Tag: Economics
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Never miss a post…subscribe! You don’t need me to tell you that oil and gas prices are through the roof these days. Gas stations are changing numbers faster than slot machines. And the explosion in prices is sowing fear in the stock market. But I think this huge spike in…
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Imagine you’re running a marathon. You’ve led the whole race. But a strong runner is coming up on your right. The finish line approaches. Suddenly, there is a loud “crack.” The other runner has been shot in the head. You win. This is essentially what has happened to the Chinese…
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Treasury bonds have been falling hard lately. Their interest rates are up significantly as a result: The yield on the 10-year note, a bellwether for borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to corporate loans, has jumped to near 1.5% from around 1% in a matter of weeks, lifted by increased…
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Regardless of which market we look at, we see a similar trend: skyrocketing prices since the beginning of the pandemic. You can see this in the S&P 500, a broad measure of stocks: In commodities: In the increase in real estate prices and the corresponding decrease in capitalization rates (this…
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