Talking Data Podcast
Talking Data – AI’s Impact on the Markets and Economy
October 31, 2025
In the latest installment of Talking Data, Jim discusses AI's impact on markets.
In the latest installment of Talking Data, Jim discusses AI's impact on markets.
Today's topics include two central banks diverge, commentary on Fed dissents, locking in fed funds as the Fed's tool, Burry resurfaces, more on AI capex spending, housing affordability, ETFs are making mutual funds old school, and Solomon's debt reckoning warning echoes Dalio
Fallen angels are superior performers to the rest of the high yield market.
A healthy dispersion of individual stock returns is not the only ingredient necessary to make a good stock-picking environment.
When financial conditions are easing, investors are usually moving up the risk spectrum to capture gains.
For many decades, gold's returns were negatively correlated to stock returns. This has not been the case since the pandemic in March 2020.
A Kyle Bass copycat is attempting to arbitrage the difference between the face value of a nickel and its underlying metal's value.
How big are the Fed's holdings of bonds, notes, bills, TIPS, MBS, agencies, and FRNs in relation the outstanding market?
A long-term look at expansions and contractions
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
Today's topics include deflating the prospects of a December cut, is it bad if Powell is losing control of the Fed?, U.S. & China strike a fragile truce for now, where should rates be?, understanding Fedspeak, updating liquidity concerns, and central bank gold demand