[Editor’s note: In “The Cost Of Procrastination: America’s Broken Economy,” I compared the haphazard character
Month: December 2021
The Best (And Simplest) Bear Case For Bulletproof Stocks
It’s fair to suggest the macro consensus headed into 2022 is that inflation will remain
World’s Wealthiest 10 Now $729 Billion Richer Since Pandemic
2021 was another good year to be rich. Every New Year’s Eve, I refresh the
The Cost Of Procrastination: America’s Broken Economy
“Whatever availability you put down when I hired you is what I expect,” a self-important
The Tragedy Of Inflation Inequality (By The Numbers)
Whenever I get the feeling I’ve talked too much about so-called “K-shaped” inflation (the phenomenon
US Jobless Claims Trendline Falls Below 200,000
US jobless claims hovered near a 50-year low in the week through Christmas Day. Initial
Why Goldman Expects Inflation To Settle Down In 2022
If at first you don’t succeed. Around this time last year, Goldman’s economic team projected
Howard Marks’s ‘Perpetual Motion Machine’ In The Pandemic Era
Back in 2017, long before I stopped reading his memos, Howard Marks delivered one of
Black Sheep In Hong Kong
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong. Stand News, a pro-democracy holdout, became the latest casualty of Xi’s
Two Economic Arguments You Probably Shouldn’t Make
Some things are obvious, but for various reasons, we choose to ignore them. For example,
In Red-Hot US Housing Market, 19% Surge Counts As ‘Cool’
The rate of appreciation in US home prices is slowing. Albeit only slightly. I’m not
Wall Street, Fed Too Optimistic On US Economy, One Bank Says
The apparent demise of Build Back Better will deal a blow to an already waning
‘Living With It’: Record Stocks, Record COVID
It’s an odd pairing. Record high equities and record high COVID cases, I mean. That’s
Everyone Loves A Rally
“We like this,” one CIO said, on the first day of the last week of
