Blog: Yet Another "New Normal"
The markets expect stability.
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Markets
A collection of 97 issues
Blog: Healthcare and Sticky Inflation
Rising healthcare costs are making the Fed's job harder.
Newsletter: A Monetary Inflation Signal - A Matter of Velocity
It's not just about money supply.
Blog: Picking a Winner
Market lessons from Paul the Octopus.
Blog: Will the Fed pull off a 1994 in 2024?
Soft landing is becoming a possibility much to my surprise.
Blog - Leverage is Increasing: Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that leverage is rising. Many people think leverage, which is going into debt, is always bad. Others feel the opposite. The fact that most people in the middle class borrow at least 80% of the value of their homes to buy them is
Blog: Is the AI Bubble here? Looking at the Bubble Checklist
Bubble talk is premature. But we're getting there.
Flash Report: Is the Fed's 2% Target a Pipe Dream? Revisited.
Blog: Why I'm no longer a "Quant."
Hi. I'm Ed. I used to be a quant.
A recent article in Bloomberg quoted David Einhorn, a prominent hedge fund manager, as saying that the markets were "fundamentally broken" because of "passive investors and quants." To quote Bloomberg, "Einhorn said that quants
Blog: Did the Market Groundhog see it's Shadow in the Jobs Numbers?
The bond market says yes. The stock market says no.