US Debt Default Update – the next crisis #debt #default

We are now coming to middle of July 2021 and there is still 2 weeks away from the Federal Borrowing limit expiry on 31st July 2021. As of current, the Democrats still have no clear plan on how to deal with the looming expiry. There are 3 options1. The first option would be to tuck …

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US Debt Default – the next crisis #debt #default

I came across an interesting article today. It is an article which highlights the next potential crisis for the US Government - the expiration of the Federal Borrowing Limit in End July. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-treasury-yellen-idUSKCN2DZ2ET The August Recess runs from 30 July to 19 Sept in the House and 9 August to 10 Sept for the Senate. …

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Mister Market chooses to wear short sighted glasses? #rebalance #bubble #stocks

Mister Market seems to have chosen to wear his short sighted glasses. Why do I say this ? After the FOMC announcement on the 16 June, there were two main information Fed retains the short term interest rate near 0%Fed marks two rate hikes in 2023, instead of 2024 The longer term view would be …

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Palantir has just been added to the Russell 3000 Index! What’s next? $PLTR #Russell 3000 #Index

Today i picked up this interesting article from Seeking Alpha https://seekingalpha.com/news/3706243-palantir-technologies-and-snowflake-among-tech-companies-to-join-russell-3000-index-while-waitr-and-synchronoss-technology-to-leave Palantir will be added to Russell 3000 Index on 28 June. https://content.ftserussell.com/sites/default/files/russell_3000_index_additions_-_2021.pdf So what is the Russell 3000 Index ? The Russell 3000 Index is a market-capitalization-weighted equity index maintained by FTSE Russell that provides exposure to the entire U.S. stock market. The index tracks the performance of the 3,000 …

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The Calm before the Storm ? Good to be contrarian this week #FOMC

Hi readers, this is a special posting before the FOMC. From what i can see, Mr Market seems to be taking the position that the FOMC predictions and speech will be following the scripted tone of transitory inflation. This is in line with my earlier posting of not expecting any surprises. HOWEVER, if your portfolio …

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