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Whispers in the Corridors of Power

The BlondeMoney team has spent the past couple of weeks on the ground in Westminster, talking to MPs, attending Select Committees, listening to speeches and attending dinners. We saw nothing to dissuade us from our core view that No Deal is a clear and present danger. Our key takeaways: 1. No one knows what is…

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Nothing. Has. Changed? Part II

Today Theresa travels to Brussels. Donald Tusk has deliberately raised the temperature ahead of their meeting, warning “there is a special place in hell…for those who promoted Brexit, without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safely”. (Yes the same Donald Tusk who teased/taunted Britain via Instagram over its ‘cake…

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Volatility Watch

This time last year we got the start of the signal that lower and lower volatility wouldn’t be with us forever, with the biggest one-day percentage move in the VIX and the subsequent immolation of the linked inverse ETN, the XIV. Today, the VVIX, which measures the change in the VIX (that is, the volatility…

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Tick Tock goes the Brexit Clock

The “Malthouse Compromise” group has now become the “Alternative Arrangements Working Group” and meets today for the first time Comprising Remainers (Damian Green, Nicky Morgan) and Leavers (Steve Baker, JRM) alike, it will also meet on tomorrow and Wednesday also Attorney General Geoffrey Cox will be told to provide the legal advice to make it…

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Nothing. Has. Changed?

The Brady Amendment passed – Backstop must be ditched The Spelman Amendment passed – Parliament hates No Deal The Cooper Amendment failed – Parliament has not seized control The Grieve Amendment failed – Parliament has not seized control 2+3+4 = There’s a majority in Parliament against No Deal but it’s a small one (Spelman’s amendment…

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