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27 Oct 2023

The Greatest Treasury Bear Market in History

Source: BofA, Barchart

27 Oct 2023

He probably has a point ->

"Key measures of inflation have reaccelerated in recent months...The implication for investors is that the Fed will keep rates high until nonfarm payrolls go negative, because that is what is needed to get inflation under control:" Apollo's Slok through Lisa Abramowitz

26 Oct 2023

The money market yield spike upends a ton of business models. In this case, landlording in the US

Inded, multifamily cap rate is now BELOW cash rate... Source: Jeff Weniger

26 Oct 2023

Financial Statements Green Flags

Source: Brian Feroldi

24 Oct 2023

Ben Graham's 10 Points that summarize 60 years of Investing experience

Source: MnkeDaniel

23 Oct 2023

Wall Street biggest bear (BofA's Harnett) turns bullish as investors' sentiment turns extremely bearish (which is bullish from a contrarian perspective)

Indeed, with the S&P down in five of the past seven weeks, BofA's Bull & Bear Indicator just printed at 1.9 (extreme bearish), which according to Hartnett means that a contrarian buy signal for risk assets has been triggered.

20 Oct 2023

Top 6 banking ratios every investor should know

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20 Oct 2023

This is the first time since 2000 that Treasury Bills are yielding higher than the S&P 500 earnings yield

Even during the 2008 Financial Crisis, cash never yielded higher than S&P 500 earnings. And the gap between the SP500 earnings yield and cash is widening. Competition from cash and bond yields versus stocks keeps rising. For a USD-reference account investor, here's the median Return by Asset Class: 1. High Yield Savings Accounts: 5.5% 2. 6-Month Treasury Bill Yield: 5.0% 3. Investment Property Cap Rate: 4.5% 4. S&P 500 Earnings Yield: 4.2% Bottomm-line: Cash and Treasury Bills are now paying a HIGHER yield than real estate and the S&P 500. In other words, risky assets are paying less than risk-free assets, i.e taking a risk is compensated LESS than just holding cash. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

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