The Shutdown Isn’t An Issue Issue
Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions:
Is the coming government shutdown a real problem or just theater?
Counter-intuitive inflation: Is there anything the Federal Reserve can do?
The Un-Disinflation Issue
Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions:
With the CPI rising again, is disinflation dead for now?
With the PPI above expectations, is disinflation dead for now?
The Non-Disinflation Issue
Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions:
Is the disinflation story done now?
Can the Japanese yen recover?
Are we finally about to get a Bitcoin ETF (OTC: GBTC)?
The Employment Issue
Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions:
Is the labor market cooling as quickly as some believe?
How long can housing prices continue to rise?
Is the trend towards services spending and away from goods continuing?
The R-star And Shoplifting Issue
Lots of interesting news this week where we address these important questions:
Jerome Powell is again more hawkish than the market expected or hoped. Rates to 6%?
More bank downgrades. One bank index shows no shareholder value creation in 25 years.
Deep Knowledge Investing originally recommended buying Bitcoin and the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC: GBTC) in late 2020 when Bitcoin was around half the current price.
Last week’s issue was titled “The Surprisingly Weak Macro Issue” due to multiple negative data points on the economy. Consistent with a trend of inconsistent data which DKI has been pointing out since last November, we got multiple positive data points this week combined with some concerning company news. In this week’s issue, we’ll cover:
As we approach the tail-end of 2Q company earnings, the market turned back to focusing on more macro issues, and was immediately “rewarded” by lots of not-so-good news. In this week’s 5 Things, we’ll cover: