by Anne Bannerman | Feb 19, 2026
For much of February, markets have felt as bleak as the weather — but the bigger story isn’t the gloom. It’s the reset. Towards the end of January, we saw traders leaning aggressively in the same direction: long metals, long momentum, long “fear trades.” Then, as the...
by Anne Bannerman | Feb 12, 2026
What we’ve witnessed over the past week is a recalibration. A reminder that liquidity can thin out faster than expected. That safe havens can reverse. That risk assets can detach from their stories. And that momentum, no matter how powerful, is never permanent. What...
by Anne Bannerman | Feb 5, 2026
Sometimes the market gives you exactly what you deserve – and recently, it handed gold and Bitcoin traders an absolute masterclass in the difference between a rally and a reckoning. The past few weeks delivered one of the most vicious reversals in modern financial...
by Anne Bannerman | Jan 29, 2026
“Risk off?” gets thrown around a lot when markets wobble. The better question this week is a more practical one: if investors are de-risking, where exactly are they going? I’ve never been shy about stressing the value of diversification, and weeks like this explain...
by Anne Bannerman | Jan 23, 2026
It’s been one of those weeks where politics feels like it’s moving faster than markets can keep up. It started with Donald Trump demanding control over Greenland, a move that instantly exposed cracks inside NATO. By the end of the week, the narrative had changed...
