Here’s a chart I made of the collapse in the 10-year Treasury minus 3-month Treasury spread…
Macro/Econ
The “Trade Deal” is Hilarious
The enforcement mechanism allows both sides to judge for themselves whether they are meeting the spirit of the agreement.
The State of the US Consumer
“the strength of US consumer balance sheets (lowest debt service obligations in 40 years) and in US labor markets (lowest unemployment in 50 years) offsets some weakness”
The Most Disruptive Trend of the Decade
What would you say was the most disruptive trend of the 2010’s decade ending today?
Are Stock Buybacks Driving Wealth Inequality?
Ben Hunt joins Michael Batnick and Downtown Josh Brown at The Compound to explain what he’s so angry about
The Four Most Important Market Indicators
I really enjoyed talking with former JPMorgan strategist and the founder of Fundstrat Research about how he uses the evidence to understand what’s happening in the markets.
Dan Rasmussen: The Private Equity Boom is Risk for Main Street
Private equity has become the asset allocator’s asset class of choice. A recent survey of institutional investors found that 49% expect private equity to outperform the public equity market by a whopping 4% per year or more.
BAML’s Trade War Tracker
Following the course of the trade war with China and all of the associated developments has become something of a necessity for market participants
Recession is Coming, “Code Red” Yield Curve Indicator Seals the Deal
Campbell Harvey is a Professor at Duke University and a partner as Research Affiliates. He sat down with Michael Batnick and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management to discuss the meaning of the inverted yield curve…
Most Emerging Markets Indexes are Often China Funds in Disguise
The first ever freedom-weighted emerging markets index and ETF
