paid Bond Market • 2 min read What's Driving Bond Yields? Two of our favorite technical indicators for the 10-year Treasury bond yield are currently bullish. The yield tends to be…
public Banks • 2 min read Credit Crunch Ahead? SLOOS was on the loose today, yet stock prices continued to snooze. The Fed's Senior Loan Officer Opinion…
paid Buybacks • 2 min read Keep Your Seatbelt on and Get a Neck Brace The S&P 500 rallied along with regional bank stocks today. It found support yesterday at its 50-day moving…
public Fed • 2 min read Powell's Plateau The current consensus in the financial markets seems to be that the FOMC is done hiking the federal funds rate…
paid Fed • 2 min read Markets' Message to the Fed: Just Say No to More Rate Hikes The stock market sent a message to the FOMC today: Cease and desist from any more rate hikes, please. The…
paid Week Ahead • 1 min read The Economic Week Ahead: May 1-5 This is another big week for earnings reports, which have been mostly better than expected so far. In addition, the…
public Banks • 2 min read Another Week Without a Banking Crisis Our mantra since the start of the banking crisis on March 10 has been that any day without a banking…
paid Fed • 2 min read Fed 's H.4.1 Shows Banking Crisis Not Getting Worse The Fed's H.4.1 report is released every Thursday at 4:15 pm. It shows the Fed&…
paid Banks • 2 min read Banking Crisis May Be Abating We've previously observed that any day without a banking crisis is a good day for stocks. SVB imploded…
paid Inflation • 2 min read Inflation, the Fed & Too Much Happiness The S&P 500 fell slightly today despite the better-than-expected March CPI data this morning. Inflation continues to moderate.…
public Fed • 3 min read On the Lookout for a Bank Credit Crunch The Silicon Valley Bank imploded on Friday, March 10. To avert a widespread bank run, the Fed announced, on Sunday,…
public Banking • 2 min read Fed Backstops the Banks The Fed has the banks' backsides covered. The Fed can't insure deposits, but it can guarantee that…