Degenerate Business School

Tail Risk in Taiwan

August 08, 2022 Degenerate Business School Season 1 Episode 148
Tail Risk in Taiwan
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Degenerate Business School
Tail Risk in Taiwan
Aug 08, 2022 Season 1 Episode 148
Degenerate Business School

Last week, the Finance Twitter newsfeed produced an embarrassment of riches. Just to enumerate the highlights:

  • Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and sent the CCP into a frenzy 
  • The jobs report blasted consensus, making way for more Fed hawkishness
  • Amazon bought Roomba, completing it's conquest of your home
  • Michael Saylor stepped down as CEO of Microstrat to work on Bitcoin full time
  • BlackRock announced it will now offer bitcoin trading for institutional clients

Which of course bears not at all on the state of technicals. But it does appear that Friday's jobs report was the narrative capstone to a rally in the Nasdaq, that by all technical standards has reached very overbought levels. Is this the point of exhaustion, in the near term at least, for the counter rally?

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Last week, the Finance Twitter newsfeed produced an embarrassment of riches. Just to enumerate the highlights:

  • Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and sent the CCP into a frenzy 
  • The jobs report blasted consensus, making way for more Fed hawkishness
  • Amazon bought Roomba, completing it's conquest of your home
  • Michael Saylor stepped down as CEO of Microstrat to work on Bitcoin full time
  • BlackRock announced it will now offer bitcoin trading for institutional clients

Which of course bears not at all on the state of technicals. But it does appear that Friday's jobs report was the narrative capstone to a rally in the Nasdaq, that by all technical standards has reached very overbought levels. Is this the point of exhaustion, in the near term at least, for the counter rally?