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The first quarter of 2019 saw a marked change in the equity and bond markets from the very difficult conditions we faced in the last quarter of 2018. Jerome Powell, head of the United States Federal Reserve ("the Fed"), and his team of central bankers almost singlehandedly caused the steep mar...

By SchiffGold How are all of these unprofitable companies staying afloat and even making big splashes with media-hyped IPOs? Peter Schiff addressed this question, along with the supposed "failure" of capitalism, in his most recent podcast. The rideshare company Lyft ([[LYFT]]) had...

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy It's all about the data, with the jobs report being front and center. But what happens when the data doesn't fit into the Treasury (UST) market's narrative? We've gotten a glimpse of this recently, so here are some observations. While the ...

In a previous post , I argued that Paul Volcker didn't put a stop to inflation by having the Fed systematically increase interest rates when commodity prices rose, and lower them when commodity prices fell. While commodity-price targeting, aka a "price rule" for monetary policy, had some prom...

By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA In last week's "Behind the Markets" podcast, Liqian Ren and I were joined by two guests to discuss all things Federal Reserve (Fed) and the implications (or lack thereof) for the markets, and investment strategy and financial advice. Timothy Duy, economics profess...

Welcome to the weekly Tortoise credit podcast . I’m Greg Haendel, senior portfolio manager at Tortoise. With the premier of the final season of Game of Thrones only days away, we can finally say, “Winter is here.” For the financial markets, winter seems to have been ave...

By OpenMarkets In order to understand U.S. interest rates, we have to look at Europe, says Jack Bouroudjian. He explains why interest rates are the headliner for markets this week, with the European Central Bank meeting, and the Federal Reserve releasing minutes. Editor’s ...

One key feature of the last 15 months has been the consistent declines in the global manufacturing PMI. After peaking in December 2017, the global manufacturing PMI has undergone a major slowdown, and that was a key driver behind the weakness in global markets last year (and a reflection of st...

As I have written many times before, I believe that the Fed follows the market and does not lead it. In fact, you can read my last article on the matter right here, as it explains this perspective using many historical examples. So, in following up on this perspective, let’s see if ...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on April 9, 2019. [In a blog post last October , I mentioned that a recent divergence between the gold/commodity ratio and the T-Bond price had bullish implications for the T-Bond. A strong rebound in the T-Bond soon got underway....