Fighting Inflation Complacency
If the Fed and global central bankers relax with inflation in the five to six percent range, it will likely spike back toward double-digits during the next inflationary shock. This is no time for Inflation Complacency.
Recent Posts
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No, your pensions are not being “Raided”
Once again we are at that time of year when the US govt points a gun to its own head and says “cut the spending we just agreed to or we will shoot”.
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Doug Noland: Market Messaging
Bull market expectations are deeply ingrained. The Crowd will buy the dips and commit more financial resources to the market all the way down – until the shock.
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Issues 2023
Issue 2023: High probability of global market accidents.
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2022 Year in Review
This year’s key dynamic was a momentous shift in inflation dynamics, from years of asset market-centric price inflation to broad-based consumer, commodities and employment pricing pressures. Inflation dynamics are complex. But a confluence of developments conspired to alter the global inflation backdrop.
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TSP Smart: And The Fun Begins
Bubble inflection points are typically marked by a reversal of speculative flows out of an asset class.
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TSP Smart: A Soft Landing
$65 trillion is the value of hidden dollar debt unrecorded on the balance sheets of non-US banks and shadow banks as of June this year, also according to the BIS
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TSP Smart: The Market is Risk Deaf
While a Federal Reserve Chairman communicating in a balanced way seems appropriate, the problem lies in the fact the financial markets today are not balanced. The Market only hears what it wants to hear and that is that the Fed is about to save it once again.
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Doug Noland: Market Thoughts
With about a month to go, markets sense there’s a good shot at a decent year-end rally. And a solid December would be expected to presage a strong start to 2023. But that would not change my “countertrend” rally view. This market recovery, especially if it gets legs, is problematic.
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TSP Smart: History is Trying to Repeat
Let’s hope no one assumes that the $250,000 FDIC deposit insurance will pay one penny toward crypto losses of depositors.