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By Richard M. Salsman The U.S. Treasury yield curve, depicted by maturities on a horizontal axis and corresponding interest rates (yields) on a vertical axis, is normally upward sloping, with yields on bonds (10-year maturity and beyond) and notes (intermediate term) lying above yields on ...
By Eric Winograd Transcript: The Fed has now cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points at each of its last two meetings. The market is priced for, and most analysts expect, roughly one additional 25-basis point rate cut in the next few months. We’re a little more a...
There has been a lot of discussion over the past couple of weeks about the "disturbance" in the market for repurchase agreements, or "repos," and the Federal Reserve's response to the market's conditions. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released balance sheet statistics for the banking week...
"Central Banks are panicking... the whole system is on the verge of disappearing into a black hole." - Egon Von Greyerz on USAWatchdog.com On Wednesday, after the overnight repo operation had $92 billion in demand for the $75 billion operations, the Fed announced that it was increasing o...
By SchiffGold The Federal Reserve upped the ante in its efforts to hold short-term interest rates down this week, injecting longer-term cash into the financial system. Last week, the New York Fed began running repurchase operations in an effort to inject liquidity into the financial syst...
I’m Greg Haendel, Senior Portfolio Manager at Tortoise. Sometimes I like to compare the financial markets to a living organism, like the human body, with different parts of the markets representing vital parts of one’s anatomy. This week two key pieces of the financial markets' a...
The purpose of the Turning Points Newsletter is to look at the long-leading, leading, and coincidental indicators to determine if the economic trajectory has changed from expansion to contraction -- to see if the economy has reached a "Turning Point." I'm lowering my recession probability ...
President Trump's administration would like to achieve a “weak” dollar in order to spur on US exports and improve the US trade balance. This is the primary reason for the President's tirades against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. So far this year, the president is lo...
By Matthew Sheridan TRANSCRIPT: If clients have income needs, then it makes most sense today to look at a balanced approach. A balanced approach to income generation in today's market offers about 70 percent of the yield of a US high-yield-only portfolio. That's a pretty attract...
Well, that didn't take long! Four days ago, I stated the following in an article titled " Why are Bonds Going for Broke? ": Central banks are losing control, and are admitting they don't even understand what is happening. I quoted St. Louis Reserve Bank president, James Bullard, who comm...