Macro Dragon: Welcome to Week #21...

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(These are solely the views & opinions of KVP, & do not constitute any trade or investment recommendations. By the time you synthesize this, things may have changed.)

Macro Dragon: Welcome to Week #21

Top of Mind…

Theme for this wk is flash PMIs, mins out of the Fed & RBA, same US / CH geopolitics, reopening vs. recovery, fiscal vs. monetary & likely looking for a structural break out of recent trading ranges across a number of assets.

Holidays: CA out today, DK, FR & GER Thu Holidays, Worth noting long wkd up ahead in the US with Memorial day on Mon May 25 being a holiday.

US: Building Permits, Housing Starts, FOMC mins, Philly Fed Mdg, Flash PMIs, CB Leading Index, Existing Home Sales…

CH: CB Leading Index

EZ: ZEW Economic Sentiment, Current Account, Final CPI, Consumer Confidence, Flash PMIs

JP: Flash GDP, Tertiary Industry Activity, Core Machinery Orders, Trade Balance, Flash mfg. PMI, National Core CPI

UK: CB Leading Index, Unemployment Rate, CPI, PPI, Flash PMIs, Retail Sales

AU: RBA mins, CB Leading Index, MI Leading Index, Flash PMIs

NZ: PPI, Milk Auction, Credit Card Spending, Retail Sales

CA: CPI, Annual Budget release, ADP, Core Retail Sales, Corporate Profits

Please Make The Bandwidth For The Following…

May 14 Thu – Saxo Market Call, where we touched on bitcoin, gold, negative rates & banks

Macro Dragon: Checking-in on Bitcoin... Legendary Trader Paul Tudor Jones, is in Love, with Bitcoin & Gold...

Make time for NOK & Norway folks, JJH touches on part of the implication on the fiscal measures announced last wk FX Update: NOK to break higher on massive stimulus?

Ole checking in on wheat Another year of plenty awaits the grain market

Creagh on Aus jobs report last week Hope trade fades

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Start-End = Gratitude+Integrity+Vision. Create Luck. Process > Outcome. Sizing > Idea.

Namaste,

KVP

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