paid Stock Market • 3 min read Valuation & Beauty Stock market valuation and beauty have a lot in common: They are both in the eyes of the beholder. At…
public Bonds • 3 min read Bond Yields Have Normalized The backup in bond yields since mid-September did not surprise us. But it has surprised lots of other financial pundits,…
paid Stocks • 3 min read Is It Too Late To Panic? Since the December 5 QuickTakes titled "Contrarian Indicators Showing Too Many Bulls," we've been warning that…
public Market Call • 3 min read Market Call: Trend Spotting Some of our best friends are technicians. Ed was at Prudential Equity Group at the same time as Ralph Acampora,…
public Commodities • 3 min read Sell Bonds, Buy Gold? Yes, that has been our advice since mid-August. Our August 19, 2024 Morning Briefing was titled, "Get Ready To…
public Market Call • 3 min read Market Call: The Next Surprise So far, September isn't living up to its bad reputation for the stock market now that the S&…
public Fed • 3 min read Powell Declares Mission Accomplished The Fed cut the federal funds rate (FFR) by 50bps today. This marks the end of the Fed’s monetary…
paid Bonds • 3 min read Tough Treasury Auctions Belie Renewed Recession Chatter US stock prices and bond yields rose today following the release of the latest weekly jobless claims report confirming our…
public Fed • 2 min read Bond & Stock Prices In Mini Meltup Over Soft Landing Investors are obviously relieved that the economy may be on a sustainable soft-landing path and might avoid a recession (again)…
paid Market Call • 2 min read Market Call: Spotting Reindeers Last week was a wild one for sure in the bond and stock markets. The bond yield plunged and stock…
paid Bonds • 2 min read Ackman's Big Short “There is too much risk in the world to remain short bonds at current long-term rates,” Bill Ackman said in…
public S&P 500 Earnings • 2 min read The Forces Of Light Versus The Forces of Darkness Yin and yang. The forces of darkness appeared in the bond market while light shined in the stock market today.…