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UPDATED – Case Study: Capitalizing on Stagflation
Even though the term “stagflation” remains an unconfirmed fear for investors as they try and draw parallels to the 1970s, that does not mean that opportunity does not exist. Rather, it is…
“The Lookout” from Catalyst
Special Feature on Wages and Inflation: “The Lookout” from Catalyst
Joe Tigay of Equity Armor Investments provides a broad market overview on inflation, the job market, and more in this extended edition of The Lookout. Simon Lack and his team at SL Advisors…
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“HODL” Finds Its Inevitable Flaw
“HODL,” an original misspelling taken on as a badge of courage by cryptocurrency investors, spread to “Meme stocks” during the runup in 2020 and 2021. The term “HODL” originated from user…
Market Volatility Is Becoming Normal
Every investor is aware that the market’s been volatile recently. The VIX is high but converting it into typical daily moves isn’t intuitive. Several readers like the chart below, which shows…
ReSolve Riffs: Jeff Snider & Emil Kalinowski of Eurodollar University on Inflationary Market Signals
This week we had the pleasure of welcoming Jeff Snider (Head of Global Investment Research at Alhambra Investments) and Emil Kalinowski (enterprising investor, author and host of both a talk…
NFIB Signals A Recession Is Coming…Again
NFIB signals a recession is coming…again. The reason I say “again” is because, in September 2019, we discussed these same signals stating:
Texans Don’t Complain About Gas Prices
People may disagree on whether this Fed is hawkish or not, but reactionary is not a controversial adjective. They first demonstrated this in waiting eighteen months after the Covid vaccine and…
Chart of the Week: This Week’s Domestic Economic Results
This Week’s Domestic Economic Results
Catalyst/Rational Instant Reaction & Analysis: Fed Raises Interest Rates 75 Bps
What was once (rather recently) deemed as “off the table” for the Fed this month, the FOMC today took aggressive action, announcing the largest interest rate hike since 1994 (75 bps) as they…
Investors Are Terrified, So Why Aren’t They Selling?
Investors are terrified. Such is what you would assume from recent mainstream media headlines and CNBC’s continuous run of “Markets In Turmoil.” There are also plenty of indicators suggesting…
Energy Realism Is Spreading
There were three stories last week that can best be characterized as providing energy realism. The fire at Freeport’s LNG facility sent US natural gas prices skidding, with the loss of 2…
CE Credit Opportunity: Webinar – Avoiding the Blind Spots of the 60/40 Portfolio Approach
Once a tried-and-true approach to investing, market observers have begun to cast doubt on the 60/40 portfolio approach, and with inflation and interest rates both on the rise, investors making…
Another Bear Market, Another Positive Return For This Fund
2022 seems to be setting the stage for the 2020’s to be a lost decade–a decade where an asset class generates negative returns–for both stocks and bonds. A lost decade can derail an investor’s…
Fed Pause? Markets Hope So, But Likely Not Yet.
Will the Fed pause its rate hikes as markets correct? That is the question that everyone is trying to answer. Of course, after more than a decade of monetary interventions, investors have…