Monthly Archives: December 2017

Imagine…107% Publicly Held Debt To GDP Ratio

(Some) defenders of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as passed argue that tax cuts for households will be extended, rather than disappearing by 2027. What does that mean for debt? Source: CRFB. Note: Differs from gross debt by netting out intra-Federal government holdings. CRFB estimates FY2019 deficits will be $1.1 trillion. Fortunately, the President has stated…

Fire And Ice On Wall Street

Day two of a declining U.S. Dollar in the face of rising U.S. interest rates. After last December, when the Fed hiked, we had a similar response to what we see now.  Gold rose and the dollar declined. Higher rates equate to higher prices and higher prices mean higher inflation. Inflation is not good for…

Sensex Trades On A Weak Note; Capital Goods Stocks Lead Gains

After opening the day in green, share markets in India witnessed choppy trades and are presently trading marginally above the dotted line. Sectoral indices are trading mixed with stocks in the banking sector and stocks in the auto sector trading in red. While stocks in the capital goods sector are trading in green. The BSE Sensex is up by 9 points (up 0.1%) and the NSE…

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BITCOIN “A bubble is a bull market in which you don’t have a position.” Eddy Elfenbein. “A market is never so high that in can’t go higher.” An old trader. There is an impending volatility storm that will engulf us next year of which late 2017 has only been a prelude. Bitcoin is a good place…