The hopes and prayers of a legion of long-only managers, stock-brokers, retiring boomers, and TV personalities rest heavily on the shoulders of one Ben Bernanke and just as into the last FOMC meeting in April, equity markets are surging on self-delusion (amid fading volumes and plunging average trade size) - while Treasury markets remain far less sanguine. Will it be different this time?
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Average trade size is not confirming the start of a sustained uptrend here - in fact quite the opposite...
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Charts: Bloomberg