The bear market isn’t over, but conditions are ripe for a countertrend rally.
About To Enter A Bear Market?
The S&P 500 is just a few points shy of 20% below its all time high on January 3.
I Don’t Like TIPS
The popular Treasury Inflation Protected Securities are vastly overrated.
Another Day, Another Stock Market Crash
Stocks only go down when they’re trading.
Bear Market Update 20220507
Crash! Synthetic Systems and the FDI take a deep dive into the wreckage.
FOMC Decision 20220504
Jerome Powell regains his dignity.
Ten Year Yield Hits 3%
Bonds get taken out and shot. Then the corpse is dragged up, propped against the wall and shot again.
FDI 2022 0430
What’s moving the markets.
Market Update
The market outlook and Synthetic Systems revisited.
Where Hussman Went Wrong
Brilliant analysis on a shaky foundation.
Interest Rates
How high will the Fed go?
Cash
Cash is king.
Paper Money Is Debt
Paper money – including the Federal Reserve Notes in your wallet – is debt.
Latest PPI Report 11.2%
Producer prices rise at record year over year.
Latest CPI Report 8.5%
Welcome to the 1970s.
The Fed May Actively Seek To Deflate Asset Prices
Fed put … meet the new Fed call.
What Is Economic Growth?
Why conventional economics is confused.
Synthetic Systems 2022.25
The latest market forecast.
Inversion, Recession, and Other April Fools
An inversion of the Treasury yield curve is a hot topic for Financial Media Lite.
Bond Market Carnage
Blood in the streets of Bond Land.
Walk Softly And Talk With A Big Stick
The Fed is falling even further behind the curve.
A Day Of Inflation
If inflation can occur over a period of months, why not a day?
A Day Of Deflation
If deflation can occur over a period of months, why not a day?
The Big Takeaway
If you get nothing else out of Financology, get this.
Stocks & Commodities Whiplash
Markets violently reverse recent moves.
Hedging Geopolitical Risk
Safeguarding your investments in uncertain times.
Commodities Explode
Boom!
A Wild Trip To Nowhere
Russia, Ukraine and the markets.
Synthetic Systems MidQuarter Update
Synthetic Systems 2022.125
It’s Not Digital Gold
It’s Digital Tulips
How To Choose Exchange Traded Funds
The good news is there are thousands to choose from. The bad news is there are thousands to choose from.
A Closer Look At Inflation
The Fed is doing the right thing at the wrong time.
Fed Shock And Awe?
Speculation is rampant the Fed will announce an inter-meeting rate hike or hike 50bp at its next meeting.
CPI Jumps 7.5%
Less than meets the eye.
Copper Awakens
Doctor Copper comes back from his lunch hour siesta.
It’s A Bear Market
The Everything Bubble has sprung a leak.
Amazing Amazon
A spectacular rally for a megacap stock.
Meta Face Plant
Just one piece of the big picture.
FDI Update
Inflation Abates
Stocks Bounce
Is that it?