recent rise in risk markets, including U.S. equities to new highs, will most likely limit the U.S. central bank from doing anything meaningful, except continue repeating previously [...]