The euro strengthened(1)
The dxy weakened (2)
I expect a pop in the indexes (3) on the open
its all currencies doing this
But keep an eye on the 30y (blue) its going up. Everything follows the 30y eventually. A swap coming to correct today
In between everything else in this "market" you are working against:
a) cb money games
b) corp malfeasance
c) supply shock
d) rising interest rates
e) vol sellers slurping theta
f) fintwit "influencers"
g) cnbc shills
And know that i am of the strong opinion you must do swaps, ideally iron condors or at least butterfly's to protect from theta decay and rot of vix due to swaps.
See here - notice the vix vs dxy
Its not TIGHT correlation but there seems to be influence.
U don no when swaps hit
Another observation - say you have a loan on a 10m office building.
you got the loan at 2%.
Well that sucks rn cause interest rates are way higher.
So, you want the arb on the interest rate - so you "swap" interest rate w/ higher, and they pay lower.
Banksters will bankster.
sorry - spreads
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In a currency war, you win by out "devaluing" your currency vs your trading partner.
You do this to gain market advantage - your products become CHEAPER than your competitor, killing your competitors industry.
The white line is china - when the white line goes up (9 of them) china devalued.
Notice that giant plunge near #4?
Notice the yellow line - thats global liquidity - and its inverted - so you can clearly see central bank interventions and its impact on the chinese currency.
G7 loaded up on debt, and out china'ed china....
Lately they stopped - because inflation now is raging.
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Remember - currencies are a RATIO.
So when chinas currency goes up on this chart - it gets WEAKER relative to USD.
Which means the USD gets STRONGER.
Stronger USD = bad for US exports, particularly to china.
It means China wins global trade vs US because everything is so cheap.
Tariffs equalize trade and offset this nonsense.
Tariffs make this cheap chinese export due to currency games less competitive.
US cannot control what china does, but it can control what it imports from china.