Conference Call
The “Last Mile” Gets Bumpier
April 1, 2024
A replay of our April 3, 2024 conference call.
A replay of our April 3, 2024 conference call.
U.S. stocks have handily outperformed stocks from the rest of the world since the beginning of 2023, largely on the back of the Magnificent Seven.
Money continues to flow into retail money market funds. Banks are left with the option of raising deposit rates, which squeezes margins, or watching customers walk out the door.
Today's topics include equities vs uncertainty, watching for another 'bank walk', Mag7 becomes Fab4, another reminder on CRE maturity wall, equities still did well without Mag7 outperformance, how much trust should we put in official jobs numbers?, credit demand remains strong, a strong dollar, and regulating AI
In the latest installment of Talking Data, Jim discusses the outlook for the Bianco Research Fixed-Income Total Return Index (BTRINDX) and the ETF that tracks it, the Wisdom Tree Bianco Total Return Fund (WTBN).
Today's topics include to cut or not to cut?, gas prices, can the Fed thread the needle on a soft landing?, when strength is a weakness, momentum factor driving markets, Treasury auctions have been strong recently, elections & market volatility, and Chinese property sector crisis continues to unfold
In the post-pandemic economy, low-income groups have experienced inflation of roughly 2% more than high-income groups.
T-bills are accounting for a rising percentage of outstanding debt in the U.S., surpassing the 20% limit typically advocated by the TBAC.
Vanguard's biggest funds tracking the S&P 500 and Total Stock Market Index collectively have $2.65 trillion in assets under management, or just shy of 5% of U.S. stocks.
Other automakers are catching up to Tesla