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☆ Column: Funds start 2023 short dollars, eyeing U.S. rate peak: McGeever
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Jamie Mcgeever | Thomson Reuters | Jamie Mcgeever Has Been A Financial Journalist Since | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data show that speculators closed 2022 with one of the smallest three-month SOFR rate futures short positions of the year, a light short dollar position, and substantial short positions cross the U.S. Treasuries curve. A short position is essentially a wager that an asset's price will fall, and a long position is a bet it will rise. chartFunds' U.S. interest rate expectations reached fever pitch around August and September last year when their net short position exceeded 1 million contracts. chartIn the 10-year space, funds ended 2022 with their third largest net short position of the year, at 383,602 contracts. But funds have retained their substantial net short position.
☆ Market expectations for a soft landing are growing after latest batch of economic reports
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
"This is the definition of a soft landing," Apollo Global's chief economist Torsten Slok said on CNBC's " Closing Bell " on Friday. The price hikes at Conagra were crazy. Those price hikes more than made up for higher costs. We may be reaching the limits of price hikes, however: Constellation Brands said consumers are pushing back against beer price hikes. If December's consumer price index, out Thursday, is benign (below the 6.5% year over year growth expected), the market could move even higher.
☆ This is the definition of a soft landing, says Apollo Global’s Torsten Slok
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThis is the definition of a soft landing, says Apollo Global’s Torsten SlokTorsten Slok, Apollo Global Management chief economist, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss this morning's jobs report and comments from Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic that the data doesn’t change his outlook.
☆ It's the most wonderful time of the year: PE giants Blackstone and Apollo just dropped their holiday videos with starring roles for their billionaire CEOs
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Private-equity giants Blackstone and Apollo released their holiday-themed videos on Thursday. In Apollo's, employees are chefs and cook up a holiday meal for the firm at the CEO's request. So it goes in the world of private-equity firms' holiday videos, where straight-laced investors and billionaire chief executives get very into their starring roles and the jokes are a little on the nose. The secret thing that makes Blackstone, Blackstone," he responds. Finally, as he puts on a Santa hat, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman says the secret is the great people they hire.
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