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View all articlesAnd this dire situation doesn’t include the very real possibility that the economy enters a recession in the months ahead. Historically, recessions alone have caused a dramatic increase in deficits and total debt as a percentage of GDP (from Dylan LeClair via X)…
Read articleA look at the performance of major asset classes over the past 200-plus years (from Markets & Mayhem via X on September 2)…
Read articleThe U.S. government has officially entered into “fiscal madness” (from First Trust Economics Blog on September 5)…
Read articleBig tech is more expensive relative to the broad market than it has been in years (from Jesse Felder via X on September 6)…
Read articleWalmart’s recent pay cuts suggest the jobs market is softening (from The Wall Street Journal on September 7)…
Read articleAn update on the correlation between stocks and bonds (from Verdad Weekly Research on September 11)…
Read articleThe record spread between 30-year mortgage rates and the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield could be a bearish signal for stocks (from C. Scott Garliss via X on September 11)…
Read articleToday’s near-record high market valuations suggest that stocks could suffer dramatic losses if inflation remains sticky (from Bloomberg on September 11)…
Read articleU.S. consumers’ post-COVID “excess savings” have nearly run out (from Matthew Miskin, CFA via X on September 11)…
Read articleU.S. imports from Mexico have officially surpassed those from China for the first time in decades (from Brent Donnelly via X on September 12)…
Read articleGoldman Sachs warns of three upcoming “hits” to the economy this year (from Joe Weisenthal via X on September 12)…
Read articleShort interest in stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to fall to multi-year lows (from Deutsche Bank Research via The Daily Shot on September 14)…
Read articleThis labor market indicator suggests inflation remains a problem (from Otavio Costa via X on September 14)…
Read articleA tell-tale sign of exuberance in artificial intelligence (AI) (from Peter Atwater via X on September 14)…
Read articleThis pandemic program has been handing out billions of dollars in bogus tax credits for years. The IRS may finally be shutting it down (from The Wall Street Journal on September 14)…
Read article“Picking up dimes in front of a bulldozer”: A new ETF looks to capitalize on the popularity of zero-day options (from Reuters on September 14)…
Read articleThe labor market is showing recessionary signs beneath the surface (from the Economic Cycle Research Institute on September 15)..
Read articleThe “Great Moderation” is over: Why the low-inflation, low-volatility environment of the past few decades probably isn’t coming back (from Liz Ann Sonders and Kevin Gordon at Charles Schwab on September 18)…
Read articleHistory suggests the recent strength in the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) could continue – and that could be bad news for stocks (from Dean Christians, CMT via X on September 18)…
Read articleWhy private equity (PE) could be one of the biggest casualties of rising interest rates (from Kelly Evans at CNBC on September 18)…
Read articleLeading indicators suggest broad market earnings are likely to continue to fall sharply in the months ahead (from Michael Kao via X on September 18)…
Read articleThe yield on a 60/40 portfolio has now fallen significantly below the yield on cash. This has historically been a bad omen for stocks (from Brian McAuley/Sitka Pacific Capital Management via LinkedIn on September 18)…
Read articleEconomic sentiment shows worrisome similarities with 2008 (from The Daily Shot on September 18)…
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