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Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 81, Part 1: A New(ish) Measure Of Collateral Shadow Money (How Repo Really Works)

By |2021-06-16T19:38:24-04:00June 16th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

81.1 Introducing a NEW Measure of Shadow Money Pt. 1———Ep 81.1 Summary———A new measure of the monetary order will be unveiled at the end of this two-part episode. But first, a discussion of uncertainty, incomplete pictures, relativity, perspective and the limits of human knowledge. Also, bank reserves and repurchase agreements. ———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 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 81.1 [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: Who’s The Boss?

By |2021-06-14T08:26:10-04:00June 13th, 2021|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

I told you last week that there were strange things going on in the labor market but I had no idea how much of an understatement that really was. Much of last week's economic focus was on the inflation report but I think the JOLTS report may turn out to be more significant. Inflation was indeed pretty hot year over [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: Where’s That Confounded Boom?

By |2021-06-01T07:01:47-04:00May 31st, 2021|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks|

The US economy is still stuck in the stall it's been in since early spring. Sometime in mid-March everything just seems to have gone into suspended animation. Interest rates and the copper/gold ratio stopped rising. Real interest rates (TIPS) stopped rising. The US dollar started falling. But nothing has fallen so far as to warrant concern about a double-dip recession. [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 77, Part 2: The QE Fantasy Unwinds, The Truth About Bank Reserves (and repo)

By |2021-05-27T18:42:42-04:00May 27th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

77.2 So, Not Money Printing———Ep 77.2 Summary——— QE has been uniformly aligned with the idea of money printing because it sounds like it and there is a central bank doing it. We have to take central bankers' word that there is a pot of bank reserves at the other end of the QE rainbow. While that part is true, bank [...]

Eurodollar University’s Making Sense; Episode 77, Part 1: INFLATION, INFLATation, INFLation, INflation, inflation

By |2021-05-26T15:12:11-04:00May 26th, 2021|Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

77.1 Which Was Bigger, April CPI or Reaction To It?———Ep 77.1 Summary——— Finding ourselves in uncomfortable agreement with Jay Powell and many mainstream Economists who have been utterly wrong about inflation rising for too many years to count, this doesn't discount at least their more grounded view as to inflation not rising based on conditions right now. There's every reason [...]

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 [...]

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