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THE FED GIRDS FOR BATTLE
It’s the Fed’s “hold my beer” moment. After more than a year in which Federal Reserve leadership appeared clueless, pollyannish, and indecisive, the Fed is conducting a full-throated messaging campaign to show that it is as serious as cancer about the inflation surge that is scaring the bejesus out of
It Was the “Strong” Economy That Was Transitory – Ep 812
· Dow and S&P see biggest drop since the pandemic. · Walmart was the jab. Target was the knockout punch. · Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen show strength.
Powell Admits Soft Landing May Be Bumpy – Ep 811
· Americans are spending more, but buying less. · Jeff Bezos calls out Joe Biden. · Businesses are absorbing costs, not gouging prices. · Ben Bernanke is right about Bitcoin. · Brace yourself for an economic crash.
Consumers Worried About Inflation. Investors Worried About the Fight. – Ep 810
· More downside to go as investors panic buy stocks. · Robinhood will ultimately go bankrupt. · Jerome Powell gets reappointed as Fed chair. · Consumers are borrowing more, despite rate hikes. · Oil positioning for a big move up.
Bitcoin May Luna After All – Ep 809
· Gold and silver remain strong while gold and silver miners continue caving. · Lisa Cook was not the most qualified person for the FOMC. · Neel Kashkari had a Freudian slip. · Companies are imploding and massive layoffs are coming. · Crypto is collapsing.
Black Monday 2: Electric Boogaloo – Ep 808
· Investors resorted to indiscriminate selling amidst today’s carnage. · The Fed can’t do the impossible. · Housing foreclosures will go through the roof. · Covid shutdowns were just a dress rehearsal for what’s coming next. · Weak hands sold precious metals today.
The Fed Has Already Lost the Inflation Fight – Ep 807
· Stock market gets clobbered. · Crypto market gets clobbered. · Markets still closer to the top than the bottom. · Productivity sees biggest drop since 1947. · We may already be in an inflationary depression.
Fed Hawks Turn Chicken – Ep 806
· Fed raises benchmark interest rates higher than it has in 20 years. · Lyft stock hits 52 week low. · Jerome Powell admires Paul Volcker, but not for his policies. · New York Times argues for less courage and more cowardice.
GDP & Stocks Down + Inflation Up = Recession – Ep 805
· NASDAQ has worst first 4 months since 1971. · S&P has worst first 4 months since 1939. · FANG stocks enter bear market. · Prices increasing faster than wages. · Cathie Wood is the guru of mindless meme stock investing. · Bitcoin HODLers are deer staring into the headlights
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THE FED GIRDS FOR BATTLE
It’s the Fed’s “hold my beer” moment. After more than a year in which Federal Reserve leadership appeared clueless, pollyannish, and indecisive, the Fed is
MARCH MADNESS IN THE BOND MARKET
There was a little March Madness on Wall Street. In fact, the month turned into an old-fashioned blood bath. But you wouldn’t have found any carnage in
TRANSITORY PERMANENCE
The inflation that we were emphatically told would be transitory and unmoored continues to persist and entrench. As the troubles gather momentum Washington is doing
