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Catastrophizing Debt

The Big Picture

Do we simply ignore the growth in the size of the economy and the U.S. Economy in 2022 was $25,439.70B; in 2009, it was $14,478.06B; ignore that also? October 2, 2017) Deficit Chicken Hawks vs Ronald Reagan (July 13, 2010) Politics & Investing The post Catastrophizing Debt appeared first on The Big Picture. population?

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Passive vs. Active

The Big Picture

Morningstar, August 9, 2010. Dangerous for economy. Russel Kinnel. Previously : Don’t Blame Morningstar for Our Own Shortcomings (October 26, 2017). Top 10 Investor Errors: Excess Fees (June 30, 2012). Passive investing is: Marxist. Devouring capitalism. Reached a mania. Lobotomized investing. Poses a frightening systemic risk.

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Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 Or will the economy lose jobs? The bad news - for job growth - is that a combination of a slowing economy, demographics and a labor market near full employment suggests fewer jobs will be added in 2024. Or will the economy lose jobs? million jobs in 2023.

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Observations to Start 2023

The Big Picture

Holding onto expectations of major shifts in key drivers of the markets and the economy – merely due to the changing of the calendar – is a carryover from the days when the calendar mattered much more. Consider: From 2010 through 2021, The S&P500 Index gained 330% — a little over 13% annually (not including dividends).

Economy 328
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The Fed is Breaking Things (and it could get worse)

The Big Picture

The FOMC seems a little panicky; the result is the Fed is breaking things throughout the economy. What we got instead was a spike in inflation that was initially ignored, and then belatedly overcompensated for. The Federal Reserve has become the bear in the China shop. There are many errors Jerome Powell & Co.

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The Fed Matters Less Than You Think

A Wealth of Common Sense

These were some of the prevailing narratives from the post-GFC world: We only had a bull market in the 2010s because of the Fed juicing the economy. The Fed was trying to juice the economy in the 2010. The only reason tech stocks did well is because of low interest rates.

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U.S. Demographics: Largest 5-year cohorts, and Ten most Common Ages in 2022

Calculated Risk

The table below shows the top 10 cohorts by size for 2010, 2022 (released recently), and the most recent Census Bureau projections for 2030. There will be plenty of "gray hairs" walking around in 2030, but the key for the economy is the population in the prime working age group is now increasing. And this is a positive for the economy.

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