Charts of the Week
Weekly Research Roundup
January 15, 2021
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
If the 2020 economy was defined by what letter would best describe the rebound, 2021 will be about reflation versus inflation.
Today's topics include Rubin calls for longer-dated bond maturities, initial claims hits highest level since august, revisiting the Sherman ratio, the auto market ex-Tesla, absenteeism in the workplace, rising yields, leveraged loans, and comparing bitcoin to past bubbles
Gasoline prices rose over 8% in December, helping prop up headline CPI.
Today's topics include the small cap effect, vaccination urgency, more evidence of the retail crowd's growth, traders take the Fed's words at face value, LIBOR warnings, measuring Vanguard's assets, more on Bitcoin's wild ride, quants and high correlations, and SPAC mania continues
Today's topics include more on ARK's inflows, inflation's effect on stock projections, Fed speeches aimed at curbing speculation, measuring GDP, projecting a double dip recession for the Eurozone, muni issuance in 2020, negative rates for the Bank of England?, charging depositors for negative rates, electric vehicle mania, Russia diversifying away from dollar, and reducing debt at shale companies
How do strong momentum markets end? Too much money comes in at the end. The average investor's breakeven is so high that a typical correction wipes out any profit. As they exit, the momentum trade goes into reverse.
Q4 2020 earnings season kicks off this week. What are analysts' expectations?
Today's topics include talking about higher rates, arguments for & against inflation, what is driving yields higher?, retail traders' role in the stock market's euphoria, U.S. dollar sentiment, value investing, bank stocks, MMT, ETF closures in 2020, Tesla vs. the dot com bubble, and LIBOR's slow death