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The cut is certain. The outlook isn’t.
The cut is certain. The outlook isn’t.

We’re heading into one of those weeks where markets feel like an overstuffed Advent calendar: every day pops open with another surprise. Oracle and Broadcom …

December 8, 2025

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Sprinting with a shoe untied - sprinting nonetheless
Sprinting with a shoe untied - sprinting nonetheless

Markets are ending the week in one of those oddly upbeat moods where bad data is good news, good news is rare, and everyone pretends …

December 5, 2025

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US Passed, Japan Scored
US Passed, Japan Scored

US markets cheered weak jobs data yesterday, treating 32,000 job losses in November — and the fourth negative print in the last six months — …

December 4, 2025

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Not while JGBs keep pressuring
Not while JGBs keep pressuring

Bitcoin, USDJPY, JGBs — call it the holy trinity of risk appetite. Since Monday, these three have been my first stops when turning on the …

December 3, 2025

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Fragile rebound
Fragile rebound

Oh boy, what a start to the month! Japanese yields spiked after BoJ’s Ueda hinted at a rate hike, sending equities and Bitcoin tumbling, while …

December 2, 2025

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Ueda ruins the mood
Ueda ruins the mood

Markets returned from Thanksgiving in a fragile mood, but it wasn’t the Fed, stretched tech valuations or holiday spending that set the tone this morning …

December 1, 2025

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