RWM News and Press, ProShares Short Russell2000 From 01/05/23

Summary 2022 provided long only investors with poor returns, both in equity and fixed income markets. With M-2 money supply growth slowing and a profits recession on the horizon, 2023 is likely to look a lot like 2022, particularly in the first half of the year. My portfolio allocat...

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Summary There seems to be a widespread view that employment is a lagging indicator of changes in the business cycle. The growth rate of payroll employment slowed sharply in the 6 months before the onset of recession. When there is no unexpected shock like Covid, it seems as though e...

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Summary Cam Harvey, a professor at Duke University, downplays the risk of recession currently forecast by the negative spread of the 3-month yield less its 10-year counterpart. The yield curve (and its variations) still deserves to be on the short list of analytics for monitoring and fo...

Summary The inversion of 80% of the 10 economically important yield curves suggests a recession is likely. While many hope the Federal Reserve will “pivot,” such may not be as immediately “bullish” as many expect. As yields plummet, bond prices rise as in...

Summary Assuming the Fed follows through on hiking the Federal Funds Rate by another 0.5% tomorrow, the probability will resume rising rapidly. There are clearly building levels of distress in several sectors of the U.S. economy. 98% of CEOs surveyed by the Conference Board say they...

Summary Perspective is the number one biggest shortcoming in the coverage of financial and market news. I examine perspectives on inflation, rates and recessions. Lack of perspective stems from two causes: the lack of (or willingness to dig for) historical comparisons, or the&#...

Summary Recession is foretold, in our view, as central banks crush demand to bring down inflation. We think markets are wrong to expect them to later come to the rescue. U.S. stocks fell and the Treasury yield curve inverted its most since the early 1980s. We see recent moves as reflect...