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Monday links: a tortured existence

Abnormal Returns

Markets How major asset classes performed in April 2023. ft.com) The amount of bank failures, measured by assets, rivals that of 2008. etftrends.com) Economy Is the U.S. capitalspectator.com) The Nasdaq 100 has outpaced the Russell 2000 by over 20% in 2023. twitter.com) Crypto Gary Gensler's SEC has been busy.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

If anything, it feels like the Fed wants to fight us, all of us, including the stock market and the economy. The Fed is actively trying to crash the stock market, break the housing market and push the economy into a recession. That’s not the case anymore. How do I know this? Wealth of Common Sense ). • Wealth of Common Sense ). •

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Tuesday links: accepting the risk of underperformance

Abnormal Returns

wsj.com) Don't fight the last war: this isn't 2008. morningstar.com) FTX FTX won the auction to buy the assets of bankrupt (coindesk.com) FTX.US theguardian.com) Economy The July Case-Shiller numbers shows a deceleration in home prices. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Markets Lumber prices are back down to pre-pandemic levels.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The Hustle ). • What Is the Bond Market Saying About the Economy? A Wealth of Common Sense ) see also After a Terrible Year for Bonds, the Outlook Is Better : October capped their worst 12-month period ever, and the economy is under pressure. Has private equity avoided the asset-price crash? New York Times ). • Economist ).

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4th Quarter 2023 Economic And Market Outlook: Labor Market, Inflation, And Geopolitics

Nerd's Eye View

The sentiment is especially poignant when it comes to economic forecasting, as it's nearly impossible to get an accurate picture of the current state of the economy at any given moment. As a result, uncertainty about how the economy may unfold, even along the shortest time frames, is the default.

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The Great Resignation Is Long Over

The Big Picture

This attests to the robustness of the labor economy, recession or not. The post- 2008-09 era saw wealth inequality, already substantial in the United States, explode. The 2010s monetary rescue plan benefitted anybody who owned capital assets: Stocks, Bonds, and Real Estate. I wrote a book about this).

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Thursday links: the ultimate scarce asset

Abnormal Returns

readthegeneralist.com) Economy Jobless claims have stopped going up. bonddad.blogspot.com) Why the current housing market is nothing like 2008. (huddleup.substack.com) Chelsea's new owners are spending freely on talent. ft.com) Barcelona FC is under real financial pressure. pragcap.com) Housing are still selling quickly.

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