tim@emorningcoffee.comNov 99 min readWeek ended Nov 8, 2024: Markets adapt to president-elect TrumpLast week was mainly about the US election, which D Trump and the Republicans won in a landslide. The "Trump trade" was full on.
tim@emorningcoffee.comSep 217 min readWeek ended Sept 20, 2024: central bank decisions featureLast week was mainly about a trifecta of central bank decisions, with most attention focused on the Fed. The Fed Funds rate was reduced .50%
tim@emorningcoffee.comAug 243 min readWeek ended August 23, 2024: Fed "pencils in" first rate reductionA confluence of economic data, punctuated by a speech by Fed Chair Powell on Friday in Jackson Hole, suggests rate cuts are coming soon.
tim@emorningcoffee.comMar 13, 202312 min readThe end of Silicon Valley BankSilicon Valley Bank went from fine to dead in less than 48 hours. Why and how? Could it have been prevented? What now?
tim@emorningcoffee.comAug 23, 20226 min readThe Federal Reserve's balance sheetThe Federal Reserve is in the early stages of reducing its balance sheet, or quantitative tightening ("QT").
tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 25, 20229 min readFOREXFOREX is in the news, especially as many think the USD has reached its peak and is at an inflection point. What drives FOREX? Read on.
tim@emorningcoffee.comMay 10, 202214 min readThe Federal Reserve and the Decade of 2010-2020The decade 2010-20 involved a very hands-on approach by the Fed to steer the US economy out of a deep recession. What lessons can be learnt
tim@emorningcoffee.comMar 17, 20228 min readWill the US dollar remain the global reserve currency?It is fashionable to espouse the end of the US dollar as the leading global reserve currency, but this will not occur anytime soon.
tim@emorningcoffee.comOct 20, 20215 min readIs the bond market doing the Fed's dirty work?The bond market looks to be doing the Fed's dirty work, sending short term yields to post-pandemic highs. Is the Fed being too methodical?