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James Bianco is President and founder of Bianco Research LLC.. Started in 1998 providing macro, fixed-income and economic analysis for financial market professionals

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On December 7, 2009, NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND published its first post and we’ve shared a few thousand thoughts since then (all archived at WordPress and for those on CQG they available thanks to… more

Petroleum prices fell for a sixth consecutive week, the longest such streak of weekly losses since November 2018. Expected reduction in global petroleum demand due to the emergence of the Omicron… more

Commodities are highly volatile assets. Price often below rational, logical, and reasonable levels. In April 2020, nearby NYMEX crude oil prices fell to negative $40.32 per barrel. Anyone holding… more

The discovery of a new Covid strain slammed petroleum prices on Friday as overwhelming fears
of demand destruction enveloped energy markets, erasing gains dating back to August. This
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We at Notes From Underground on Oct. 31 wrote a post titled, "The Odious Designs of ECB Policy." It noted that during the ECB post-meeting press conference President Christine Lagarde said - in… more

Petroleum prices fell for a fourth consecutive week, the longest streak of weekly losses since March 27, 2020. After having reached seven-month highs a scant four weeks ago, prices are now at… more

Yra Harris & Kevin Duffy with thanks to Financial Repression Authority.

It’s been. another week in which headline inflation concerns has jolted markets, particularly in the interest rate space, but not as much as many investors and traders would have expected. The… more

Energy prices fell for a third consecutive week and third week in 12 as the looming threat of intervention by executive order from the US president to try to reduce energy prices dominated market… more