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Current Links of Interest   

Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Gold Under Pressure, Surging Energy Prices, and Equity Market Complacency (10/26)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: U.S. Equity Market Outlook: A Developing Bear Market (10/19)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: A Bifurcated U.S. Economy, Equites vs. Bonds & the AI Trade of Value by Deception (10/12)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Neglected Risks for U.S. Equities: AI Concentration, Deteriorating Breadth & Weak Foreign Markets (10/12)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Robust Big Tech Stocks Masking Substantial Market Risks (10/05)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: A Fresh Perspective on the Great Bond Bear Market (10/05)
Curmudgeon: Treasury Selloff Deepens (Despite Benign PCE Print) as Term Premium and AI Debt Supply Dominate (10/01)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: U.S.-Iran War Escalation, Midterm Elections, Bond-Market Wipeout and U.S. Inequality (09/28)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: Debt Markets Continue to Decline After the Fed’s Policy Blunders (09/21)
Curmudgeon: Severe Bear Market in U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds Persists (09/14)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Oil Shock 2026 -2027: A Financial Reckoning Dead Ahead (09/07)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: U.S. Bond Yields Scream Risk; Equities Yawn; Warsh Talks Tough at Jackson Hole (08/30)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Analysis of U.S. Treasury Bond Buybacks & All Assets Market Forecasts (08/24) [corrected]
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: U.S. Enters a New Era of State-Directed Capitalism and Hamiltonian Economics (08/17)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Misleading BLS Jobs Report, Labor, Fiscal, and Market Outlook (08/10)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Why the U.S. Economy is Much Weaker Than You Think (08/03)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: Economic Dangers of the 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield at 18 Month High! (07/27)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: It’s the Fed, Not Inflation, Driving 10-Year U.S. Yields Higher (07/27)
Curmudgeon: Caveat Emptor: Huge Debt and Circular Financing Deals Dominate AI Build-Outs (07/23)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: Strait of Hormuz Risk Premium: Uncertainty as an Asset Class (07/20)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: Geopolitical Risk Repriced: Oil, Bonds, and U.S. Dollar React to Hormuz Disruptions as Iran-U.S. “Deal” Disintegrates (07/13)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Bitcoin as a Catalyst: Liquidity, Leverage, and the Risk of Market Contagion (06/29)
Curmudgeon: Chart-o-Rama Depicts Severe Systemic Risk for U.S. Equities (06/23)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: "F" Grade for Fed Chairman Warsh at June FOMC Meeting (06/22)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: Stock vs Bond Conundrum Amidst Sky High Buffet Indicator (06/15)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Analysis of the Iran Deal/MOU; Watching for a Change at the Fed (06/15)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Friday’s Market Selloff: Broad-Based, Data-Driven, and Policy-Sensitive (06/08)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo: The Great Disconnect Widens Amidst Hawkish Fed Talk (06/01)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo:Rising Yields Pose Unappreciated, Serious Risks for U.S. Equities (05/25)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Middle East Wars, Oil Spikes and Inflation - Then and Now! (05/18)
Curmudgeon/Sperandeo:Hot PPI and CPI Reports May Result in a Fed Rate Increase this Fall (05/14)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Front Running, High Frequency Trading, Buy Programs and Market Manipulation Using Futures--Then and Now! (05/11)
Sperandeo/Curmudgeon: Is the Fed Really Independent? How Will It Respond to Oil and Mineral Price Shocks? (05/04)

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