paid Political Cycles • 4 min read Trump 2.0 and the Financial Markets Donald Trump's win and the Republican sweep of the House (probably) and the Senate (certainly) is consistent with…
paid Market Call • 3 min read Market Call: Sweep Stakes We still think that gridlock would be the most bullish outcome of the November 5 presidential and congressional elections, making…
paid Geopolitics • 3 min read Geopolitical Hot Spots With the Fed in easing mode and US economic growth remaining resilient and even robust, we are still wondering what…
paid Geopolitics • 3 min read Stock Market Flinches On Widening Middle East War Stock prices and bond yields dipped while oil prices jumped this morning. In Washington, a senior White House official said…
paid Inflation • 3 min read A Safe Haven In A World Of Troubles The US is a tranquil island in a sea of troubles. Geopolitical turmoil poses a threat to the continued prosperity…
public Geopolitics • 3 min read Geopolitical Risks Abound The world is getting more dangerous. That doesn't seem to be having any impact on the US stock…
paid Fed • 3 min read Powell Says Economy Is Normalizing & September Rate Cut Is On The Table The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left the federal funds rate (FFR) unchanged between 5.25%-5.50% at today&…
paid Breadth • 2 min read Is The Bull Market Broadening Or Rotating? Many investors are wondering if the recent outperformance of the S&P 400 and the S&P 600…
paid Crude Oil • 3 min read Market Call: $100 Oil, $3000 Gold? Will the current decade turn out to be like the 1920s, 1970s, or 1990s? We are still assigning subjective probabilities…
public Crude Oil • 2 min read Loose Houthis Can Sink Ships Chevron CEO Michael Wirth warned yesterday in a CNBC interview that the Red Sea crisis could disrupt oil supplies and…
paid Inflation • 2 min read There's Always Something To Worry About The stock and bond markets are marking time. They might continue to do so during the first half of this…
public Geopolitics • 3 min read Is Everybody (Too) Happy? Everybody in the stock market (at least everybody with long positions, which includes most investors) has been happy since the…