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June 16, 2020
Financial News

Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
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Today's topics include here comes the Fed's corporate bond purchases, hints the ECB may buy fallen angels?, 53% of money managers still see a bear market rally, negotiation the next $1 trillion in fiscal stimulus, preparing Bloomberg terminals for negative rates, FOMC policy, will loan guarantees finally create inflation?, more on Calpers' focus on leverage for the long-run, and struggling munis.... Read More

May 27, 2020
April 24, 2020
Financial News

Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
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Today's topics include a bailout for oil companies?, Cushing's storage problem, questioning USO's activity this week, active management: stocks vs. bonds, China comes out of quarantine, a cautionary historical note, betting on falling yields in the U.S., pricing uncertainty, and Kocherlakota calls for a negative funds rate at next FOMC meeting.... Read More

February 9, 2018
December 12, 2017

More Bitcoin Talk
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The Times (UK) – Don?t try to short the bitcoin bubble, warns Nassim Nicholas Taleb A world expert in financial options has warned that those hoping to use futures contracts to bet against the spiralling price of bitcoin were doomed to... Read More

September 5, 2017

Nassim Taleb and Black Swans
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Yahoo Finance – Nassim Taleb identifies the tail risk exposure investors should hedge  But Taleb pointed us to the years of easy monetary policy brought on by central banks since the financial crisis. This is a relevant concern for investors as... Read More

August 11, 2017
November 1, 2016

If Trump Wins …
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<Click on chart for larger image> CNBC – This stock market metric says the likely winner is…Trump The stock market’s election year performance between July 31 and Oct. 31 has often accurately predicted the next president ? and this year... Read More

February 9, 2016

Geithner Gets Dimon’s Money
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Bloomberg.com – Geithner Gets JPMorgan Credit Line to Invest With Warburg Pincus Warburg, management pledged $800 million for $12 billion fund Credit lines can help executives meet such commitments Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing to borrow from... Read More

February 4, 2015

Greece
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The Financial Times – European Central Bank resists latest Greek bailout plan The European Central Bank is resisting a key element of the Greek government?s new rescue plan, potentially leaving Athens with no source of outside funding when its international... Read More

January 16, 2014

Who Is Not Bearish On Bonds?
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Comment The red bars in the chart above show the results of the Stone & McCarthy duration survey while the green line shows the 26-week average. The blue line shows 10-year yields. Currently this survey shows the most bearish reading... Read More

February 28, 2013

Another ‘Astronomical’ Bet Against Treasuries
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InvestmentNews.com – Fallen star Heebner places astronomical bet against Treasuries Money manager Kenneth Heebner, convinced that a growing U.S. economy will eventually prompt the Federal Reserve to boost interest rates, has bet 21 percent of his CGM Focus Fund (CGMFX)... Read More

February 20, 2013

Now Regulators Are Bearish Bonds!
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Investment News – Finra bond warning a real worrier Regulator’s caution speaks volumes about bleak prospects for debt investors Finra may be late to the party, but its warning to investors about the risks in bonds is still timely, advisers... Read More

January 7, 2013
January 2, 2013
December 12, 2012

Bond Bubble
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Albany Tribune – Crashing The Bond Market ? OpEd Here?s how former FDIC chief Sheila Bair summed it up in an interview with Reuters 2 weeks ago. Her comments were made in reference to, what she called, ?The Mother of... Read More

November 19, 2012

Shocking News … Bond Bearishness!
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The Financial Times – Bond markets: A false sense of security Investors seek perceived refuge in bonds but fears are rising that their faith has been ill-placed The demons afflicting market sentiment could be described as the ?three FCs?. Tormented... Read More

Nassim Taleb
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The Wall Street Journal – Learning to Love Volatility In a world that constantly throws big, unexpected events our way, we must learn to benefit from disorder, writes Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Several years before the financial crisis descended on us,... Read More