by pentoport | May 20, 2019 | Commentary
May 17, 2019 The global economy began an experiment with fiscal and monetary alchemy when it exited the gold standard almost 50 years ago. In 1971 the USD completely separated from the last vestiges of its tether to gold. In effect, it released the worldwide monetary...
by pentoport | Apr 29, 2019 | Commentary
April 29, 2019 To put into perspective how overvalued and dangerous the US market has become; I often cite the figure of total market cap to GDP—currently 145% of the economy. How high is 145% of GDP? It is a full 30% higher than it was before the start of the Great...
by pentoport | Apr 22, 2019 | Commentary
April 22, 2019 Historically speaking, a normal Fed tightening cycles consist of raising the Fed Funds Rate (FFR) by 350-425bps. It is at that point that the yield curve usually inverts–thus, disincentivizing future lending and closing down the credit conduit. At...
by pentoport | Apr 8, 2019 | Commentary
April 8, 2019 Recently, Wall Street has been myopically focused on the IPO of a ride-sharing company called Lyft, which by the way, is hemorrhaging money. Since investors have become much less concerned about profits and valuations, this offering was an incredible 20...
by pentoport | Mar 25, 2019 | Commentary
March 25, 2019 China has acted as part of the life support system for the global economy during the past two decades. The other part being comprised of central banks. When the Tech Bubble burst back in 2000, China began printing and borrowing an incredible amount of...
by pentoport | Mar 19, 2019 | Commentary
March 11, 2019 After this latest round of a deflationary recession/depression consummates, global central banks and governments will engage in an epic battle to re-inflate asset prices such as never before contemplated. Indeed, they are laying the framework for that...
