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
Defined benefit plans continue to be replaced by IRAs and defined contribution plans.... Read More
Over the past couple decades, households' real estate equity and direct stock ownership have moved in lockstep.... Read More
Roughly 39% of FDIC deposits in the U.S. are uninsured.... Read More
When economies suffer through a recession, they change. Evidence suggests this is what happened to the U.S. economy in 2020. Now inflation is the dominant force. Should the Fed ignore this and cut rates, spurring more inflation, the consequences could be devastating.... Read More
Today's topics include stocks & liquidity, are you ready for another round of debt ceiling drama?, El-Erian argues timing of first cut matters as much as terminal rate, higher rates present opportunity for active equity, Fed communication, gold as a global reserve, the rental market & inflation, and momentum trading... Read More
Consumer confidence came in much worse than expected last week. Democrats have soured on the economy as election hopes falter. Since so much of economic data is opinion surveys, like consumer confidence, economists will look at this data and conclude the economy is worsening when these surveys are actually political opinions, not economic ones.... Read More
Many argue about the formation of bubbles and the subsequent popping of bubbles. The truth is they are an extension of human psychology rather than a fixture of financial markets. ... Read More
52% of households owning mutual funds make more than $100k per year.... Read More
Active equity mutual funds continue to charge more than 10x the fees of passive equity mutual funds.... Read More
42% of U.S. households own an IRA. The difference in ownership between the highest and lowest income buckets is staggering.... Read More
A look at the holdings of government-only money market funds versus prime money market funds... Read More
Is the economy slowing? When will the deficit matter? How dominant are momentum stocks?... Read More
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss Private Credit, Stock Market Concentration, Bond Yield-Stock Relationship & Corporate Buybacks with Charles Payne.... Read More
Factor models are widely used by active asset managers to dial in portfolio exposures. It is known that certain factors have an outsized impact on market returns during certain periods. In 2024, momentum stocks have driven equity returns. ... Read More
