Today's topics include Treasury market liquidity, when does the Fed stop hiking?, quantitative tightening, globalization's role in inflation, big box retailers' supply-demand imbalance, European gas supplies, port congestion, and crypto bearishness.... Read More
Today's topics include 75 in July, bond fund inflows, dumping private equity, gas prices ease, corporate debt, do emerging markets need the Fed?, falling euro, will small caps lead?, Abe & policy, unions & wage growth, and are Chinese defaults coming?... Read More
Today's topics include on inflation & crypto, no big surprises from the FOMC minutes, payroll preview - is good news bad news?, signs of a cooling rental market, the effects of pandemic stimulus for those in poverty, how does a 60/40 portfolio perform in different inflation regimes?, oil & recession, higher U.S. power costs feeding through industrials, metals' slide, and low liquidity lunchtime rallies.... Read More
Today's topics include the Fed's battle to control inflation expectations, the Japanese yen, yield curve inversion...again, measuring economic misery, earnings estimates for 2023 remain high, a revival of U.S. manufacturing?, the parallels between 1990s internet and web3, and Bridgewater profits on volatile year.... Read More
Today's topics include bonds worry while stocks yawn, negative real fed funds, checking in on recession odds, consumers dip into savings, earnings & stocks, dollar/euro parity draws near, El-Erian finds the silver lining to the markets, differing opinions on crude oil, European electricity prices hit new highs, and housing slows down.... Read More
Today's topics include falling rates vs. fed funds, soft landing seems unlikely, further downside risk, hoping for growth, Eurozone inflation record, gas exports to Europe, corporate raises fall, and Treasury market reform... Read More
Today's topics include crash worries, a tale of two markets, is a win against inflation a loss for the economy?, volatility, home listings rise, looking at high yield, wage-price spiral, and crypto rout close to ending... Read More
Today's topics include financial conditions tightening faster than during past hiking cycles, interpreting the bounce in bonds, is the Fed leading markets or following?, Mester chimes in on rates, more on recession odds, projecting inflation, reining in housing demand, oil production, and Asian currencies' tough quarter... Read More
Today's topics include still on track for 75 in July, optimistic earnings estimates, the global economic slowdown, betting against the BoJ, Michael Burry on the bullwhip effect, when will rates peak?, Larry Summers on secular stagnation, living paycheck to paycheck, falling commodity prices, and IPOs disappear in 2022... Read More
Today's topics include the Fed's path forward, stocks vs. bonds, an average bear market, ringing the alarm on the energy crisis, the case for persistent inflation, an eye on rents, Russia officially defaults on debt, and betting against Tether... Read More
Today's topics include misreading the Fed, Russian gas crisis, easy money gone for fintech, what consumers think of inflation, chances of a US recession, the housing market, markets question credibility of central banks, and looking at the future of crypto... Read More
Today's topics include bonds as a diversifier, worst bond rout since 1780s, betting against the BoJ, using financial conditions as a policy tool, central bank credibility, unaffordable rents, refiners reaping profits?, and quants profiting from crypto's fall... Read More
Today's topics include breaking down inflation, an eye on rents in the US & UK, measuring inflation expectations, anecdotal evidence of a cooling labor market?, updating recession odds, valuations, higher gas prices hit demand, and OPEC production... Read More
Today's topics include talkin' markets, expecting a recession, 75 in July, balancing jobs & inflation, shortages, the impact of higher rates, a two front battle, the crypto winter, and new technology brings manias... Read More
Today's topics include fed communication, the contrarian view to continue buying the dip, traders giving up on dip buying?, growing recession fears, work-from-home, large outflows from corporate bond funds this week, an interesting breakdown of the strategic petroleum reserve, and rising interest costs... Read More
Today's topics include hiking rates around the world, understanding Fedspeak, the Fed's grand plan, $6 gas?, going above and beyond normal tightening, QT, Chinese housing market slides, how will this bear market look?, wealth destruction, and crypto after the Fed... Read More
Today's topics include talkin' markets, how long can the BoJ keep yields down?, 75 is the new 50, the ECB's emergency meeting, Treasury liquidity problems on the rise, the economic theory of inflation, margin pressure, valuations have further to fall, and cash-out refis rose in first quarter.... Read More
Today's topics include chairman Timiraos calls for 75 basis point hike, the bond market's tantrum, the curve inverts again, Bernanke chimes in on inflation, the hawks' day in the sun, more on the odds of a recession, and vanishing crypto fortunes... Read More
Today's topics include rate hike expectations, how will unemployment rate respond to more hawkish fed?, talking about recession, more signs of broadening inflation, the yen's slide continues, crude's supply/demand imbalance, bonds yields getting more attractive vs. dividends, and signs of a slowdown in housing... Read More
Today's topics include generations on work-from-home, sympathy for the Fed, higher oil prices coming, betting against the pound, the current risk rally, El-Erian warns we aren't at the peak yet, tracking online goods inflation, gas prices are causing problems, checking on retailers' inventory, and stagnating growth in UK... Read More