The Government Debt Threat Keeps Mounting: WSJ
If you thought the 2008 financial crisis was bad, wait until Washington has to stop borrowing. Source link
Treasury yields fall after BOJ keeps ultra-loose monetary policy
Treasury yields slipped after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy late Tuesday and as traders eyed a batch of U.S. economic updates due Wednesday.What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.160% slipped by 2.6 basis points to 4.186%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury TMUBMUSD10Y, 3.459% retreated 6.4 basis points […]
The most unpopular portfolio in America wins in 2022 — again
Yes, Pariah Capital has beaten Wall Street. Yet again.Before fees, too.Oh, and we’re willing to make a semi-serious bet we will do it again in 2023. Pariah Capital is the exclusive free money advice service offered to our readers by MarketWatch. To reach our target asset allocation for the year ahead, we tap the finest […]
Investors are ‘desperate’ for a recession that forces the Fed to pivot but what happens to markets if the economy remains healthy this year ?
As 2023 gets underway markets are clinging to expectations that the U.S. economy will slide into a recession that effectively forces the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates, lower bond yields and borrowing costs, and perhaps help stock market valuations. U.S. economic data released over the past few months show that inflation has moderated, […]
How the Fed is ‘collapsing’ real estate activity with higher interest rates
U.S. real estate has undergone a dramatic slowdown in transaction activity in the months since the Federal Reserve began jacking up interest rates. Sales of existing homes plunged from peak pandemic levels to about 4.1 million in November (see chart) from over 6 million units sold per year in 2021 as the Fed has dramatically […]
The ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Bubble Is About to Burst
As familiar as Americans are with the concept of credit, many of us, upon encountering a sandwich that can be financed in four easy payments of $3.49, might think: Yikes, we’re in trouble.Putting a banh mi on layaway—this is the world that “buy now, pay later” programs have wrought. In a few short years, financial-technology […]
Treasury yields slip after World Bank warning adds to global growth concerns and traders eye inflation data
U.S. bond yields fell on Wednesday as concerns about global economic growth lingered and traders looked ahead to U.S. inflation data, while an auction of 10-year notes met strong demand.What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.224% slipped 0.8 basis point to 4.249%. Yields and debt prices move opposite each other. The yield […]
Treasury yields pull back to mid-December levels
Treasury yields fell across the board Monday, with the 10-year rate declining to its lowest yield in about three weeks, as investors monitored China’s reopening and awaited remarks this week by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and a round of U.S. inflation data.Price action The yield on the 2-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.220% fell 6.3 […]
Globalization is not dead, but it is facing a big tail-risk, expert says
Reports that globalization is dead are overstated, a top economist says. Conventional wisdom has it that globalization will suffer in the aftermath of the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Biden White House’s move to reshore manufacturing and to deny China access to advanced technologies are seen as further steps away from a robust […]
‘Markets are going to get rocked’ as Fed is likely to push rates higher, economist warns
The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates more than the markets now expect, says Ricardo Reis, an economist at the London School of Economics. “Markets are going to get rocked,” Reis told MarketWatch on the sidelines of the American Economic Association annual meeting in New Orleans. “All the risks are on the upside. […]