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New Year Holiday, Thin Signals
Global cash markets were closed, leaving only light futures and crypto activity.
Year-End Fixings Drive FX Swings
Fixing flows stirred FX while equities closed flat into the new year.
Window Dressing Meets Rate Drift
Mega-cap buying met a modest rate bounce as dealers managed year-end books.
Year-End Rebalance Lifts Value
Portfolio rebalancing pushed value higher as yields dipped and the dollar softened.
Quiet Sunday, Futures Signal Caution
A soft futures open and steady FX underscored the lack of conviction into Monday.
Weekend Tape, Crypto Leads
With cash markets shut, crypto and futures were the only real risk signals.
Post-Christmas Rotation Holds
Thin reopening trade kept the dollar soft while energy and value led a quiet risk bid.
Christmas Day: Quiet Markets, Loud Positioning
With US cash markets closed, futures and global risk stayed subdued as desks focused on year-end positioning.
Christmas Eve Liquidity Evaporates
A half-day session kept markets pinned as dealer gamma and thin books muted any move.
Breadth Frays Under a Calm Tape
Index calm masked thinning breadth and volatility suppression driven by systematic flows.
Year-End Rotation Refuses to Fade
Dollar slippage and persistent bids in energy and defense show the rotation is intact even in holiday liquidity.
Holiday Liquidity, Rotation Still Breathing
Thin holiday liquidity kept the tape calm while soft dollar tones and steady energy flows showed rotation hadn’t stalled.