Thoughts from the Frontline Archive, December 2018

Powell, the Third Mandate, the New Fed and Crawdads
  • December 21, 2018

Powell, the Third Mandate, the New Fed and Crawdads

We have reached the best time of year, when we can look to the future with hope. We can stop wondering what will happen in 2018 and look forward to 2019. The investment industry always does this enthusiastically, as you will see in forecasts everywhere the next few weeks.

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The Misunderstood Flattening Yield Curve
  • December 14, 2018

The Misunderstood Flattening Yield Curve

Everybody is suddenly talking about the inverted yield curve. They’re right to do so, too, but alarm bells may be premature. Inversion is a historically reliable but early recession indicator. The yield curve isn’t saying recession is imminent, even if it were fully inverted, which it is not.

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European Threats
  • December 7, 2018

European Threats

Someone asked recently how many times I had “crossed the pond” to Europe. I really don’t know. Certainly dozens of times. It’s been several times a year for as long as I remember.

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