Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Trump’s pressure for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve is growing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a TV interview last week, “If you look at any model for the Fed Funds rate, it suggests that we should probably be 150, 175 basis points lower.” Stephen Miran, who is Trump’s pick to fill...
Mid-week market update: Yesterday's July CPI report came in roughly in line with market expectations. Headline CPI was a hair below consensus, while core CPI was a hair above consensus. Even as the bond market greeted the report with caution, the stock market responded with a risk-on stampede in the expectation of a September rate cut....
Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The Trend...
Last week, I outlined the case for fiscal dominance (see Will the Next Fed Chair Matter Much to Policy?). U.S. debt to GDP is rising and not stabilizing. In all likelihood, the Fed will follow the path of the BoJ of cutting short rates, restarting quantitative easing and yield curve control to suppress long rates,...
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