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The Saxo Quick Take is a short, distilled opinion on financial markets with references to key news and events.

The Saxo Quick Take is a short, distilled opinion on financial markets with references to key news and events.

China’s stimulus and Middle East tensions are pushing up commodity prices, raising concerns about prolonged inflation and challenging expectations of U.S. rate cuts.

This article explores strategies to navigate high implied volatility and speculative scenarios, including how to spot put/call skew and what it reveals about market sentiment - insights that apply to Intel and beyond.

Instead of trying to time recessions and figure out whether this rate cut cycle means doom and gloom, it is far more important to look at the portfolio and think about whether it has the right exposures in a falling policy rate environment.

No recession and lower rates will lift the broader market.

Gold and silver have more upside

Rate cut cycle and US election will dominate macro in Q4.

Don’t wait for the next crisis—be prepared for it.