SPXZ News and Press, Morgan Creek - Exos SPAC Originated ETF From 08/08/22

Persistently elevated rates of price increases and an intensifying Fed tightening cycle are impacting economic activity. Real final sales to private domestic purchasers have shown greater resilience. Initial claims remain at a very low level by historical comparison, but a clear u...

We prefer investment grade credit over equities right now. Our reasoning: valuations, strong balance sheets, low supply and moderate refinancing risks. U.S. data last week showed strong job creation but still low labor participation. Stocks lost steam and bond yields spiked as markets...

Elevated inflation, slowing global economic growth expectations, and reduced central bank liquidity remain the key economic considerations. The policy interest rate divergence between the U.S. and Europe is likely to increase amid heightened recession risk in Europe. We expect mar...

Some very reputable economists and market strategists are convinced the bear market will continue. I think they are underestimating the strength of the economic and market fundamentals. The distortions to this economic cycle brought on by multiple factors have made this a very aty...

Two economic reports from last week, attempting to measure essentially the same thing, reported results that were so different they could be about two different countries. The rising rate, rising dollar environment is intact. The 10 year Treasury rate is in a short-term downtrend but ...

Raising the Federal Funds Rate in combination with a shrinking M2 money supply will keep inflation under control. The yield curve of 10-year government bonds minus the 3-month yield curve will invert and a recession is imminent. On the short term: the stock market will crash, and ...

Whether the U.S. is actually in a recession is debatable, but high inflation will affect companies both positively and negatively. The release of second-quarter Gross Domestic Product numbers late last month set off a debate around the state of the U.S. economy and whether it is curre...

The market is ignoring the looming impact the recession and receding inflation will have on corporate earnings. We are back in positive gamma. Positive gamma in the options market brings less-volatile markets which tend to trend upwards. The bulls have the ball for now, but they a...

The market (SPX) leads changes in GDP by at least 1 quarter. In fact, the SPX impacts GDP, instead of other way around - transmission is via looser Financial Conditions. The latest Nonfarm Payroll data (June 2022) should loosen Financial Conditions even further. It doesn't matter ...

If inflation is cooling, the Fed has no reason to raise rates until the economy collapses. Since the vast majority of commodity prices having fallen significantly from their recent highs, a much smaller number of manufacturers now are reporting paying higher prices. Today, junk bo...