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Extreme and Popular Charts
Extreme and Popular Charts
Some of the more interesting charts from this week's CoT Update.... Read More
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Funding Gaps at Public and Private Pensions
Funding Gaps at Public and Private Pensions
Posted By Greg Blaha
Private pension funds have much smaller funding gaps than their government counterparts.... Read More
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Defined Benefit Plans Continue to Shrink
Defined Benefit Plans Continue to Shrink
Posted By Greg Blaha
Defined benefit plans continue to be replaced by IRAs and defined contribution plans.... Read More
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Comparing the Value of Credit in the U.S. to GDP
Comparing the Value of Credit in the U.S. to GDP
Posted By Greg Blaha
The amount of outstanding private credit in the U.S. experienced a brief decline during the financial crisis, but government debt grew throughout the entire period. Both are now at new highs.... Read More
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Weekly Research Roundup
Weekly Research Roundup
Posted By Ryan Malo
Posts of interest from this past week... Read More
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A Review of Inflation Expectations
A Review of Inflation Expectations
Jim Bianco discussed inflation expectations in a recent conference call. ... Read More
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Jim Bianco on Going to Vegas With Monetary Stimulus
Jim Bianco on Going to Vegas With Monetary Stimulus
On Thursday, June 6, 2019 we joined the Financial Sense podcast to talk about the markets and the Fed.... Read More
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COT Update: Speculators Betting Against the Yield Curve Remaining Inverted
COT Update: Speculators Betting Against the Yield Curve Remaining Inverted
Posted By Jim Bianco
Speculators do not believe the yield curve will remain inverted for too long.... Read More
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Weekly Digest – June 3, 2019 – June 7, 2019
Weekly Digest – June 3, 2019 – June 7, 2019
Our top posts from the week of June 3, 2019. ... Read More
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Extreme and Popular CoT Charts
Extreme and Popular CoT Charts
Some of the more interesting charts from this week's CoT Update.... Read More
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A Review of the Fed’s GDP Forecasts
A Review of the Fed’s GDP Forecasts
Jim Bianco discussed the Fed's latest GDP forecasts in a recent conference call. ... Read More
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Breaking Down Active and Passive Flows
Breaking Down Active and Passive Flows
Posted By Greg Blaha
Thanks to a new set of data from Bloomberg, we can now differentiate mutual fund flows based on whether they are actively or passively managed.... Read More
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Updating 60/40 Portfolio Returns
Updating 60/40 Portfolio Returns
Posted By Greg Blaha
The standard 60/40 portfolio lost 2.45% in May, its first monthly loss of the year.... Read More
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Why Is the Bond Market Demanding the Fed Cut Rates?
Why Is the Bond Market Demanding the Fed Cut Rates?
Posted By Jim Bianco
The bond market sees tariffs and persistently low inflation as reasons to cut rates. The stock market is only off modestly on the belief the Fed will deliver easier policy.... Read More
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Is the Market Forcing the Fed to Cut?
Is the Market Forcing the Fed to Cut?
Posted By Jim Bianco
The market is pricing in a 60% chance of a July 31 cut, 87% in September, and 3.5 cuts over the next year. Chairman Powell speaks tomorrow. What would be the consequences of him pushing back against a cut?... Read More
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Conference Call Transcript – What Should the Fed Do?
Conference Call Transcript – What Should the Fed Do?
A transcript of our May 30, 2019 conference call.... Read More
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Extreme and Popular CoT Charts
Extreme and Popular CoT Charts
Some of the more interesting charts from this week's CoT Update.... Read More
Markets
Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
Today's topics include what bond market may be trying to tell us, stock market valuation, how Trump will drag the Fed into the trade war, tariffs and "slowbalization", how robo-investors trade the trade war, currency traders have a good month and crude oil. ... Read More
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Jim Bianco Discusses Tariffs
Jim Bianco Discusses Tariffs
Jim Bianco was on CNN on Monday evening discussing tariffs on May 15., 2019. ... Read More