Will Vaccines Become a Bridge to Nowhere?

by pentoport | Jul 20, 2020 | Commentary

July 20, 2020  The monthly U.S. budget deficit for June 2020 was a heart-stopping record $864 billion. For reference, last year’s deficit for all of fiscal 2019 was just under $1 trillion. In other words, the June deficit was almost as much as the entire amount...

Mid-Week Reality Check – 7/15/20

by pentoport | Jul 15, 2020 | Podcasts

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Fiscal Cliffs and the Self-destructing Treasury

by pentoport | Jul 13, 2020 | Commentary

July 13, 2020  We can all be very confident that there will be no change to monetary policy for a very, very long time. But there is a fiscal cliff coming—and indeed has already begun. It is clear that Mr. Powell is all-in on his unlimited QE and ZIRP. And, that he is...

Mid-Week Reality Check – 7/08/20

by pentoport | Jul 8, 2020 | Podcasts

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Mid-Week Reality Check – 7/1/20

by pentoport | Jul 1, 2020 | Podcasts

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Trampoline Cliff Diving

by pentoport | Jun 29, 2020 | Commentary

June 29, 2020 We start this week’s commentary with some rather depressing news from Reuters: The ratio of downgrades to upgrades in the credit ratings of leveraged loans has spiked to a record level, five times above that hit during the last global financial...

Mid-Week Reality Check – 6/24/20

by pentoport | Jun 24, 2020 | Podcasts

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Intractable Inflation

by pentoport | Jun 22, 2020 | Commentary

June 22, 2020  The Fed mistakenly believes it can control the rate of inflation with relative ease. While it believes it is far easier to fight a rising rate of inflation than deflation, it is still completely convinced the puppet strings of extant price levels rest...

Mid-Week Reality Check – 6/17/20

by pentoport | Jun 17, 2020 | Podcasts

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Mid-Week Reality Check – 6/10/20

by pentoport | Jun 10, 2020 | Podcasts

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