PST News and Press, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury From 02/13/24

2024-02-13 14:23:00 ET Summary The annual rate of headline inflation falls to 3.1% from 3.4% and the core remains at 3.9%. Shelter, airline fares, medical care, recreation, and education all saw price increases. Today's miss will embolden the Fed to signal it is in no hurry to...

2024-02-13 14:20:00 ET Summary Today's CPI was exactly what the market wasn't looking for. On all accounts, inflation came in higher than expected. Headline CPI came in at 3.1% year/year which is only just slightly above its post-COVID low of 3.0% from last June. Core CPI, mea...

2024-02-13 02:03:00 ET Summary There are some similarities between then and now, but not so much in the stock market. The short-term trend of the 10-year yield is now neutral, having broken the short-term downtrend. In the shorter term, sentiment is now too bullish and a corre...

2024-02-13 00:40:00 ET Summary Bull markets naturally climb a “wall of worry,” and the latest worries center around escalating wars, the presidential race, and delays in Fed rate cuts. Shipping disruptions in the Red Sea are not adversely impacting the U.S., but they...

2024-02-12 13:10:00 ET Summary We like emerging markets as upbeat risk appetite carries on. We also see big structural shifts creating granular opportunities within countries. U.S. stocks hit another all-time high last week thanks to earnings beats, even as U.S.10-year yields tick...

2024-02-11 12:01:00 ET Summary Markets are sitting near record highs. Global conflicts, elections and AI development are all risks. Economic strength may lead to more market breadth. How should investors be thinking about the recent run higher in stocks? MoneyTalk&...

2024-02-11 10:07:22 ET Summary It generally takes a few years for changes in Federal Reserve rates to fully impact bond fund dividends. Bond funds are still benefitting from prior rate hikes. Perhaps by enough to cancel out any future rate cuts. By my estimations, and under cu...

2024-02-11 06:59:00 ET Summary The Fed had an FOMC meeting earlier this week, and a lot of people were saying the Fed was hawkish. I would say that the Fed was being more conservative, more cautious. It’s been a mixed bag with big tech, but nonetheless they are hitting thei...

2024-02-09 21:51:00 ET Summary Markets are already discounting considerable central bank interest rate cuts in 2024. Are these expectations realistic, given the relatively soft landings for the G7 economies? Is the next easing cycle likely to be qualitatively and quantitativel...

2024-02-09 09:30:00 ET Summary Strong GDP and jobs growth shows that the US economy continues to shrug off high borrowing costs and tight credit conditions, largely through robust government spending and consumers running down their savings. These factors will be less supportive i...