WW III

Posted on Saturday, April 15th, 2017

We felt in recent months that there were too many people on the one side of the boat. That “side of the boat” was investors heavily shorting US Treasuries are they prepared for the Federal Reserve to raise rates three times this year. When everyone thinks something will happen you can almost guarantee that something… read more.

Did the Swamp Win?

Posted on Saturday, March 25th, 2017

Trump Care, Obama Care or tax reform? It was really all about tax reform and not the Affordable Care Act (ACA aka Obama Care).  The shelving of the vote for reforming ACA may lead to markets being buoyed by the fact that Trump will now move on to tax reform.  It was never really about… read more.

This House is Rocking

Posted on Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Janet Yellen seems petrified of scaring the market. We have news for her. At some point she will. It’s her job to take away the punchbowl when the party gets started and this house is rocking. The Federal Reserve uptick in interest rates, while widely telegraphed, still managed to surprise markets by it being couched… read more.