How do you as a market maker extract energy from the political economy? First, under your role within the State. You are the State. Bankers, lawyers, traders, and commodities owners and producers are the State. Within this group is held the philosophy and narrative for the extortion of the underlying political economy. When I say … Continue reading Market makers: How do you extract energy from the economy?
Black Americans have been making arguments about reparations for slavery for decades. The argument that the United States owes the descendants of Africans brought to the United States is a powerfully emotional one. Today’s Blacks are either descendants of African indentured servants who saw their contracts for freedom broken by wealthy Anglo-Saxon landowners, merchants, or … Continue reading How do Blacks navigate a currency system they did not create? By showing they know the currency system better than anyone else.
Since I was not surrounded by material wealth, I fell for the narrative of career growth, home investing, real estate, business growth, etc. If those approaches worked, by my estimate over 60% of Americans would not be concerned about running out of money before aged 70. So many of us have fallen for that traditional path to material wealth that cynicism toward professional networking events like these is warranted. Continue reading The lies behind “building wealth.”
The old adage is that 99% of retail traders fail. I believe that we are failing because we are not good at obtaining and trading the most valuable commodity: information and knowledge. That failure is compounded when we push up against the hourglass of time. Continue reading I heard you should trade like a central bank. Let’s see what the Federal Reserve trading desks are waking up to on 5 September 2023.
Traders and their counsel should be mindful of this behavior and the use of communications that hint at price fixing behavior. Strong compliance methods should be put in place to avoid liability. Continue reading Compliance: What traders should avoid. Red flags that may signal price fixing.
The quick take … The 30-year and 10-year bond rates appear to have reversed from yesterday. The longer term 30-year should in theory be higher than the 10-year. Our forte is not bond analysis but in theory this rate relationship typically indicates that the markets are seeing a decline in risk. The further out the … Continue reading The Interbank: What the Federal Reserve is looking at in terms of rates at 8:35 am EST, 25 August 2023.
At issue currently is the division among current members as to how fast the coalition should grow. In addition, there is also the issue of having an infrastructure in place that can support the movement of financial capital in a bloc made up of 40% of the world’s population. Continue reading As BRICS expands, what is the Federal Reserve looking at in terms of rates at 8:12 am EST, 24 August 2023.
Fed Funds Futures. 30-Day Federal Funds Futures rate=94.565 Source: CME Group. Federal Reserve Reference Rates. Discount window rate=5.50% Interest on reserve balances=5.40% Effective federal funds rate=5.33% Overnight reverse repo rate=5.30% Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (Ready for another trader challenge? https://traderswithedge.com/?r=348 ) Treasurys. 30-year rate=4.45% 10-year rate=4.34% Source: Board … Continue reading After a dip in yields, the Fed sees rates for the 30 and 10-year bonds tick back up. 10:16 pm EST, 22 August 2023.
30-year and 10-year Treasury rates continue to tick up. Continue reading The interbank market at 8:35 am EST, 21 August 2023
Lawyers Write the Bets. Bankers Sell the Bets. 