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Dear Friends and Clients, February was a very volatile month in the markets where a negative feedback loop persisted in the first half of the month. The 10 year treasury bond fell below 1.60% as flight to safety and deflationary pressures were top of mind. WTI crude hit a 12 year low closing at almost $26 on February 12th and rebounded to almost $34 by end of the month on the heels of talks by Russia and Saudi Arabia reducing oil output. Chesapeake and Linn Energy fell 40% and 50% respectively early in the month on fears of bankruptcy. The 10 year Japanese treasury bond went negative while the German 10 year bond came very close to going negative as well. In fact, there’s over $7 Trillion (yes Trillion!) ...
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