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04Aug2:28 pmEST
Fitch's Get Stitches
While it may be tempting to praise the credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, for its recent downgrade of U.S. debt as being an admirable display of courage and integrity, I am willing to bet they had plenty of other reasons for making the move, too. Fitch, of course, got publicity from it. They also cement a ton of of ye-olde "covering one's...
03Aug1:27 pmEST
Bond Bulls Have it Wrong
The sheer duration and size of the consolidation Treasuries have been operating in, since last autumn when equities bottomed, almost assuredly means that when the inevitable directional break comes from said consolidation it will take many by surprise and oftentimes be far more violent in nature than most expect--Paul Tudor Jones has famous...
02Aug11:47 amEST
Son of a Fitch Downgrade!
You can tell just how spoiled and irresponsible our politicians have become by their visceral whining to the Fitch downgrade of U.S. debt last evening after the bell. But perhaps even more of a travesty was the sheer amount of pearl-clutching by various economists and market pundits who immediately slammed the ratings agency for the timing of...
01Aug2:50 pmEST
Summertime Blues for the Lag
We have High Yield Corporate and Junk Bonds (HYG, JNK ETFs, respectively) gapping down hard from a cluster of recent sideways candlesticks denoting a possible bearish reversal down. Meanwhile, both rates and the U.S. Dollar are on the move higher, with rates on the 10-Year Note suddenly coming close to that key 4.1% level we have been noting...
31Jul10:36 amEST
We All Have it Coming, Kid
AAPL and NVDA multi-year charts, first below, versus the Mississippi Stock Bubble, the Dutch Tulip Mania, South Sea Bubble, and RCA stock from the Roaring Twenties into the Great Depression. I recognize there are plenty of reasons circulating as to why this time is different and not a bubble. However, I can assure you with a modicum of...
30Jul11:58 amEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 07/30/23 {Video}
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28Jul1:01 pmEST
Relentless History
The bid in equities certainly seems relentless and is likely historic on many fronts, as we have been noting. As an example, the Bank of Japan yield curve control semi-"tweak" overnight was taken n stride, at least for now. And CNN's Fear & greed Index its till stubbornly in "Extreme Greed" territory. However, if you have been following along...
27Jul12:31 pmEST
This Will Be the Spark
Putting to one side the omnipresent "Black Swan" risks of Japan's markets imploding, the Euro Zone going bust, China/Taiwan, North Korea, and of course Russian/Ukraine, the far more imminent risk as I see it is inflation surging back higher in the face of a Fed Chair staying stubbornly methodical and hellbent on not surprising markets. But...
26Jul3:23 pmEST
Even the Price of Milquetoast is Rising
milque·toast noun: milquetoast; plural noun: milquetoasts a timid or feeble person. adjective: milquetoast feeble, insipid, or bland. "a soppy, milquetoast composer" Origin 1930s: from the name of a cartoon character, Caspar Milquetoast, created by H. T. Webster in 1924. It is hard to imagine a Fed Chair more timid in his...
25Jul11:25 amEST
Slowly But Surely, Starting to Come Together
The indices may be telling a different story for now, but sectors like the airlines (ETF below on the weekly timeframe) are indicating that inflationary pressures alongside a softening consumer are finally showing some wear and tear. As you can see on JETS, the reversal we noted a few weeks ago after Delta's earnings continues to...
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