CNBC Extra w/ Mike & Carter
Fast Money & Options Action are taking a break as CNBC shift coverage from markets to the Olympics. Mike & Carter took a moment to make sure investors stay informed.
How Do You Invest in a World Gone Mad!
Reading the headline, you might be thinking that we are going to talk about the price action of the stock market for the past few days. But we are not.…
Bonds/Interest Rate Update
Jeffery Gundlock, the Founder and CIO of Doubleline Asset Management had some things to say about the bond market at the Sohn Conference which took place this past week. Of note, was…
What’s Next for Long-Term Interest Rates?
On Wednesday, we presented a macro discussion about the dislocation in the Italian bond market. We went on to discuss our interpretation of how it is a natural result of…
The Fed and the Value of the Dollar & Risk Assets
It is the national policy for virtually every centrally planned economy on the planet (which is all of them) to devalue the currency. Economic central planners use currency as a tool…
Close Out Bearish TLT Trade
We recently posted an update to our bond market analysis on 21-February-2018. We were then and are now, long-term bearish on bonds. To that end, we held a short call-spread risk-reversal…
Bond Market Update
The bond market has been taking it on the chin these days and for good reason. (1) The economy is growing faster which tends to increase real (nominal yields less…
The Stars are Beginning to Align for Commodities.
Asset prices move in waves. Ever since the great depression of the 1930s, the equity markets have risen in bullish waves that tend to last 7 to 9 years then…
Some Thoughts on the Macro Picture for 2018
The "everything bubble" is a meme that is alive and well. The price of everything is going up. The price of stocks, bonds, real estate, Cryptos, food, healthcare, education, and…
Bonds are Dead, Long Live Bonds
One the macro front, we talk about bonds quite a bit, even though most of our followers are interested in equities and options. We give bonds a good bit of…