Tag Archives: Financial News

Financial News

Quick Comments/What We’re Reading

Today's topics include mid-year update on the Bianco Research Fixed-Income Total Return Index, what to expect now that the debt ceiling has been lifted, Dudley pours cold water on administration's attempts to lower rates, tariff headlines, Powell's potential replacements, volatile sentiment swings, are markets too complacent?, the odds of rates returning to zero, and a history of Fannie & Freddie conservatorship... Read More

Financial News

Quick Comments/What We’re Reading

Today's topics include what's ahead for the Fed?, productivity is the American economy's greatest asset, the cost of food, clock continues to run on trade deals, the new retail question: does anything ever really happen in markets?, the fate of the dollar, companies are getting leaner to grow faster, on supplementary leverage ratio changes, and stablecoin legislation takes another step forward... Read More

Financial News

Quick Comments/What We’re Reading

Today's topics include crude oil reverses much of initial spike higher, the strait of Hormuz, the world is less dependent on crude oil than in past decades, betting on rate cuts after Powell's term, uncertainty keeping implied stock correlations low, Judy Shelton on the Fed's balance sheet, a long-term look at U.S. vs. European stock returns, Japan to continue tapering bond purchases, and Chinese imports of foreign goods... Read More