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Excuse My French...
BentinPartner Weekly Last week turned out as a difficult week that saw stocks drop most since March with more economic data pointing...
Marc Bentin
Jun 25, 20234 min read


FOMO Remains in Charge...
BentinPartner Weekly Last week delivered another strong performance for risk assets with FOMO taking precedence over a hawkish Fed “skip”...
Marc Bentin
Jun 20, 20235 min read


Technically Bullish but Fundamentally Bearish...
BentinPartner Weekly While the rally tried to broaden to small caps last week, the US rally of the past three months that has been...
Marc Bentin
Jun 12, 20236 min read


Too Many Shorts...
BentinPartner Weekly Optimism ruled throughout most of the past week, enabling stocks to print new highs for the year, starting with...
Marc Bentin
Jun 5, 20234 min read


Raising the Debt Ceiling (for the 78th time)...
BentinPartner Weekly Over the past week, the price action remained dominated by runaway gains on AI related stocks that drove tech stocks...
Marc Bentin
May 28, 20235 min read


AI Fomo + Likely Fed pause Drive Stocks Higher
BentinPartner Weekly US stocks posted another week of gains last week, led by the Nasdaq reaching a 13-months high, supported by FOMO...
Marc Bentin
May 20, 20236 min read


Another Debt Ceiling Theater...
BentinPartner Weekly Last week turned out to be relatively quiet, ending with little changes and the VIX index dropping further, leading...
Marc Bentin
Apr 23, 20236 min read


An Airport or a Lecture ?
BentinPartner Weekly Talks about dedolarisation and its consequences remained topical last week and besides the price action that saw...
Marc Bentin
Apr 16, 20238 min read


Sharp Deceleration Ahead …
BentinPartner Weekly Last week, the Nasdaq closed out its best quarter since 2020, buoyed by bets on big tech companies as the world was...
Marc Bentin
Apr 2, 20235 min read


No Hike Won't Hurt …
BentinPartner Weekly Last week alone, the Fed put back on its balance sheet some USD303bn, split evenly between the use of the discount...
Marc Bentin
Mar 20, 20236 min read


Fatal Distraction …
BentinPartner Weekly Last week main event was supposed to be Fed Chair Powell congressional testimony on Monday and Tuesday, followed by...
Marc Bentin
Mar 13, 20236 min read


How Long Can Stocks Ignore Bonds …
BentinPartner Weekly Last week delivered a tale of two stories starting with the shock and awe of European inflation coming way stronger...
Marc Bentin
Mar 6, 20235 min read


Climbing Above The Start of The “Death Zone” …
BentinPartner Weekly Looking at what markets delivered last week, we are left wondering if bonds, stocks and commodities shared the same...
Marc Bentin
Feb 20, 20238 min read


More Short Covering…
BentinPartner Weekly Stocks ended the week in short covering mode, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq while the Dow Jones lagged. The sentiment...
Marc Bentin
Jan 23, 20236 min read


Popping Up…
BentinPartner Weekly Markets delivered a second week of very strong performance for risk assets in break-out conditions, suggesting that...
Marc Bentin
Jan 16, 20236 min read


Merry Christmas and Best Wishes…
BentinPartner Weekly 2022 has been a challenging year for global markets and most investors in a year that delivered the worst of the...
Marc Bentin
Dec 23, 20226 min read


Softer Inflation & Retail Sales…
BentinPartner Weekly With the exception of a November US inflation report that came on Tuesday slightly softer than expected (0.1% MoM...
Marc Bentin
Dec 19, 20226 min read


Is Chinese Assets Rebound For Real?
BentinPartner Weekly Last week of Thanksgiving was relatively uneventful in markets that were shaped by two events; the publication of...
Marc Bentin
Nov 28, 20226 min read


Is The Real Pivot on the USD?
BentinPartner Weekly The combination of the lowest US CPI print since January (7.7% yoy vs. 7.9% expected and 8.2% in September), the...
Marc Bentin
Nov 14, 20224 min read


Fed and BoE Tighten 75bps...
BentinPartner Weekly Stocks rebounded on Friday as the US employment report showed unemployment started to pick up despite a stronger...
Marc Bentin
Nov 7, 20226 min read
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