Long Term Charts
A Long-Term Look at Inflation-Adjusted Stock Prices
December 27, 2024
A long-term look at inflation-adjusted stock prices
A long-term look at inflation-adjusted stock prices
A long-term look at interest rates
A long-term look at gold prices
A long-term look at agricultural land use
A long-term look at United Nations Food Index
A long-term look at global surface temperatures
The TIPS market and consumer surveys expect higher inflation levels in 2025. The bond market is responding with higher yields even though the Fed is cutting rates and sees more rate cuts into 2025.
Today's topics include different opinions among Fed officials, a rules-based Federal Reserve, another metric that points to low future returns, maybe a productivity boom could keep the economy humming along?, exorbitant privilege is not forever, federal spending vs. income, consumer debt now that stimulus has run its course, and the biggest inflows in 2024
Today's topics include broad agreement on yields, good debt vs. bad debt is all about risk management, handling year-end liquidity concerns, the big four accounted for 44% of banking profits in 2024, the rising costs of insurance & property taxes, an eye on leveraged loans, and profiling Bitcoin's holders
Today's topics include data dependency & policy confusion, Fed policy in 2025, breaking down the U.S. consumer by income, the Fed's reverse repo facility, a different take on U.S. fiscal policy, more on stock market sentiment, Elon coming for the Fed, the BoJ cannot hold the line forever, and the idea of a Bitcoin reserve