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View all articlesHere are four little-followed businesses with strong and growing returns on invested capital (ROIC) – one of the common hallmarks of the Buffett-style “Inevitable” stocks we love here at Porter & Co. (from Kyle Grieve via X on September 20)…
Read articleThe uranium industry was a big winner in September (see Energy below). Here’s a review of some of the most promising uranium mining stocks today (from Anders via X on September 23)…
Read articleThe recent Russian ban on diesel and gasoline exports could be a bullish tailwind for oil refiners like Valero (VLO) (from Norman Levine via X on September 23)…
Read articleAahan Menon – founder of Prometheus Research – shares his current macro outlook, including why he believes the massive upcoming wave of debt issuance is likely to be bearish for U.S. Treasury bonds (from the BlockWorks Forward Guidance podcast on August 30)…
Read articleAn explanation of the popular Treasury bond “basis trade,” and why regulators are sounding the alarm (from The Wall Street Journal on Sep 13)…
Read articleDespite the worrisome fundamentals, U.S. Treasury bonds are on pace for record inflows this year (from Santiago Capital via X on September 16)…
Read articleThis long-term chart of 30-year Treasury bonds suggests the 40-year bull market is over (from Jurrien Timmer via X on September 19)…
Read articleHedge fund manager Bill Ackman – who has never been shy about “talking his book” – recently explained why he remains bearish on U.S. Treasury bonds (from Bill Ackman via X on September 21)…
Read articleThe government is planning a U.S. Treasury “buyback” program to boost market liquidity (from Bloomberg on September 21)…
Read articleThe recent “bear steepening” in the U.S. Treasury yield curve could be an ominous signal for the economy (from Alf via X on September 23)…
Read articleThe 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a new 16-year high above 4.5% this week (from Charlie Bilello via X on September 25)…
Read articleYet, despite the huge move higher recently, yields are only now back to their long-term historical average (from Katie Greifeld via X on September 25)…
Read articleTorsten Slok, chief economist for alternative asset manager Apollo Global, believes the credit default cycle is now underway (from The Daily Spark on August 26)…
Read articleCorporate profits continued to weaken last quarter (from Liz Ann Sonders via X on August 30)…
Read articleLast month was the busiest August for corporate bankruptcies on record (from Steph Pomboy via X on September 5)…
Read articleBillionaire distressed debt investor Howard Marks expects defaults to keep rising (from Bloomberg on September 6)…
Read articleDespite plenty of reasons for concern, the spreads between high-yield corporate debt and U.S. Treasuries have been falling for most of the year (from David Dierking via X on September 18)…
Read articleThe average company’s net interest payment has actually fallen over the past couple years (from Charlie Bilello via X on September 19)…
Read articleGlobal default rates are on pace to exceed 2008 levels (from The Kobeissi Letter via X on September 23)…
Read articleWhy there’s likely no escaping a wave of corporate defaults at this point (from Michael A. Arouet via X on September 24)…
Read articleNearly half of student loan borrowers expect to go delinquent when payments resume next month (from Joe Consorti via X on August 28)…
Read articleConsumer spending appears to have weakened significantly in August (from Bob Elliot via X on September 6)…
Read articleWage growth isn’t falling for high earners, which could explain some of the unexpected resilience in consumer spending this year (from Liz Ann Sonders via X on September 8)…
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