Global market “risk off” is gathering momentum. China’s currency declined another 1.06% versus the dollar this week to the weakest level since [...]
S&P500 futures were up 0.7% immediately following the release of Friday’s August payrolls data. Non-farm job gains of 187,000 were marginally [...]
While economists won’t ratchet Q3 growth estimates up to match the Atlanta Fed GDPNow’s 5.9%, forecasts will be moving higher. The Unemployment [...]
China’s Bubble deflation has entered the acceleration phase. Going forward, Crisis Dynamics will be increasingly unpredictable and difficult to [...]
The lazy days of such a sweltering summer are not when Wall Street would typically be on the lookout for market junctures. Bonds might be at a one: [...]
The two-year versus 10-year Treasury spread narrowed 20 bps this week, the largest narrowing since the banking crisis week of March 17th. Ten-year [...]
Please join Doug Noland and David McAlvany this coming Thursday, August 3rd, at 4:00 pm Eastern/ 2:00 pm Mountain time for the Tactical Short Q2 [...]
Markets assume that a 25 bps rate increase at the FOMC’s meeting next Wednesday will wrap up the Fed’s tightening cycle. The rates market is [...]
I might have titled this week’s CBB “Wednesday.” But even I will (on occasion) draw a line on quirkiness. Wednesday was another extraordinary [...]
Wednesday, July 5, 2023: ISI’s Ed Hyman speaking on Bloomberg Television: “Inflation is coming down around the world. They just reported this [...]
For the Week: The S&P500 gained 2.3% (up 15.9% y-t-d), and the Dow rose 2.0% (up 3.8%). The Utilities increased 0.5% (down 8.1%). The Banks [...]
For the most part, things seem to look and feel as they did during the old cycle. Loose financial conditions persist, and securities markets remain [...]
