If you are looking at how earnings will play out against analyst expectations, here is one way we judge the results. Not only are we looking for a beat or a miss, but also the recent adjustments to the estimates. Often times when there are significant changes lower/higher it may...
I have been whining about this for some time. The correlation of the Yen to the equity markets is as tight as it can be. During most days, the tick by tick moves are mirrored as the Yen is being used as a tool to fund equity purchases.
If you have...
The computers took over once the (false) Tweet was released that there was a bombing in the White House and President Obama had been injured. We discuss how the algos may have exacerbated the sell-off and subsequent rally. Also, Apple (AAPL) earnings and more….
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The Citigroup Economic Surprise Indices are objective and quantitative measures of economic news. They are defined as weighted historical standard deviations of data surprises (actual releases vs Bloomberg survey median).
A positive reading of the Economic Surprise Index suggests that economic releases have on balance been beating consensus.
The indices are calculated...
Japan’s yield curve has flattened since the central bank’s new governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, announced plans for unprecedented quantitative easing. Bloomberg’s Graph Curve Surface function shows the market’s response
to Kuroda’s plan and therefore the potential impact of similar programs in other countries.
There has been a good amount of talk related...
