Friday, May 13, 2022

The Morning Call--What blew our financial bubble so big?

 

The Morning Call

 

5/13/22

 

 

The Market

         

    Technical

 

            Thursday in the charts.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bonds-bid-sp-enters-bear-nasdaq-plunges-worst-drawdown-lehman

 

            The dollar continues to strengthen.

            https://www.ft.com/content/fdace694-4aa8-4671-8b94-e67cc7ab9ce2

 

            The VIX is lagging the Market.

            https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/co-chlvij3

 

    Fundamental

 

       Headlines

 

              The Economy

 

                        US

 

                        International

 

                          March EU industrial production rose 0.7% versus estimates of -2.0%.

 

                        Other

 

                          The US March trade deficit was the largest in history.

                          https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-largest-us-trade-deficit-in-us.html#.Yn00StrMKUk

 

            The Fed

 

              The problem with cheap money.

              https://investoramnesia.com/2022/05/08/deflating-narratives-a-diet-of-cheap-money/

 

              I know Paul Volcker; and Jay Powell is no Paul Volcker.

              https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2022/05/12/chickenhawks

 

              The Fed always blows the economy up.

              https://alephblog.com/2022/05/09/welcome-back-to-1994-redux/

 

              What the Market is pricing the Fed to do.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/markets-expect-fed-do-something-it-has-never-done

 

            Inflation

 

              An inflation puzzle.

              https://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2022/05/an-inflation-puzzle.html

 

              Consumer prices are still climbing rapidly.

              https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/business/economy/april-2022-cpi.html

 

            Recession

 

              Recession is what is spooking the Market.

              https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=valuation

 

              China’s slowdown is rippling around the globe.

              https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-economic-slowdown-is-rippling-all-around-the-world-11652347800?mod=hp_lead_pos6

 

              UK on the verge of recession.

              https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/uk-recession-threat-soars-economy-contracts-march

 

     Bottom line

 

            What blew our financial bubble so big? (must read)

            https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/05/what-blew-our-financial-bubble-so-big.html

 

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What I am reading today

 

           

 

 

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