Tag: credit markets

Sheep are timid, nervous, and easily frightened animals. For similar reasons, some fixed-income investors are often described as sheepish. Investing sheep get anxious about...

Back in August I published an update on the credit markets. Of note, I suggested that “This bear market has been different from any since...

Our daily lives are comprised of countless purchases, big and small. Beyond the advancements in the products and services we buy, there has also...

“The current environment may be more uncertain and riskier than any we have seen in our lifetimes. Yet, spreads say the future has never...

It has been almost one year since my last article, and it is probably a good thing I did not write much because any...

Given increased economic headwinds and the length of the market runup, it’s not surprising investors are flocking to what they hope will be steady-performing...

This week’s stock market beating has everything to do with the HEADLINE NEWS SPOOK of the 2/10 yield curve inversion, and NOTHING to do...

In a previous article, The Fed’s Body Count, I stated: “Markets and economies, like nature itself, are beholden to a cycle, and part of the cycle...

Debt allows a consumer (household, business, or government) to pull consumption forward or acquire something today for which they otherwise would have to wait....

The two hallmarks of the 2000-2002 and 2008-2009 financial crisis were: 1) the inversion of the 2-10 year yield curve (I will refer to...