Oh how I love these, granted 80% are US centric (which is a given) but it’s still good to see viewpoints. There’s another 5 in the link to Blackstone’s website. The economy disappoints the consensus forecast, but a recession is avoided. Federal Reserve Chair Powell lowers the Fed funds rate to 1%. Without a comprehensive […]

So his latest letter is out and this time a lot of the focus on is geopolitics and US politics from discussions between Blackstone and their clients. I’ve put the whole letter below as it isn’t available on Blackstone’s website but one can easily subscribe to this letter’s from there. Enjoy! Plenty to Worry About, […]

No need for any introduction, here’s the full list, enjoy! Byron’s Ten Surprises for 2019 are as follows: The weakening world economy encourages the Federal Reserve to stop raising the federal funds rate during the year. Inflation remains subdued and the 10-year Treasury yield stays below 3.5%. The yield curve remains positive. Partly because of […]

And he’s back with his latest commentary that covers both the bullish (earnings growth, valuations) and bear (politics) elements facing the market today, several great points are made. As usual here’s some snippets and a link to the rest of the article. For these reasons I thought the equity market would have to go through […]

And so it’s time again for Byron’s latest monthly commentary. The thought going through my mind is…if everyone is saying/forecasting that a US (global) recession will occur in 2020, why should investors remain invested in equities? How does this make any sense, and further to this, if everyone (at least from those I am reading) […]

Anddd his latest commentary is out, here are some snippets and a link to the rest of the article: As for the 2020 Presidential election, many attending thought Donald Trump would have a second term. True, the Federal Reserve was raising interest rates and shrinking its balance sheet and the European Central Bank was talking […]

And it’s outttt, here’s my fav snippets and a link to the rest of the commentary We believe that the current business cycle has at least several more years left to run. The major signs that would herald the beginning of the next recession are not yet in place. Unemployment is low and likely to […]

And he’s out with his May Commentary, several interesting points here, here’s a few snippets and a link to the rest of the paper. I remain of the view that 2018 will be a positive year for equities, primarily because of performance in the second half and driven by earnings growth. The tax cut should […]