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The more I know, the less I understand: An end-of-week rant

By Jamie Coleman  || September 11, 2009 at 19:44 GMT
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I’m still trying to connect the dots from this week, but they don’t much connect.

Gold took off for the stratosphere. China, right? I guess.

Bonds yields fell toward range lows even though another $70 bln in supply was issued. As gold soared.I still don’t get it.

“We’re worried about your currency, but hey, how about another helping of those long-bonds over there…”

Still does not make much sense. Oil falls $3.50 on a day gold makes a new trend high?A weekly close below $70.

I could go on and on.Most of the correlations on which we’ve relied in recent months are badly breaking down and traders are trying to come up with new relationships on which to lean. USD/JPY is no longer a risk barometer though it looks as though EUR/USD is plying that ground.

Maybe enlightenment will come with a weekend’s reflection…Hopefully the markets make more sense to all of you than it does to me at the moment.

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5 Responses to “The more I know, the less I understand: An end-of-week rant”

  1. Bear on September 11th, 2009 19:54 GMT

    Haha, you aint on ur pat malone there Jamie…think theres more money to be made selling hair pieces for traders at the moment..Thanks for a great week with your insight and a great site. Have a relaxing weekend.

  2. lilac on September 11th, 2009 22:24 GMT

    Not expecting any enlightenment in the near future.
    But hey, that’s what makes it all so fascinating – and frustrating.
    But you’ve more or less said it yourselves, when the fundies don’t work … go sink a few.
    Or summat ;)
    Thanks for all the hard work, guys.

  3. lilac on September 11th, 2009 22:31 GMT

    Ohhh – and jf J ;)

    http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1146092420090911

    That definitely does it – cable’s a short :)

  4. lilac on September 11th, 2009 22:37 GMT

    Oh and PS
    I’d be grateful if you’d expound on the open interest stuff, thank you, J :)

  5. Tony on September 12th, 2009 04:59 GMT

    What was that last minute drop in the cable all about…anyone?…



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