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Weekly Points – January 10th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Currency and Debt Problem Issue
This week, there was a lot of focus on potential financial stress. We’re seeing higher credit card delinquencies, higher commercial real estate delinquencies, and an increasing reticence of foreign central banks to hold more dollars. Despite Fed rate cuts, both housing prices and mortgage rates have continued to rise making homes even more unaffordable. Estimates … Read more
Weekly Points – October 25th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Bond Bears Issue
We’ve now entered earnings season. Las Vegas Sands $LVS misses the headline numbers, but looking a bit deeper, it was a great quarter. Starbucks $SBUX misses badly. DKI thinks they’re focused on too many things that don’t affect the customer experience. Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller are avoiding owning bonds joining DKI in our … Read more
Weekly Points – September 27th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Government is Trying to Control too Much Issue
The theme in the markets this week was all about increasing government control of the economy and the money supply. The Chinese government poured liquidity into their banking and housing sectors causing equity markets all over the world to rise. There’s new evidence that the government intentionally and unnecessarily killed Silvergate bank. We explain why … Read more