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As Quantitative Tightening (QT) and other tightening policies continue, the Federal Reserve's reverse repo facility is an essential piece to understanding how the Fed can potentially enact a smooth balance sheet reduction schedule.
Wall Street is forecasting a recession, soaring unemployment, collapsing inflation, and the worst profit outlook in at least a generation. But the hope is this could be bullish for stocks as it leads to a Fed pivot and another liquidity-driven rally.
Friday's payroll report was good; it showed an expanding economy. But in this "good news is bad news for markets" world, this good report tanked risk markets, especially NASDAQ stocks. Then Wall Street/investors spent all day convincing themselves...
In the latest installment of Talking Data, Jim discusses the rise in 10-year yields.
In past years we highlighted the world’s aging population and its need for low-risk investments, noting that inflows into bond mutual funds and ETFs topped those of stock funds over the past decade. This divergence really began accelerating in the...
Today's topics include hoping for a pivot, market stress, central banks cater to the markets, fighting inflation takes a long toll, asset managers in focus, the odds of a recession, more signs of stress on housing market, and updating the return to...
Some highlights from our recent COT report.
A replay of our September 29, 2022 conference call
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. Both are now at new highs.
Private pension funds have much smaller funding gaps than their government counterparts.
Defined benefit plans continue to be replaced by IRAs and defined contribution plans.