TUZ News and Press, PIMCO 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund From 04/01/20

Tsunami Warning The coronavirus stimulus of $2.2 trillion is going to push the federal debt, presently over $25.5 trillion, over $28 trillion if one adds another trillion for the annual budget deficit. Unfortunately for President Trump, the coronavirus is not the only problem that has to b...

Originally published on March 25, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis is hitting emerging markets especially hard, and the global dollar cycle can explain why. Robin Brooks is a chief economist at the Institute of International Finance and has previously worked for Goldman Sachs and the IMF. Rob...

Originally published March 18, 2020 The money view framework is an increasingly important tool for understanding the current economic crisis and what type of recession we might experience in the future. James Sweeney is the chief economist at Credit Suisse (CS) and joins us today as a ...

Investment thesis: The normally very placid bond markets are still extremely volatile. Both the Treasury and corporate bond markets only recently were in the middle of a huge seizure caused by a giant cash crunch in the economy. Only the Fed implementing programs in its lender of last resort...

This week's results in the Fed's repo-market interventions in one fell swoop proved everything I've said about the Fed's intervention being QE4ever and the problem's cause. The following results show the repo market has been fixed: Zero Hedge Zero Hedge The instant the Fed return...

Originally posted on March 24, 2020 The Federal Reserve is the nation's first line of defense against recession. Unlike the Congress, which controls taxes and government spending, the Fed can make changes in interest rates on a moment's notice - even late on a Sunday afternoon, as it did o...

By James J. Puplava, President, Founder, Financial Sense Wealth Management It's not always easy to do what's not popular, but that's where you make your money. Buy stocks that look bad to less careful investors and hang on until their real value is recognized." John Neff, retired Vangu...

Originally published March 26, 2020 Before the coronavirus shock, inflation in the US appeared tame by the standard measures. But the macroeconomic earth has shifted in recent weeks to combat the fallout from Covid-19. The Federal Reserve has announced unlimited asset purchases and is runn...

Over the last couple of years, we have often discussed the impact of the Federal Reserve's ongoing liquidity injections, which was causing distortions in financial markets, mal-investment, and the expansion of the "wealth gap." Our concerns were readily dismissed as bearish as asset prices...

Although a big fiscal package is in the pipeline (admittedly the Greatest Deliberative Body in the World is playing its usual log-rolling games), smashed supply, and rampant "money printing" (ha!), breakeven inflation in the United States is cratering (figure above). This is exactly what shou...