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What Are Volatility Measures Telling Us?
April 12, 2023
Market participants are facing a crisis of 'unknown unknowns.' Most would expect volatility measures to reflect this uncertainty. However, looking at the VIX Index, you would suspect a calm market. This is far from what we have seen in the past two years.
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Inflation Watch – The Next Three Months Will Be Critical
April 12, 2023
Year-over-year CPI declined a full percent in March, as anticipated. The May and June CPI releases are the last window of hope for inflation to fall by such a large degree. The question is not whether year-over-year headline inflation will be lower in a few months, but how far it will fall before year-ago numbers start to make further declines more difficult. Running through several scenarios offers some perspective on inflation's future growth rate.
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Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
April 12, 2023
Today's topics include Fed's focus on data points to another hike, return of the 60/40, unjustified optimism, IMF continues to issue growth warnings, hard times for borrowers, the EV transition is reliant on one company, evolution of remote work, weakening dollar, tech & productivity, and AI in finance
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April 12, 2023
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Why Is M2 Shrinking?
April 11, 2023
The wide spread between bank deposit rates and market rates is causing depositors to make the rational decision to seek higher-yielding alternatives. Many of these alternatives fall outside the components of M2. Money is leaving these components and M2 is falling at its fastest pace in over 80 years.
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Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
April 11, 2023
Today's topics include previewing tomorrow's CPI release, time for a follow-up on Powell's impression of inverted curve?, bond total returns during yield curve inversions, all eyes on banks' earnings reports, the rising cost of servicing debt, fighting a profit-led inflation, Fed's Williams on monetary policy, safety nets affect risk-taking behaviors, and another big milestone for Ethereum.
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April 11, 2023
Conference Calls
How Will the Bank Walk Affect the Economy?
April 10, 2023
A replay of our April 13, 2023 conference call.
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Q1 2023 Earnings Preview
April 10, 2023
Q1 2023 earnings reports get underway this week. S&P 500 operating earnings are expected to decline in early 2023, with a rebound later in the year. Banks are the highlight of the early reporting season. What is happening with deposits is the key question.
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Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
April 10, 2023
Today's topics include bank lending hits a wall, bank walks, hedging bank risks, more on last week's payrolls report, the divergent messages coming from stocks & bonds, ominous signs in commercial real estate, active managers miss their mark in Q1, and Larry Summers on the odds of a recession