The VIX: Your Portfolio’s Early Warning System| Catalyst Insights
A brutally honest take from someone who profits when everyone else panics| Catalyst Insights
It looks like a big margin call started in Japan. The Japanese Yen has become a funding currency in recent years, a source of cheap financing with the proceeds reinvested in better returning assets – such as US$ listed AI stocks. Debtors benefit when the currency in which they’ve borrowed depreciates. The Yen offered low borrowing costs and a lower value – until it didn’t.| Catalyst Insights
Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their latest ten-year budget projection. It invariably makes for depressing, if unsurprising reading. Significant deterioration in our fiscal outlook is visible with every release.| Catalyst Insights