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The Fed’s Great Switcheroo
January 7, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Education, U.S. Economy
The narrative around the Fed’s increasingly hawkish stance is that it’s reacting to consumer price inflation. That’s part of it, but I’m convinced Powell & Co. are playing at a much bigger game. Ever since the great financial crisis, asset markets have become unhealthily dependent on easy money. Besides exacerbating inequality, artificially inflated asset markets are prone to bubbles and bust. That’s why the most incisive market watchers have been saying for a long time that the Fed’s biggest challenge is to end this dependency once and for all. If that’s what the Fed is doing, how’s it going to affect markets? More importantly, which assets will suffer, and which will prosper? How We’re Slaying the Stock Market in 2022
January 7, 2022 Investing, Investment Opportunities, Real Talk, Trading Strategies
(4-minute read) I came up with a three-year plan to replicate Buffett’s strategy. And now, the final part is coming into place… Ace Of Coinbase, Walmart’s Creepy Convenience & Sony’s EV Dreams
January 5, 2022 Great Stuff
I Don’t Know … Third Base! Great Ones, we’ve already seen two Great Stuff Picks for 2022. And if you haven’t seen those yet, you must be having email issues again. I’m assuming that’s the problem, because why else would you miss my prognostications for investing in the new year? Why indeed? Anywho, if you […] Invest in This Alpha Dog of the Dow
January 5, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, U.S. Economy
Things are hard to find these days. COVID tests and face masks are in short supply. And a shortage of bus drivers is affecting my local school district. Some things are hard to find in the stock market as well … especially for income investors. The yield on the S&P 500 is a measly 1.3%.The 10-year Treasury yield is only 1.67%.Factor in inflation and those figures drop into negative territory. Your income isn’t keeping up with rising prices. You can look for yield in riskier assets such as high-yield bonds. But the “risk premium” is near historic lows. You’re not getting paid enough to justify it. Finding a good yield is becoming more like a treasure hunt … with investors scouring over hard-to-read maps. That’s why it’s time to revisit one popular strategy for clues. AMD’s AMDelight, The Golden Arches Get Served, Tesla Terminates Targets
January 3, 2022 Great Stuff
AMD: All My Dogs? Always Make Dinner? Anyway, More Dollars! Woke up quick at about noon, just thought that I had to be on Wall Street soon… Wait, are we really starting out 2022 with … *checks notes* … Eazy-E? As I tell my kids, Great Ones: “You get what you get, and you don’t […]