Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun discusses last week's crazy market, earnings season, and changes to Alhambra portfolios.
Weekly Market Pulse: Are We There Yet?
I'll just get this out of the way right at the beginning. The question in the title of this post refers to the end of the ongoing stock market correction and the answer is likely no. There are no sure things in this business so it isn't an unequivocal no, but based on history, the odds favor more weakness. I [...]
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun talks about the return of fear to the market, the 2022 selloff in risky assets including large-cap growth, what's going on with volatility, REITs, bonds, commodities, and if it's time to get greedy.
Weekly Market Pulse: Fear Makes A Comeback
Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline. - Philip Roth Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful. - Warren Buffett The new year hasn't gotten off to a great start for growth stocks or [...]
Weekly Market Pulse: A Very Contrarian View
What is the consensus about the economy today? Will 2022 growth be better or worse than 2021? Actually, that probably isn't the right question because the economy slowed significantly in the second half of 2021. The real question is whether growth will improve from that reduced pace. The Atlanta Fed GDPNow tracker now has Q4 growth all the way down [...]
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Alhambra CEO Joe discusses a shift in the market the first week of the new year, as well as the dollar, a big miss on employment numbers, a high quits rate, and good export numbers.
Weekly Market Pulse: On Second Thought…
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche The new year got off to quite a bang last week. It was almost as if someone flipped a switch and investors/traders suddenly decided that all that stuff they believed last year was just so passe. Growth stocks? Nah, who wants [...]
Eurodollar University Episode 177, Part 1: Confirming Euro$ Inversion And Its Huge Signal
177.1 Eurodollar Warning Confirmed(?) by USA GER JPN & CHN———Ep 177.1 Summary———The Eurodollar futures curve inverted on December 1st - what's happened since? Also, does the American, German and Japanese sovereign bond market corroborate the Eurodollar futures warning? Lastly, does China's lowering of its bank Required Reserve Ratio buttress the E$ warning too? ———Ep 177.1 Topics——— 00:00 INTRO: Updating the [...]
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun talks about whether inflation has peaked, the JOLTS report, new company formations, consumer sentiment, and what investors should do to wrap up 2021.
Weekly Market Pulse: Has Inflation Peaked?
The headlines last Friday were ominous: Inflation Hits Highest Level in Nearly 40 Years Inflation is Painfully High... Groceries and Christmas Presents Are Going To Cost More Inflation is Soaring.. America's Inflation Burst This morning on Face The Nation, Mohamed El-Erian, former Harvard endowment manager, former bond king apprentice, economist, and the man who seems to have a permanent presence [...]
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