Not only are commodity prices soaring, but they are also trading with record backwardation, signifying critically low inventories are squeezing prices higher.... Read More
Jim Bianco: The Euro is getting crushed 6 month chart of the Euro Euro now under 1.09. It first crossed below 1.10 three hours ago. Biggest 1-day move since March 2020. Dollar soaring/Euro diving. When things “hit the... Read More
Jim Bianco: The last two days the national average price of gasoline has jumped 11 cents. One of its largest jumps in history. The other examples were hurricane breaking infrastructure or Libya going offline. Those past jumps were corrected in... Read More
Bianco Research Conference Call: Economic & Market Implications of Russia?s Invasion of Ukraine Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET, 7:00 AM PT and 15:00 GMT) Bianco Research, in conjunction with Arbor Research & Trading, will... Read More
Bianco Research Conference Call: Economic & Market Implications of Russia?s Invasion of Ukraine Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET, 7:00 AM PT and 15:00 GMT) Bianco Research, in conjunction with Arbor Research & Trading, will... Read More
Bianco Research Conference Call: Economic & Market Implications of Russia?s Invasion of Ukraine Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET, 7:00 AM PT and 15:00 GMT) Bianco Research, in conjunction with Arbor Research & Trading, will... Read More
Shelter costs remain an important factor for inflation. By many of Redfin's alternative measures, the housing market remains as hot as ever.... Read More
Checking in on market drawdowns from their highs in a volatile week... Read More
Jim Bianco: Latest drawdown charts. The most worrisome part, to me, is interest rates are not giving an inch. In fact the 2-year finished about 1.60%. Zero flight to quality after this big decline. My takeaway, this is about inflation. ... Read More
For the time being, Putin appears to have no interest in backing down. This puts central banks in an even worse spot than before. Growth will likely take a hit, but inflation will also remain elevated. We believe the Fed will attempt to tame inflation first, worrying about slow growth later.... Read More
Jim Bianco: The 10:1 ratio of this tweet should stand as evidence of how important, and how angry, the public is about inflation. Jim Bianco: Manheim: Wholesale Vehicle Prices Decline in First Half of February Manheim Market Report (MMR) prices... Read More
The yield curve's flattening is a sign of growing concern that the Fed is going to hike too much and break something. The curve is not yet inverted, which would signal the market believes things are already breaking, but it continues to move toward that level.... Read More
Some interesting charts from our recent COT report. ... Read More
Bianco Research Conference Call: Fed Tightening Is Coming Thursday, February 17 at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET, 7:00 AM PT and 15:00 GMT) Bianco Research, in conjunction with Arbor Research & Trading, will be hosting a client webinar/teleconference moderated... Read More
Passive 'buy and hold' capital has been pouring into the market even during the 10% decline in January 2022. This has led to a divergence in flows between allocator funds and trading funds.... Read More
Bianco Research Conference Call: Fed Tightening Is Coming The era of easy money is over. Now comes the tightening. How much will the Fed tighten? Why? And what will be its impact on the markets and the economy? Join us... Read More
Bianco Research Conference Call: Fed Tightening Is Coming The era of easy money is over. Now comes the tightening. How much will the Fed tighten? Why? And what will be its impact on the markets and the economy? Join us... Read More
Mounting pressures on central banks to tame inflation mean they are far less worried about maintaining asset prices.... Read More