Market Volatility 2025: Trump’s Wild Card Year

Magnificent Seven combined market cap $24.836T (approaching $25T, new record). Larger than every country GDP except US. Nvidia $5.76T record high. Microsoft +1.5% approaching $4T. Seven stocks: Nvidia,...

A lackluster jobs report eased expectations of another hike this month, yet long yields keep setting new highs. Brent trades $13.75 above WTI.

Stock futures little changed Monday as elevated Treasury yields dent investor sentiment despite tech momentum. Dow futures -51pts (-0.1%), S&P 500 flat, Nasdaq-100 +0.2%. 10-year yield at highest...

Overnight trading is growing 358% a year but remains 1% of volume, dominated by foreign retail accounts trading sub-dollar Chinese shares.

PIMCO President Christian Stracke Bloomberg interview: AI spending + hyperscaler capital demand (not inflation expectations) primary force pushing real rates/bond yields higher. Demand for capital lifting real rates,...

Quant hedge funds profiting from global bond sell-off. Trend-following portfolios benefiting from yield surge. 10-year US Treasury: 4% end-Feb → 5.2% Oct. Graham Capital Tactical Trend fund: +31%...

Global bond markets stabilizing Friday after heavy Thursday sell-off. 10-year US Treasury: 5.24% Friday (5.34% Thursday peak—highest since 2002). Japan 3.1%, 30-year UK gilts 6%+ (first time 1998)....

Cboe's own derivatives head argues options are the better instrument, with capped losses and asymmetric payouts that perpetuals cannot offer.

The category outflow is smaller than MBB's alone, because a large share was one manager rotating from a passive fund into its active one.

Scott Rubner argues September cleared stretched positioning. The volume case is better supported than the seasonal one.