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Weekly Market Pulse: The Crypto Distraction

By |2021-05-24T07:28:03-04:00May 23rd, 2021|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks|

It was hard not to hear about cryptocurrencies last week what with the bear market and all. Actually, you can make the case that bitcoin has had two bear markets since mid-April. There was a 27% decline followed by a 27% rally, followed by last week's rout. From its intraday peak in April to its intraday low last week, bitcoin [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 75, Part 2: Yeah, The Fed Had Screwed Up T-bills And They Know It

By |2021-05-21T15:35:57-04:00May 21st, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

75.2 Fed 'admits' Negligence, Monetary Malpractice ———Ep 75.2 Summary——— It's never what they say, it's what they do. For months before March 2020's collateral-centered blowup, GFC2, we regularly chastised Jay Powell's not-QE(5) program for doing the opposite of what would've been helpful. They bought T-bills and only T-bills. But then, right in the thick of the meltdown, the Fed stopped [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 75, Part 1: The *Deflationary* Case of Obscene Government Debt

By |2021-05-21T15:25:22-04:00May 21st, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

75a A Rise in Prices or a Rise in Dictators or Both ———Ep 75.1 Summary——— FDR claimed, correctly, he maintained a balanced budget throughout his years in office. With the exception of "emergency" items, that is. Influenced by several famed economists, Roosevelt entered the Presidency a fiscal hawk only to have his mind changed by the gravity of the situation. [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 74: Geopolitical Futures Are More Than China

By |2021-05-17T16:53:32-04:00May 17th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

74.0: Allison Fedirka on Geopolitics and S. America———Ep 74.0 Summary———Geopolitical analyst Allison Fedirka explains what made some countries socioeconomic success stories, where the next emerging market stars may be, and whether a decentralized international equilibrium is in our future. ———See It———– Geopolitical Futures: https://bit.ly/3hv7Px0LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3eN7qEiTwitter: https://twitter.com/AFedirka Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIPTwitter: https://twitter.com/EmilKalinowskiAlhambra YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Xp3royEmil YouTube: https://bit.ly/310yisLArt: https://davidparkins.com/ ———Hear It——— Vurbl: https://bit.ly/3rq4dPnApple: https://apple.co/3czMcWNDeezer: https://bit.ly/3ndoVPEiHeart: https://ihr.fm/31jq7cITuneIn: http://tun.in/pjT2ZCastro: https://bit.ly/30DMYzaGoogle: https://bit.ly/3e2Z48MSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3arP8mYPandora: https://pdora.co/2GQL3QgBreaker: https://bit.ly/2CpHAFOCastbox: https://bit.ly/3fJR5xQPodbean: https://bit.ly/2QpaDghStitcher: https://bit.ly/2C1M1GBPlayerFM: https://bit.ly/3piLtjVPodchaser: https://bit.ly/3oFCrwNPocketCast: https://pca.st/encarkdtSoundCloud: https://bit.ly/3l0yFfKListenNotes: https://bit.ly/38xY7pbAmazonMusic: https://amzn.to/2UpEk2PPodcastAddict: https://bit.ly/2V39Xjr ———Ep 74.0 Topics——— 01:00 Allison Fedirka, director of analysis for Geopolitical [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: Bonds Didn’t Get The Inflation Memo

By |2021-05-17T08:30:54-04:00May 16th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks|

It was all over the news last week. Inflation has arrived. The CPI was hotter than expected. The PPI was even hotter. Import prices were up and export prices were up more. It was impossible to miss the inflation story last week. Stocks got the message and sold off on the hot CPI and finished the week lower for a [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making MORE Sense; Episode 73: What Did Ip Say About This Inflationary Tight Job Market?

By |2021-05-14T19:45:04-04:00May 14th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

73.0: LIVE! Reaction Answering the WSJ's Greg Ip———Ep 73.0 Intro———According to a Wall Street Journal opinion column, solid wage growth and unfilled openings point to much less labor market slack than headline unemployment data. Might the US employment situation be much better than widely believed? Might the economy take off? Jeff Snider reacts live. ———See It———– Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIPTwitter: https://twitter.com/EmilKalinowskiAlhambra YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Xp3royEmil YouTube: https://bit.ly/310yisLArt: https://davidparkins.com/ ———Hear [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 72: Was Warren Buffett Right About Red Hot Inflation?

By |2021-05-13T19:34:13-04:00May 13th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

72.0: Warren Buffett Knows Stocks but Not Money———Ep 72.0 Summary———Warren Buffett knows stocks but not money. From 2009-12 Warren Buffett warned that emergency monetary and fiscal action would make inflation surge. He warned that the US dollar was in the hands of a profligate Congress; that Treasuries would lose real value. He was wrong. On all counts. ———See It———– Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIPTwitter: https://twitter.com/EmilKalinowskiAlhambra [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 71: Repo Attention In Academia

By |2021-05-11T19:16:10-04:00May 11th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

71.0: Collateral Supply Effect on Central Bank Policy———Ep 71.0 Summary———Professor Sissoko focuses attention on the fact that the post-2008 financial system has changed dramatically but that technocrats have not tackled what the changes mean. Sissoko discusses the path to the 2008 and 2020 shocks and proposes we turn the clock back to a wiser time. ———See It———– Twitter: https://twitter.com/@csissokoSocial Science Research [...]

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