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The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Bond Vigilantes are Back!

A friend of mine once told me that when he dies, he wants to be reincarnated as the bond market. I don’t blame him. So would I. The administration can talk up stocks, fire entire government agencies, ignore court rulings, arrest judges, and intimidate its own political party. The one thing it absolutely CAN’T do […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Full Speed Ahead Towards the Cliff

Remember the cult classic 1955 coming-of-age drama, Rebel Without a Cause? In it, two teenagers are racing stolen cars towards a cliff on the California coast, playing chicken to see who jumps out first. James Dean makes it out safely, but gang leader Corey Allen gets a belt on his leather jacket stuck on a […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Waiting for the Missiles to Hit

When I was in Ukraine, the air raid sirens used to go off every night exactly at 2:00 AM. The Russian goal was to deprive the civilian population of sleep and to make their lives miserable. It was also when the country was least able to defend itself. You knew the missiles were on the […]