Steen Jakobsen
Chief Economist & CIO
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RT @TweetsMillenia: #ChartOfTheDay - November 18 CBOE Put/Call ratio complacency, at extremes. The trigger for $SPX to start a correction?…
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RT @LiveSquawk: Reports Yemen's Houthis Have Seized 3 Ships, Including One Belonging To Saudis, In The Red Sea -Al Masirah TV
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RT @zerohedge: Trump will congratulate America on the new Dow all time high any moment. Just one problem: 90% of Americans own 6.8% of stoc…
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RT @zerohedge: At this rate, AAPL will fully LBO itself by 2030 https://t.co/OUwTGDzA9q
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RT @saxobank: Today the #SaxoStrats @Ole_S_Hansen, @petergarnry and @johnjhardy discussed the ongoing market melt-up and sound a few notes…
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RT @DiMartinoBooth: @sentimentrader Confidence gap one of widest in 5 years at >-60%. When S&P 500 was w/i 1% of multi-year high, 64 other…
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PM Johnson's Conservatives have highest support since 2017 - polls https://t.co/T0RLS2N6Oq
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RT @bcaresearch: "We expect that trade tensions will calm enough for the economic data to improve during the next few months. The result wi…
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RT @BittelJulien: Business demand for commercial & industrial loans is a function of future growth expectations (i.e. the yield curve), whi…
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RT @Schuldensuehner: The market is almost always wrong about what the Fed will do, DB says. https://t.co/2VqOzWeccl
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RT @TheHKGroup: As shown in Jim Bianco's @biancoresearch chart below, large companies have kept the Ponzi afloat to date by using their cas…
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RT @zerohedge: POMO is temporary, they said. It's just a mid-September tax payment, they said https://t.co/nBeHAZ9kJc
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RT @JeffSnider_AIP: The reason FAI is record low: private side is pulling out (downturn and worse) and the public side is now Xi's side.…
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RT @PatrickHill1677: Investors Seek Protection From A Possible SPX Fall - 2020 - VIX futures are higher for Feb 2020 than in July 2019, inv…
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RT @jsblokland: Cannabis stocks are down a whopping 56% since March... https://t.co/luippCH4km
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RT @charliebilello: With 90% of companies reported, S&P 500 GAAP earnings down 5% over the past year, largest decline since Q4 2015. $SPX h…
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RT @kerberos007: Below also from tonight: SCMP 👇👇👇 Kudlow? China stands firm on demand US lifts tariffs to reach trade war deal Ministry…
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RT @Callum_Thomas: Something about this chart makes me mildly uncomfortable, but I can't put my finger on it... https://t.co/qWf2gFw2Q9
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RT @DiMartinoBooth: Fidelity to Baby Boomers: Lay Off the Stocks More than a third of generation had crossed over Fidelity’s recommended al…
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RT @biancoresearch: Because they know this repo problem is "on them" … about their credibility. The more they say "not QE", "nothing to…
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RT @nicolas_veron: Important interview (in German) in @zeitonline of @Isabel_Schnabel, in which she compellingly explains why a European de…
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RT @tracyalloway: Cracks are starting to emerge in Hong Kong’s money markets. Liquidity's at its tightest level since the late 1990s as mea…
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RT @BittelJulien: Some evidence that the bounce in global mfg PMI is attributable to tariff front-running: no uptick in PMI ex. China. Chin…
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RT @MacroPoloChina: The CCP's Fourth Plenums saw no drama, factional conflicts, or major personnel shifts. But it was important in consolid…
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1 woman 25 men! Scary ...no wonder they ruined monetary policy...and created the negative yield disasters https://t.co/84wZUvA1Qq
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RT @rjparkerjr09: "Investors must reassess how to design the optimal portfolio. The trade-off is no longer between foregone risky asset ret…
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RT @petergarnry: Market Call podcast today is a minor marathon with my colleague @Ole_S_Hansen enjoy! https://t.co/zkbJ7calRs
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RT @wolfofwolfst: The Holy-Cow Moment for Subprime Auto Loans: Serious delinquencies blow out. But it’s Even Worse Than it Looks. And this…
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RT @VisualCap: Sustainable Investing: Debunking 5 Common Myths 📈 See all in this infographic: https://t.co/LzXps1jKkC https://t.co/KEwiZYV…
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RT @jessefelder: NEW POST: ‘You Better Be Careful And Keep Your Eyes Open,’ Part Deux https://t.co/SCEODriyXi https://t.co/MCpT3YrW8Q
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RT @jessefelder: "We’ve got a 5% budget deficit coupled with the lowest real rates that you can image with the economy at full employment.…
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RT @biancoresearch: The 2019 deficit to GDP ratio was 4.6% (or $1 trillion/year). This is the largest PEACE TIME LATE-CYCLE ratio in Ame…
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RT @LizAnnSonders: First decline in productivity in nearly 4 years, & largest rise in labor costs in nearly 6 years https://t.co/1QLeSDBH7q
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RT @fermatslibrary: John Moffat 1) Started as a painter 2) Learned relativity borrowing books from the local library (even exchanged letter…
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RT @LiveSquawk: PRESS RELEASE: Fed Chair Powell’s Testimony On ‘The Economic Outlook’ Before the Joint Economic Committee, US Congress, Was…
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RT @LaMonicaBuzz: Markets flat. No major surprises from Powell. Inflation still below target. Economic expansion to continue. Labor market…
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RT @sdypbuktkallman: Well, what do you know. OECD’s leading economic indicators seem to be corroborating the year-end macro head fake https…
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Big sacrifices are the only way SA will be saved, says Michael Sachs - must read https://t.co/TzHFBRhLia
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RT @caixin: After two bank runs in two weeks, top China regulators moved to defuse jitters, citing the role of false online rumors and decl…
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J-burg 2 give talk to our partner @StandardBankZA Macro 2020: Last Chance Saloon. Conclusion: Risk USDZAR is 20.00.… https://t.co/Xc0wKcyTxE
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RT @tracyalloway: The new Odd Lots is out and it’s a big one! Zoltan Pozsar walks me and @TheStalwart through what caused the repo market t…
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RT @TeddyVallee: China M1 3.3% YoY, 3.4% last. China no longer helping the world out.
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Interesting ESKOM deemed too big to fail by African Development Bank - could be game changer for risk in SA.... https://t.co/tocbqZMT4e
About Steen Jakobsen
Steen Jakobsen first joined Saxo Bank in 2000 and has served as both Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer since 2009. He focuses on delivering asset allocation strategies and analysis of the overall macroeconomic and political landscape as defined by fundamentals, market sentiment and technical developments in the charts.
With more than 25 years of experience within the fields of trading and investment, Jakobsen is a highly renowned and respected Chief Economist, who regularly appears as a guest host on CNBC and Bloomberg News. Prior to joining Saxo Bank, he worked with Swiss Bank Corp, Citibank, Chase Manhattan and UBS. He also served as Global Head of Trading, FX and Options at Christiania (now Nordea).
Steen Jakobsen first joined Saxo Bank in 2000 and has served as both Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer since 2009. He focuses on delivering asset allocation strategies and analysis of the overall macroeconomic and political landscape as defined by fundamentals, market sentiment and technical developments in the charts.
With more than 25 years of experience within the fields of trading and investment, Jakobsen is a highly renowned and respected Chief Economist, who regularly appears as a guest host on CNBC and Bloomberg News. Prior to joining Saxo Bank, he worked with Swiss Bank Corp, Citibank, Chase Manhattan and UBS. He also served as Global Head of Trading, FX and Options at Christiania (now Nordea).
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