Today's topics include stimulus negotiations, the Fed & valuations, passive funds miss out on 2020's best stocks, active funds continue to underperform, the ECB's battle against low inflation, comparing bitcoin's 2020 rally to 2017's rally, the Santa Claus rally, and projecting central bank purchases in 2021
The rush of T-bill issuance has helped push down the average maturity of U.S. Treasury debt. 37% of all debt is set to mature within the next year.
Tesla is not alone in ushering in the era of electric vehicles.
Over the past three months small cap stocks returned almost 17% more than large cap stocks, setting a level of outperformance rarely seen.
An update on muni yields and total returns as 2020 comes to a close
Trump held true on his promise to cut regulations when he took office in 2016. In the past few years, however, the number of pages in the Federal Register have again crept higher.
A look at foreign net sales and purchases of U.S. Treasuries, agencies, corporates and equities through October
A long-term look at primary energy imports and exports since 1949
A look at some of our recent charts
Today's topics include Trump throws a wrench into stimulus plans, stocks vs. bonds, the year of retail trading, more on the carnage in commercial real estate, consumer spending falls, wall street's $100 billion year in trading, ideas to bolster money market funds during times of stress, SPACs, and Ark Investment Management