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Nov 3 5 tweets 4 min read
On the #FederalReserve hawkish pivot 1/n

It's about the destination now
Forget the speed of rate hikes
Focus on the terminal rate and
how long the Fed must stay there

= how much cumulative pain is needed to crush #inflation
1/n
Powell: 'If we were to overtighten, we could use our tools to support the economy later on.'

Or in other words, we are willing to risk a #recession to get the 'job done' and push #inflation to target.
1/n
Interesting end to the presser with one journalist stating #equities were up after #FOMC - which was not true -

Powell repeated virtually all hawkish sentences he had made during the press conference. He cares about (tighter) financial conditions, not about equities.
1/n
Equities and risky assets fell, but again there was no capitulation. Death by a thousand cuts.
Yet, we are now really close to a significant and broad-based decline in #inflation numbers, meaning another pivot dream is already in the making.

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More from @jsblokland

Oct 11
#Duration works both ways!
#Austria's '100-year' bond, maturing in 2120, with a duration of 46 years, is down a whopping 72% since late 2020 when global yields bottomed.
short thread 1/9
This also answers the many questions about why the value of (UK) #liability-driven investment funds, used by pension funds to match the #duration of their #liabilities, has plummeted. 2/9
Theoretically, since pension fund #liabilities and #assets both drop when #yields rise - it is not called liability matching for nothing - there shouldn't be a problem, right? 3/9
Read 9 tweets
Aug 21
Economists ALWAYS believe #inflation will quickly fall to 2%.

Forecasting inflation is incredibly hard!

It is impacted by demographics, supply chains, productivity, war, monetary policy, globalization, and luck

Too many factors to correctly ‘model.’

chart via @biancoresearch Image
An earlier note to our clients showed that since 1950 there were just two major moves in #inflation: one up from 1955 until 1980, and one down from 1980 until last year. Before that, inflation was all over the place and more often negative. The last 70 years may be the outlier. Image
Maybe we don't understand #inflation after all.
true-insights.net/maybe-we-dont-…
Read 4 tweets
Aug 16
Valuation thread 1/7

The S&P 500 Index is up 18% from the low in mid June.
Valuation thread 2/7

#Earnings-per-share are up less than 2% since then and guidance has become significantly more cautious.
Valuation thread 3/7

As a result, the realized PE ratio of the S&P 500 Index has increased to a lofty 21. The forward PE has risen to 19.
Read 8 tweets
Jan 28
It has always been a bit of a puzzle to me why everything in #bitcoin is so extreme. Perhaps it is partly because it’s characteristics as an asset class are pretty extreme. Yet, that does not mean it cannot add value to a well-diversified portfolio. 1/7
In fact, that is exactly what #bitcoin has done since it was created, but also during more recent periods. By allocating a modest portion of your #portfolio to bitcoin, you would have increased portfolio return, without adding #volatility. 2/7
Like for any asset class, it’s possible to derive future returns for #bitcoin. For example by using the market cap of investable #gold, or the value of the insurance policy against fiat currency debasement. You can look and mining costs, network effects, and so on. 3/7
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