Today's topics include Bessent's plan for debt management, the right level of ample reserves, the 'mad man' approach creates unpredictability, port of LA cargo volume surge, U.S. & E.U. trade situation, Japan's long end rates surge, a pretty good perspective of what Miran envisioned for the U.S. economy, and more wait & see
Jim Bianco joins the Schwab Network and Fox Business to discuss Trump applying pressure on Powell, where Fed policy should be & second-half market opportunities.
The Commitments of Traders report allows investors to gauge position changes for different groups of traders/investors.
Today's topics include previewing tomorrow's CPI report, Trump ramps up the heat on Powell, checking in on the odds of a rate cut, T-bill issuance, all quiet on the investment banking front, taking Fannie & Freddie public, and stablecoins' effect on the Treasury market
Today's topics include America has a construction problem, not an interest rate problem, on the Fed's balance sheet, how many cuts are coming?, volatility measures looking through the noise, immigration & the labor force, rising oil supply, how is China reacting to tariffs?, and Bitcoin's rally
Today's topics include a Fed divided, Fed politics, the legality of Bessent being both Treasury secretary & Fed chair at same time, real wages, small businesses feeling pain of trade war, Red Sea attacks, and quantifying wealth by generation
Retail investors have become a dominant market force and have successfully piled into equity markets this year despite professional money managers' uncertainty. How are these retail investors trading?
Today's topics include immigration's effect on GDP & inflation, the Treasury gives some guidance on the TGA rebuild, see you in 2027 for the next debt ceiling debates, behind the scenes in the trade war, the next Fed chair, quantifying tariff revenue, fiscal issues, and the problems with a stronger currency