Just when you thought it was safe to pile all your money (at maximum leverage) into USD-denominated assets, the greenback plunges... The last 4 days have seen the 2nd biggest drop in 6 years. This has very significant consequences for a world that has become entirely consensus-based across at least 5 major themes... This poses a problem for talking-heads: if USD strength as indicative of US economic strength... what does a plunging USD imply?

The Strong Dollar regime has changed...

This suggests the huge consensus trades surrounding the inexorable USD strengthening are all in trouble also...

Charts: Bloomberg and Cornerstone Macro