June Fed Meeting
The Federal Reserve completed its June meeting, and kept the fed funds rate unchanged. Your bullet points ahead of Chairman Powell’s 2:30PM press conference. The fed funds rate remains unchanged at 5.25% – 5.50%. Earlier this year, most market participants expected the Fed to cut by either the January meeting or the March one. … Read more
May CPI is 3.3%
This piece was originally published on June 12th, 2024 Overview: Today, we got the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 3.3% unadjusted in the last year and 0.2% vs last month. That’s slightly below last month’s 3.4% and expectations of 3.4%. The 0.2% monthly increase was below the 0.3% … Read more
Weekly Points – June 7th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Economic Doomsday Issue
Ok – it’s a bit of a clickbait title. I confess. The economic news this week wasn’t great, but we’re not actually at doomsday. I’ve been making the point that we’re in a bifurcated economy where a few people doing extremely well pulls up the overall statistics while hiding the fact that most of the … Read more
Guest Post on Talen Energy $TLNE
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do a webinar with Enrique Abeyta of HX Research on Talen Energy $TLNE. Enrique did a fantastic job making the case for why Talen could double from current prices. That video is linked in the piece below. This morning, HX Research published an update on Talen … Read more
Weekly Points – May 31st, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The No Rate Hikes Next Month Issue
Comments by a Fed Governor started a debate this week on the future of rate HIKES. That was followed by a PCE report that had both the hawks and doves declaring victory. The underlying data isn’t getting better and the government is still engaging in massive stimulus so DKI’s conclusions will not surprise you. 1Q … Read more