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Virus Shakeouts and Earnings Breakouts; Boeing Defies Gravity January 29, 2020 2020 Financial Crisis, Great Stuff See No Virus, Hear No Virus, Speak No Virus Welcome to 2020, where the earnings reactions are made up … and the coronavirus doesn’t matter. That’s right, folks. The Wuhan coronavirus just passed 6,000 confirmed cases in mainland China — making it bigger and faster than SARS — and no one on Wall Street cares. […]
Will Netflix Bow to Baby Yoda? December 11, 2019 Great Stuff All We Are Saying Ev’rybody’s talking ’bout revolution, evolution, regulation, meditations, United Nations… But all the Federal Reserve is saying is give quantitative easing (QE) a chance. Actually, the Fed isn’t saying that … directly, anyway. (Sorry for the poor lead-in, John.) Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell held U.S. interest rates steady and promised […]
WeWork’s Lesson in Unicorn Chasing; Tesla Bears Get Crushed October 24, 2019 Great Stuff The Trouble With Chasing Unicorns I think it’s safe to say that I have a unique sense of humor. That’s putting it politely. It’s definitely not one you find very often in the financial realm. However, the saga of WeWork has brought out the inner cynic in more than a few op-ed writers lately. I […]
The Repo Man Is Coming; Snap’s Back; Comcast’s “Free” Flex October 23, 2019 Great Stuff The Repo-Rate Man Is Coming Did you think we were done talking about the Federal Reserve and repo rates? (I’ll bet you wished we were.) About one month ago, the financial media were filled with stories about a “mini” crisis involving overnight lending rates, bank liquidity and the Fed’s reserve rates for financial institutions. Yeah […]
The Fed’s Biggest Nightmare; Retail Gets Real; WeGiveUp October 1, 2019 Great Stuff Is the U.S. Economy Going Stag? I saw an ugly word pop up over the weekend. No, not that word … or that word, either. Seriously, you kiss your mother with that mouth? The word was “stagflation,” and it’s the word that the U.S. Federal Reserve fears most of all. Now, stagflation is traditionally defined […]






