Today's topics include blowing up the FOMC?, the quality of U.S. inflation data, U.S. & EU trade deal progress, other notable trade deals, a tough year for the dollar, the speed of the S&P 500 recovery, Scott Bessent's approach to Treasury issuance, the art of leaving no other options, and Dalio on U.S. debt problem
The Commitments of Traders report allows investors to gauge position changes for different groups of traders/investors.
Differentiating 'allocator' ETF flows from 'trader' ETF flows
Today's topics include politics & the Fed, extraordinary measures, a breakdown of major U.S. markets, an optimistic view of the American outlook, is the European stock rotation over?, when rich doesn't mean rich, options volume continues to grind higher, creating housing supply in NYC, and exempting American companies from global minimum tax
Today's topics include talkin' markets, inflation & the Fed, a divided Fed, trade agreements incoming, some historical perspective on this quarter's stock market rebound, Dudley defends interest on reserves, risky stocks shine in second quarter, restocking the strategic petroleum reserve, and repatriating gold
A look at outstanding amounts of Treasuries, corporates, agencies, munis and open market paper
The amount of outstanding private credit in the U.S. experienced a brief decline during the financial crisis, but government debt grew throughout the entire period.
Private pension funds typically have much smaller funding gaps than their government counterparts.
Defined benefit plans continue to be replaced by IRAs and defined contribution plans.