The U.S. equity market is top-heavy, richly valued, and sold on the AI narrative. How should you think about markets in this environment?... Read More
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss the VIX, Retail Investors vs Wall Street, Froth in the Market & Division at the Federal Reserve over the Labor Market with Charles Payne.... Read More
The Bianco Research Fixed Income Total Return Index is positioned for higher rates and a steeper curve. It is also overweight MBS, underweight corporate bonds, and has a conviction bet on emerging market debt and short-term TIPS. Join us as we discuss the economic and market factors that led to these positions.... Read More
The economy appears strong, inflation seems sticky, the stock market is hitting new highs while credit spreads are at generational lows, and the market may even be signaling that the Fed is now neutral.... Read More
The Commitments of Traders report enables investors to track changes in positions among various groups of traders/investors. ... Read More
Our CoT interactive report allows users to change markets, dates, and measures. ... Read More
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development labels roughly half of all renters as either "cost-burdened" or "severely cost-burdened" in paying for shelter.... Read More
The median house now sits on the market for 52 days before selling.... Read More
Last week, Powell suggested the collapse in population growth means the economy can survive on 0 to 50k job growth each month. Over the previous three months, payroll growth was 29.3k. Is the labor market actually in balance, calling into question the need to cut rates?... Read More
Despite Stephen Miran's claims to the contrary, there is evidence that tariff-induced goods inflation is underway even as services inflation is falling. The Fed is taking a risk by ignoring it and cutting rates.... Read More
The Commitments of Traders report enables investors to track changes in positions among various groups of traders/investors. ... Read More
A look at outstanding amounts of Treasuries, corporates, agencies, munis and open market paper... Read More
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.... Read More
Private pension funds typically have much smaller funding gaps than their government counterparts.... Read More
Over the past couple decades, households' real estate equity and direct stock ownership have moved in lockstep.... Read More
Defined benefit plans continue to be replaced by IRAs and defined contribution plans.... Read More
Roughly 42% of FDIC deposits in the U.S. are uninsured.... Read More
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of 2025 net immigration growth in the United States was revised down from 2 million to just 408,000. This has a profound impact on the labor supply in the United States and payrolls growth.... Read More
The Commitments of Traders report enables investors to track changes in positions among various groups of traders/investors. ... Read More
An argument can be made that the labor market?s breakeven rate, an estimate of how many jobs the U.S. economy needs to create to keep up with population changes, is nearing zero. If so, cutting rates to stimulate an economy with no excess capacity risks pushing already elevated inflation higher.... Read More