Godzilla or Just More Chart Crimes?

There has been a lot of excitement overnight and online with FinTwit and the financial media about the sudden move in the Japanese bond yields, […]

The Bond Market Warned Us, Nobody Listened

In early April, shortly after “Liberation Day,” the US bond vigilantes interrupted their month long vacation of what is normally a dull month just long […]

The TLT says “Hi Dear”

I apologize to my non-social media followers nor those without my twisted sense of humor (not really) but the great Flappr on Twitter/X always cracks […]

Something Wicked From Asia Has Hit US T-Bills

As many of my regular readers know, I maintain fairly bizarre hours as I’m usually in the office early getting things accomplished and sometimes up […]

A Golden Warning for the Markets

Today the equity markets completed an intraday reversal, albeit on relatively light volume and terrible breadth, to finish the month and quarter with a so-called […]

Retail Meets the Rising Sun and Trump Tweets(Again)

For over one year of excessive exuberance the financial media has proclaimed that retail has finally surpassed financial managers in guessing how and what to […]

Are the Markets Approaching a Penn Central Moment?

“It is evident that the country cannot continue to advance prices and wages, to curtail production, to expand credits, and to attempt to enrich itself […]

Trump is Right: Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling

For my fellow conservatives, I know this will ignite a firestorm of anger that I’m “betraying” xyz cause but hear me out before condemning me […]

The Japanese Yen Says Good Morning

Buckle up folks, currency traders are preparing everyone for a wild ride. Meanwhile the implications of the much speculated 50 bps cut in concert are […]

China’s Golden Warning Shot

There are those who dismiss the Chinese economy as a paper tiger, much like most of America’s military might. Then there is reality. Today, the […]

The Fed’s Tholian Web

IF one is a geek like myself, the idea of using a Star Trek analogy to the Burnsian like Federal Reserve under the management of […]

Prepare for Insanity in the Markets this St. Patrick’s Day

Buckle up ladies and gents. This could be a wild one with options expiration, bank failures and rumors of bank failures, credit contracting, and a […]

Oops, Something Else Broke

So steepening the yield curve probably isn’t such a hot idea even if it’s only 12 bps thus far: And the US Treasuries are watching […]

Maybe this is Why The Fed is Worrying About Europe

After all, who the hell are they going to find to launder all the crap securities on their books? Stay tuned, OPEC+ is about to […]