Another Reminder to Ignore the Forecasts

While the debt doomers circle, we’ll examine why no one is good at forecasting and why widely acceptable notions of cross-asset correlations are wrong. We’ll also focus on the market's strengths and discuss the incredible power of America’s dollar, wages, and efficient energy output.

Key Takeaways

[00:17] - Inflation Update + shelter’s outsized effect [06:33] - Disinflation + the debt-doom loop [09:40] - The power of the US: the Dollar, our wages, energy production [13:36] - The incredible efficiency of modern oil/energy markets [15:09] - What’s happened recently when the SP has broken a positive trend line [16:16] - The surprising market reaction to Iran’s missile attack

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