One of the bright spots during the pandemic has been very strong demand for housing and related items as well as a broad array of consumer goods, particularly luxury brands. In recent months, there was concern that retail might experience a weak Christmas...
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A number of my white papers and blog posts have focused on population growth which is a key component of overall economic growth. Specifically, economic growth is equal to the sum of growth in the working population and growth in the amount of...
This week brought updates to two interesting statistics that help define contemporary stock market behavior. First, in order to divine the direction of the stock market, analysts spend a great deal of time evaluating variables such as the strength of the economy, the...
My recent post There is No Alternative (TINA) pointed out that the average exposure to equities of all investors is at a record high of 52%. Another way of looking at this apparent level of optimism is to examine flows into equity mutual...
Monetary authorities and investors have created a fascinating situation in which real or after-inflation interest rates are at record negative levels. With the 10 year US Treasury yield at 1.45% and trailing one year inflation of 6.2%, the real return would be negative...
TINA refers to a commonly held belief today that investors should maximize their exposure to stocks given the lack of potential return in “safer” categories such as bonds and cash. Granular detail on stock ownership is difficult to find but here are a...