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Matt Weller

Experienced Portfolio Manager | CFA and CMT Charterholder
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Matthew is a portfolio manager (US Equities and FX) at Faraday Research where he is responsible for the production and management of US Real Time Trader (large-cap US Equities) and US FX Daily (G10 currency pairs) products. Subscribers include some of the world's leading brokerages and ...more
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Trade Issues Key As USD/CAD Hits A Fresh Year-to-Date High
Friday, June 15, 2018 12:46 PM EDT
It’s official, The Trump administration has slapped a 25% tariff on 818 Chinese goods, with a total value of up to $50 billion. Traders fear that the simmering “trade war” will get worse before it gets better.
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Who Are The Winners And Losers From $70+ Oil?
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 12:03 PM EDT
The oil market remains in a clear uptrend since bottoming in early 2016, and that bullish trend has only accelerated over the last year, with WTI gaining more than 70% off last June’s lows.
In this article: OIL, XLE
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Gold Breaks 2018 Low, More Pain For Bulls On The Horizon?
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:26 AM EDT
More than any other asset, gold invokes strongly-defended positions among both its proponents and detractors.
In this article: GLD
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What Is The US Bond Market Telling Us?
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:49 PM EDT
After starting the year with a yield near below 2.5%, the benchmark 10-year bond has seen yields surge to a high of nearly 3.05%, corresponding to about a year-to-date drop of about 3% in IEF, the equivalent treasury bond ETF.
In this article: TLT, IEF
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Forex In Focus: USD/CHF
Friday, May 4, 2018 4:33 PM EDT
After a 10% rally over the last 11 weeks, USD/CHF is nearing its highest level in a year...what will next week bring?
In this article: FXF, UUP
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Dollar Index: Fed “Decision” Likely To Be Upstaged By NFP Wages
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 1:23 PM EDT
The market’s focus is shifting to the May Federal Reserve meeting set to conclude tomorrow and the always-impactful Non-Farm Payrolls report on Friday. Accordingly, we’re focusing on the outlook for the US dollar index (DXY) today.
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EUR/USD: Nascent Signs Of A Potential Top, Will The ECB Blink?
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 10:58 AM EDT
There are some tentative signs that the world’s most heavily-traded currency pair could be carving out a potential top. EUR/USD has been on a tear since forming an inverted head-and-shoulders pattern just above parity (1.00) in early 2017.
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US CPI And Fed Minutes On Tap, USD/SGD Trend Testing Key Level
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 11:21 AM EDT
The greenback has been trending consistently lower against the Singaporean Dollar since the start of 2017.
In this article: UUP
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EUR/CAD Carnage Cracks Clear Trend Line
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:09 PM EDT
It’s a “King CAD” kind of day in the FX market, with the loonie rallying against all of her major rivals. The proximate catalyst is (wait for it) the latest scuttlebutt about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
In this article: FXE, FXC
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NFP Recap: “Goldilocks” Report For US Stocks As Jobs Surge But Wages Languish
Friday, March 9, 2018 10:52 AM EDT
The absolute quantity of jobs continues to grow for going on seven and a half years, but the quality of those jobs has not seen a commensurate improvement.
In this article: UUP
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Powell’s Hawkish Hint Hurts Stocks, Boosts Buck
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:23 PM EDT
Powell’s prepared remarks were notably short and generally optimistic, setting the tone for a similarly upbeat assessment of the US economy in the question-and-answer component of his testimony.
In this article: UUP
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Rising Rates Wreck REITs
Friday, February 23, 2018 1:09 PM EDT
Since the first iteration of the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing (QE) program were announced nearly a decade ago, traders have been calling for an end to the 35-year bull market in US bonds (i.e. falling yields).
In this article: XLRE
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S&P 500: Have We Seen A Near-Term Bottom?
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 1:37 PM EDT
The S&P 500 is currently trading down by just about 1% on the year after Monday's bounce.
In this article: SPX
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The Short Volatility Trade Implodes - A "2018 Flash Crash" Post-Mortem
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:13 PM EDT
After yesterday's shocking implosion in the stock market, many US traders were no doubt surprised to see the sunrise this morning.
In this article: XIV(RETIRED), VIX, DJI
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NFP Reaction: Wages Wages Wages!
Sunday, February 4, 2018 10:09 PM EDT
The acceleration in wage growth increases the likelihood that the Fed will be more aggressive in hiking interest rates (by potentially four times this year for instance); markets reacted accordingly.
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US Stock Market Rally Just As Strong "Under The Hood" As It Is On The Surface
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 11:33 AM EDT
Far from being "breaking news", the consistently strong performance of the major US (and international) equity indices is taken for granted by everyone from the richest hedge fund manager to my retired grandmother.
In this article: SPX
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