A Straight Horizontal Line
In a wonderfully ridiculous example of fitting a narrative to a given day’s price action,
In ‘Dreamland,’ Nobody Knows Anything
To the extent they’ve succumbed to avarice, market participants could use “a little bit more
Crash-Up! Retail Investors Engineer Another Gamma Squeeze
There’s been a “massive grab” for short-dated lottery tickets in high-flying US growth shares and
Housing Starts Data Betrays Eye-Watering Disparity
US housing starts fell a second month in October, data out Wednesday showed. Starts dropped
‘Raging Manias’ And The Only Acceptable State Of Affairs
The headlines are littered with bubble warnings. Of course, that’s been true every day for
The ‘Greatest Risk’ To The ‘GAMMA’ Stocks
Earlier this month, I noted that “concentration risk” in US equities is the highest it’s
Investors ‘Storm’ US Housing Market, Buy 90,000 Homes In Three Months
As US home prices ascended into the stratosphere amid a confluence of pandemic dynamics all
Goldman Delivers 2022 US Equity Outlook (It’s Bullish)
700 points separates Goldman’s year-end 2022 target for the S&P 500 from Morgan Stanley’s forecast.
Forget Bill Dudley. Mind The Flows That Matter
If you’re looking to explain intraday market swings, don’t read too much into the incessant
Just Two Old Friends
As long as you weren’t expecting anything substantive from the first face(time)-to-face(time) summit between Xi
Shop ‘Til You Drop
US retail sales exceeded expectations for October, data out Tuesday showed. Sales rose 1.7% last
Summers Warns Biden, Fed: Control Inflation Or Trump Comes Back
I’ve critiqued Larry Summers at regular intervals over the course of 2021 mostly because, in
Gasp! What If The Workers Aren’t Coming Back?
What if the workers aren’t coming back? Seemingly every update on the US labor market
Why US Stocks Will Lag The World In 2022
“Serene progress.” That amusing characterization of global equities’ monumental post-pandemic rally comes from a 64-page,
Topics Du Jour: Musk, Bernie, Burry And Bulletproof Stocks
The new week dawned with familiar banter. “Banter” may not be the best word. It
China Surprises As Key Data Shows Resilience Amid Slowdown
The Chinese economy exhibited further signs of moderation in October, but data out Monday was
‘Turbulence All The Time’: A Never-Ending Energy Crisis?
The impact of green policies “can be explained in one sentence,” JPMorgan’s Marko Kolanovic said
Psst! Don’t Tell Them About The Recession Part
As calls grow louder for Fed action to help rein in inflation, it’s important the
Fragile: Handle With Care
Another eyebrow-raising inflation print and associated tumult in rates means traders will spend the new
A Sea Change In Portfolio Risk Management Is Coming
Earlier this week, in “Why Not 100% Stocks?“, I revisited the debate around the viability
Fed, Biden Risk Credibility Crisis With Inflation Cliffhanger
“Prices surging,” declared alarmist chyrons on Saturday morning news shows in the US. If it’s
A Question For Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio wrote about inflation this week. Regular readers know this, but for anyone who’s
There Are 1.4 Job Openings For Every US Job Seeker (Allegedly)
If you’re jobless, but searching for work, there’s an open position for you. In fact,
White House Has Serious Inflation PR Problem, Survey Shows
Consumers are now very concerned about inflation. That might seem like a flippant or otherwise
‘We Don’t Live In A Society That Pays You What You’re Worth’
It still feels like there’s a bit of cognitive dissonance out there around inflation. Everyone
‘Why Not 100% Stocks?’
For what seems like a very, very long time, Wall Street analysts, strategists of various
El-Erian Lacks Ideas, But He’ll Make Up For It In Hyperbole
Mohamed El-Erian, net worth — I don’t know, a lot — is concerned about “the
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