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July 13, 2022 Great Stuff
And That Was All She Wrote… Great Ones, I woke up late after last night and I knew right away something wasn’t right. Inflation had blown. It took all I had and blew my portfolio apart … should have known it’d go bad right from the start. Where did we do wrong? Bye bye, baby, […] Wally World’s Canoo Trip; On Pepsi, On Pershing, On Peloton…
July 12, 2022 Great Stuff
Tip A Canoo & Walmart Too Great Ones, who has heard the great commotion (motion, motion) all the country through? It is the electric vehicle (EV) market rolling on, for EV maker Canoo (Nasdaq: ) and Walmart (NYSE: ) too… And together they’ll build a little van … a van. A van that’s used for […] The “Stuff” Surplus Has Started; Like Taking Candy From Buybuy Baby
June 30, 2022 Great Stuff
Did Somebody Say “Blue Light Special?” Great Ones, we’ve long talked up the average consumer’s willingness to overspend like no tomorrow. You might fancy yourself a thrifty shopper, but c’mon: Who doesn’t at least shell out for the good frozen pizza every once in a while? No? Call it a willingness, call it an active […] Flipping Off The Housing Market; These Boots Weren’t Made For Walking
June 28, 2022 Great Stuff
‘Cause This Is Shiller It’s close to 9 a.m., and something evil’s lurking in the dark. No, it’s not “Thriller” under the moonlight — it’s the latest Case-Shiller Index! *Distant shrieking and mass panic* I know, I know. The widely used gauge of housing market health isn’t so much “thrilling” as it is … chilling? […] The Fed’s $8,000/Year “Mortgage Tax”
June 28, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investment Opportunities, News, U.S. Economy
Inflation is caused by a mismatch between supply and demand. The Federal Reserve can’t increase the supply of goods and services. So, to control prices it must engineer “demand destruction.” That’s as nasty as it sounds. I’ve already explained how the Fed uses the “wealth effect” to make households with lots of stocks cut spending … and why that strategy won’t work with U.S. wealth concentrated in so few hands. I also explored how big changes in the U.S. and global economy since the 1970s will force the Fed to raise interest rates A LOT to bring inflation down. Today, we’re going to look at the impact of their demand destruction on U.S. households.