Description: New York Life Investments Economist and Portfolio Strategist Lauren Goodwin joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the August CPI report, inflation, the likeliness of a 75-basis-point rate hike, volatility, and the expectations for the Fed’s upcoming FOMC meeting. Source: YahooFinance.com – video report Date: Sep 14, 2022 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/inflation-nowhere-near-fed-goal-140441438.html?.tsrc=fin-srch Questions for discussion: Summarize the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Market Analysis
Ray Dalio says watch out for rates reaching this level, because Wall Street stocks will take a 20% hit
Description: After that CPI shock earlier in the week, Wall Street is fielding a fresh batch of data on Thursday, with the headline retail sales number coming in stronger than expected. And a disastrous rail strike may be inverted. Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Sep 06, 2022 Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ray-dalio-says-watch-out-for-rates-hitting-this-level-because-wall-street-stocks-will-take-a-20-hit-11663239288?siteid=yhoof2 Questions for discussion: What is the basis for… Read more »
David Rosenberg: A Canadian recession is ‘all but set in stone’
Description: As the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up in early 2020, leading to widespread lockdowns and a plunge in economic activity, the Canadian government, like virtually all its peers, flooded households with extra cash to supplement cascading income. As a result, even though employee compensation fell 9.2 per cent, a whopping 30.5 per cent surge in… Read more »
Hits and Misses of the Fed’s Inflation Strategy
Description: The Federal Reserve deserves credit for saving the U.S. economy from a financial crisis with its initial response to the pandemic, but it continued injecting liquidity well beyond the point that markets exhibited any signs of illiquidity, said Wharton professor of international banking and finance Richard J. Herring on Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM. (Listen to the… Read more »
What Lies Ahead for the IPO Market?
Description: Many macro factors and regulatory uncertainty lower IPO market sentiment, but a hugely successful offering could reignite it, says Wharton’s David Hsu. Source: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu Date: Apr 12, 2022 Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/what-lies-ahead-for-the-ipo-market/?utm_campaign=KatW2022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=kw_campaign_monitor&utm_term=4-13-2022&utm_content=What_Lies_Ahead_for_the_IPO_Market? Questions for discussion: What does Professor Hsu think is happening and likely to happen in the IPO environment? Do you agree with his analysis?… Read more »
Russia pays dollar-denominated debt in rubles, risking default, after U.S. blocks payment.
Description: Credit rating agencies have indicated that payments in a currency different from the one the debt was sold in would count as a default once the grace period expired. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Apr 06, 2022 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/russia-eurobonds-rubles.html Questions for discussion: What is the issue about paying in an alternative currency? How should this settlement… Read more »
Nord Stream 2 cost $11 billion to build. Now, the Russia-Europe gas pipeline is unused and abandoned
Description: One of the early casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and its continuing geopolitical and economic fallout — has been the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, a massive energy project that took several years to build and cost $11 billion. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 31, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/31/the-nord-stream-2-pipeline-lies-abandoned-after-russia-invaded-ukraine.html Questions for… Read more »
Eric Nuttall: The world has plunged into a deep, enduring energy crisis that may threaten the economy for years to come
Description: Long before Russian tanks rolled towards Ukraine, the oil and gas industry had culminated into an undersupplied market Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Mar 29, 2022 Link: https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/eric-nuttall-the-world-has-plunged-into-a-deep-enduring-energy-crisis-that-may-threaten-the-economy-for-years-to-come Questions for discussion: What does Eric Nuttall say is the situation in the oil and gas industry and Canada’s position, specifically? How should investors respond to this analysis,… Read more »
Investing legend Bill Miller says there are many good values in the market even after relief rally
Description: It’s a good time to get the perspective of the recent market rally from legendary investor Bill Miller, who beat the S&P 500 SPX, for 15 years in a row and has seen a cycle or two. “No one knows how long the war in Ukraine will last nor what its outcome will be,” writes Miller in… Read more »
Nickel falls 12% to hit limit down again on London Metal Exchange
Description: LONDON — The benchmark three-month nickel contract fell 12% on Friday morning to hit a new trading limit, as heavy selling continued on international metal markets. Source: CNBC.com Date: Mar 18, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/18/nickel-falls-12percent-to-hit-limit-down-again-on-london-metal-exchange.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.Mail Questions for discussion: Explain what is happening to trading in the nickel market? What would you advise investors at this… Read more »
