by John Mauldin | Apr 22, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
If you haven’t noticed—perhaps because you live on Mars—inflation is here. Not just in the US but almost everywhere. Prices for everyday goods and services, including necessities like food, are climbing rapidly. The US Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% in the 12 months...
by Lance Roberts | Apr 22, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Market Review & Update The market started the week out okay but finished sour as Jerome Powell ramped up his hawkish rhetoric of a .50% rate hike at the May FOMC meeting. That meeting will also contain details on the timing of the reduction in the Fed’s balance...
by Lance Roberts | Apr 19, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Is there a bear market lurking in the shadows? Such seems to be the question everyone is asking me as of late. Over the last couple of weeks, we have reviewed the bullish and bearish cases for the market. Sentiment Is So Bearish. It’s Bullish Bullish Or Bearish? Where...
by Lance Roberts | Apr 16, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Market Review & Update Given this is Easter Weekend, we are just providing a short-market update on our market thoughts as we begin the wrap-up of the seasonally strong period of the year. On Thursday, markets sold off, reversing the previous day’s gains as April...
by John Mauldin | Apr 15, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
It’s Easter weekend, so we are going to revisit a 2018 letter about the yield curve. The yield curve is much misunderstood and misused by many analysts. This letter will give you the tools to understand the correct importance and relevance of the yield curve. And...
by Neal Berger | Apr 13, 2022 | alerts, Markets/Economy
Global equities, bonds, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other asset classes have existed in a fake and unnatural market environment for so many years that investors have become lulled into believing the environment is actually normal. Global markets have been engineered...