Category Archives: Equities

Ready For 4 Percent CPI By Mid-Year?

Posted on February 9, 2021 by macromon

Starting to hear lots of talk about inflation these days, something we have been seeing in the pipeline for the past six months. Input price inflation accelerated to a near-decade high in January. Costs increased to the greatest extent since … Continue reading →

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Hedge Fund Shorts Get Crushed

Posted on January 27, 2021 by macromon
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Comfortably Numb: Are We There Yet?

Posted on January 15, 2021 by macromon

Markets certainly are. OKJust a little pinprickThere’ll be no more aaaaaaaah!But you may feel a little sick – Pink Floyd Hard to say what the pinprick will be.  My bet is higher inflation and higher interest rates.    On the … Continue reading →

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The Moment I Knew America Was In Trouble

Posted on January 12, 2021 by macromon

We are reposting a piece from June 1st as we were very concerned about the stability of the American Street and where the country was headed.  We were worried about a future full of “peril,” and after the events of … Continue reading →

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Inflation Cometh And So Is A Big Market Correction

Posted on January 11, 2021 by macromon

It was hilarious, no, sad actually, to see a piece last week by some market strategist mocking the “inflation truthers.”   Kind of like “election truthers?” Of course, he surely knows the one thing that can knock the markets on their … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 2021, Y’all!

Posted on January 4, 2021 by macromon

By Carol K. Happy New Year, everyone!  I hope everyone had a happy and relaxing holiday season – or as happy as can be in the midst of a global pandemic.  I’ve been fighting a bout of pneumonia and was … Continue reading →

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At Least Some Things Never Change

Posted on December 23, 2020 by macromon

With the markets unmoored from historical reality (along with half the country, by the way) and valuations at historic and unprecedented extremes, it’s refreshing to see some things don’t change, such as the painful short squeeze taking place in the … Continue reading →

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How to Tell the Difference Between ‘Cyclical’ Companies and ‘Secular’ Companies

Posted on November 5, 2020 by macromon

Cyclical companies are sensitive to economic cycles and their stocks outperform the market when the economy is doing well and underperform when the market is doing poorly. Secular companies generally underperform when the economy is strong and overperform when the … Continue reading →

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S&P500’s Trick Or Treat?

Posted on October 30, 2020 by macromon

S&P futures are getting schmoked at 11:38 pm PT, down almost 70 points, and approaching the 3200 critical support level.   The futures could bounce there, or before there, but we seriously doubt it holds.  The S&P will move into correction … Continue reading →

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Misplaced Economic Priorities: Too Much Wall, Too Little Main

Posted on October 28, 2020 by macromon

We are not taking a victory lap yet but we have been warning President Trump’s focus on the stock market was not only bad economics but also a losing political proposition.  Next Tuesday the option expires. But the juxtaposition of … Continue reading →

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