Weekly Points – March 28th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Non-Transitory Inflation Issue
In 2021, Chairman Powell and Secretary Yellen said inflation was transitory. In 2023, political commentator and MMT enthusiast, Paul Krugman, said we had defeated inflation. In 2025, the PCE (the preferred inflation metric of the Fed) has made no real progress in the past year and the Core PCE is rising again. Retail investors are … Read more
Weekly Points – March 21st, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Slowing Sales Issue
DKI has been warning about a weak private sector for more than a year, but consumers kept spending down their savings and taking on more debt. Recent data indicates we might be reaching the end-point of that practice as debt peaks and sales are weak. The Federal Housing Administration appears to be paying the mortgages … Read more