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Volatility Deceives as AI Leadership Advances and the 7–10 Treasury Belly Tightens

Abstract Volatility is no longer telling the truth — the structure is. Under the surface, the cross-asset geometry has shifted ...
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A Synthetic Recession Warning: Markets Turn Defensive Even as the Indexes Whipsaw

Abstract Markets are no longer focused on inflation — policy error and growth risk are now the real threats. Under ...
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THE MARKET IS TERRIFIED — THE SYSTEM ISN’T

Liquidity Is Holding the Line While Pricing in a Scare, Not a Break. Abstract Markets behaved this week as though ...
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THE MARKET JUST LOST ELASTICITY — STABILITY NOW COSTS MORE THAN RISK.

November 16, 2025 The Signals Are Turning Before the Story Does The market’s stability is now engineered rather than organic. ...
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The New Playbook for Institutional Investors: Market Physics in the Post-Policy Era

Abstract This paper outlines a structural evolution in market behavior: from policy-dominated price formation to a liquidity-driven, reflexive system in ...
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The Market Is Now Its Own Signal

Liquidity Compresses — AI Sustains — Credit Defines. Markets remain steady, but conviction is increasingly mechanical. Liquidity keeps valuations suspended ...
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The Past Is No Guide: Why Financial Markets Have Outgrown Santayana’s Warning

VICA Partners | Op-Ed The Past Is No Guide: Why Financial Markets Have Outgrown Santayana’s Warning (Excerpted and adapted for ...
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The Market That Trades Itself

Liquidity Holds — AI Amplifies — Credit Decides. Markets are steady, but conviction is thinning. Liquidity keeps valuations elevated — ...
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The Persistence Premium

VMSI™ Institutional Market Intelligence Report — FORCE-12.2 Institutional Edition Week Ending October 23, 2025 The Persistence Premium Liquidity Buys Time ...
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The Calm Holds — Credit Is the Fuse

VMSI™ Institutional Market Intelligence Report — FORCE-12.2 Institutional Edition. Week Ending October 16 2025 The Calm Holds — Credit Is ...
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Liquidity Rules, Credit Waits — The Calm Before Convexity

VMSI™ Institutional Market Intelligence Report — FORCE-12 Institutional Edition Week Ending October 9 2025 Theme: Liquidity Rules, Credit Waits — ...
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Continuation Until Credit Breaks

VMSI: Continuation Until Credit Breaks — Credit/CRE now the hinge (59.3) VMSI Institutional Market Intelligence Report – Week Ending October ...