Industrials

Vol Crush Mechanics Played Out on a Clean Beat — 24 Hours Before the Mag-7 Catalyst Window Opens Spotify (SPOT; NC) reported Q1 results pre-market today and beat consensus on EPS ($3.45 vs. $2.99 est.)…

1-Week 100% moneyness implied vol has surged to 12-month extremes in AMZN, META, MSFT, and GOOG ahead of Wednesday night earnings; AAPL follows Thursday. History is unambiguous — vol of this magnitude collapses post-catalyst, and…

INVESTMENT SUMMARY GLJ Research reiterates its Four-Phase Iran Macro Playbook framework. As of April 6, 2026, Phase 1 is closed and Phase 2 is fully confirmed. The April 10 CPI print — the Six-Week Trigger…

Investment Summary Twenty-five days after the US/Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026, GLJ Research’s Four-Phase Iran Macro Playbook is tracking with near-precision fidelity. We are now at the inflection point of Phase…

Investment Summary Nearly four weeks into what GLJ Research assesses as a structurally durable Middle East conflict (i.e., the US/Israel launched their initial strikes against Iran 2/28/26), markets are materially mispricing both the duration and…

Is the U.S. Stock Market at Risk of a More Accelerated Sell-Off Next Week (given just 3.5 trading days)? In this note, when looking at: (a) the correlation between Bitcoin (“XBTUSD”) and the Invesco QQQ…

What’s the Macro Trading Set-Up Headed into September Month-End? In general, into month-end, we believe the market is being steered by three forces – and none of them are fundamentals. That is, barring a surprise…

For the First Time Since 2018, w/ the Fed’s QE Slush Fund (i.e., the “RRP”) Now Nearly Empty, Treasury Issuance Has to Come From Bank Reserves; Are Equity Bulls Overlooking This? Liquidity fell in 2022…

A Material Amount of Liquidity Appears Likely to be Drawn Out of U.S. Equity Markets Near-Term. As a reminder to our readers, during negotiations before the debt ceiling was raised with the One Big Beautiful…

How are US Consumers and Firms Reacting to Trump’s Tariffs? Before we attempt to answer this question, we’ll remind our readers, in our 3/26/25 GLJ Macro Weekly update, based on: (1) what we saw as…

Is the Recent U.S. Stock Market Rally on its “Last Leg”? With U.S. tax season nearing, meaning a material amount of liquidity is set to exit the U.S. market, combined with the share buyback blackout…

Is U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent About to Unleash the U.S. Liquidity Kraken? In general, U.S. liquidity defined as: Δ in Fed Bal. Sheet – Δ in Treasury General Account (“TGA”) – Δ in Reverse…

“It’s Liquidity that Moves Markets” – Stanley Druckenmiller. In this note, we look to address the n-term outlook for U.S. equities when considering: (a) the Overnight Reverse Repo (“RRP”) facility, or money created during the…

Janet Yellen is Always Good For the U.S. Stock Market… Right… Right? In the analysis the follows, we provide our take on Janet Yellen’s announcement around the U.S. Treasury’s estimates for privately-held net marketable borrowing for…

Yesterday, at 3:00pm EST., the US Treasury Released its Estimates for its Borrowing Needs in 2Q24E and 3Q24E. As seen here (link), yesterday at 3:00pm EST, the US Treasury provided its funding/needs forecasts around: (a)…