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Ozan Tarman: Geopolitical uncertainty drives market volatility, skepticism towards US headlines fuels investor caution, and potential equity market squeeze looms | Odd Lots
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (361+ words) Ozan Tarman is vice chair of global macro at Deutsche Bank. He previously served as head of global macro strategy at HSBC. Tarman meets regularly with large investors around the world to gauge their positioning in volatile markets. I think…...
Luke Gromen: Debt will be repaid in less valuable currency, the US needs to cut a trillion dollars to balance the budget, and parallels to the 2008 financial crisis are emerging | The Peter McCormack Show
12+ hour, 36+ min ago (567+ words) Escalating financial crisis mirrors pre-2008 era, with US budget cuts risking higher deficit-to-GDP ratio. Luke Gromen is the founder and president of FFTT, LLC, a macro/thematic research firm he established in 2014. Prior to that, he was a founding partner…...
Simon White: Inflation is peaking at 3.5% before dropping to 2.8%, complacency mirrors the 1970s, and geopolitical risks threaten market stability | Macro Voices
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (406+ words) Rising inflation and geopolitical instability could lead to significant stock market sell-offs and economic challenges. Simon White is a macro strategist at Bloomberg and co-founder of Variant Perception. He has advised some of the largest hedge funds, banks, and financial…...
MEXC gold futures up 123%; geopolitical uncertainty fuels crypto-metal derivatives surge
2+ week, 1+ day ago (259+ words) Victoria, Seychelles, March 11, 2026" MEXC, the world's fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchange, has released the latest trading data for its precious metal futures market. Following the heightened geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran on February 28, volatility in the global precious metals…...
Bill Nelson: The ratchet effect ensures higher reserve levels, challenges of reversing quantitative easing, and the critical role of effective communication in monetary policy | Macro Musings
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (403+ words) Central banks are rethinking balance sheet strategies, signaling a shift in global monetary policy. Bill Nelson is Chief Research Officer and Chief Economist at the Bank Policy Institute. He previously served as deputy director of the Division of Monetary Affairs…...
Polymarket publishes enhanced market integrity rules for DeFi platform and US exchange
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (446+ words) The prediction market giant is tightening its rulebook across both its decentralized and CFTC-regulated platforms, with a new MLB partnership adding urgency to the cleanup effort. The timing is not accidental. These revisions arrive alongside a freshly inked partnership with…...
Hot inflation and a hot war keep markets on edge
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (987+ words) The Fed's hawkish pivot meets Persian Gulf airstrikes, pushing crypto into extreme fear territory while equities notch a fourth straight weekly loss. Two things that markets absolutely hate showed up at the same time this week: sticky inflation and military…...
Hawkish Fed and sticky inflation send risk assets sliding
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (1094+ words) Bitcoin drops below $69.5K as the Fed holds rates steady, long-term holders dump over 1,650 BTC, and the Fear & Greed Index screams capitulation. The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates parked at 3.5%-3.75% this week, and the market responded with all the…...
Fed holds rates steady as sticky inflation and geopolitics pressure markets
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (279+ words) Policymakers keep rates unchanged while hot PPI data and Iran tensions weigh on risk assets and crypto. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, maintaining the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75% as markets turned cautious ahead of the decision. Attention…...
Oil relief and steady inflation give risk assets a breather
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (796+ words) A historic 400 million barrel oil release and in-line CPI data offer crypto markets a rare moment of calm " even as extreme fear persists. The International Energy Agency just announced its largest coordinated oil release in history, and crypto markets responded…...