Stargazer Asset Management Weekly – May 2 2022

Our weekly tour of markets

BY ERIC FILL

SAM Weekly _ May 2 2022

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Why Fed Speakers May Lean More Hawkish

BY TEMATICA

The impact of Apple sourcing changes Read more →

C8 Bulletin: Gauging the Impact of US Debt Limit Dynamics – Part II

BY JON WEBB

In February, one of our index providers, IVI Capital, outlined how the Debt Ceiling impasse would lead to an expansion of US liquidity, and more benign financial markets, until the Congressional stand-off was resolved. With the Debt Ceiling increase finally agreed, we asked IVI for an update. Read more →

Thoughts From The Divide: Danger to Itself

BY JON WEBB

In an op-ed for MSNBC, the “former Federal Reserve economist” warned against the Fed keeping “interest rates too high for too long”, which would cause it to “fail at its job” and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Sahm argues that the economy is “on course” for a soft landing, but “Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell is not flying the plane, despite the popular narrative” (which is a far kinder metaphor than Jay being a toddler in the back seat with a toy steering wheel). Sahm suggests that “giving the Fed credit means we could learn the wrong lesson”. Read more →

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