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May 21, 2018
From May 14 to May 18 Jim and Ben presented many of their themes to clients in Europe.
From May 14 to May 18 Jim and Ben presented many of their themes to clients in Europe.
Today's topics include rising U.S. yields, Kashkari on rate hikes, index investing, emerging markets feeling the squeeze, the Volcker Rule, services vs. goods inflation, crude oil, cryptocurrency and the death of brick and mortar retail.
Everything is riding on the belief that inflation is returning. If it does not, the Fed may end up inverting the yield curve.
Regional economic growth, commodity performance and trade uncertainty have Brazil standing out from its peers.
Today's topics include betting against bonds, global growth, hedge fund performance, EM currencies, rising oil prices, millennials missing out on rising home prices and wage growth throughout world.
Margin compression fears are adding to the woes of underperforming consumer staples. Expectations for rising Treasury yields will likely keep ETF investors looking elsewhere.
Both Bullard and Williams hint that the Fed's Summary of Economic Projections may eventually be discontinued.
Today's topics include frackers spending more than they are making, the yield curve, selling at a loss, populism in Italy and billionaires across the globe.
Stocks' decline in February and March put a damper on sentiment, but investors are nowhere near outright bearishness.