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What Investors Need to Know About the Most Common Private Equity Fund Structures
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There’s a critical decision you have to make if you want (or already have) exposure to private equity as a part of your portfolio — does your chosen manager deploy capital through a fund structure...
A Looming Uranium Shortage?
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"Nuclear is wonderful as one of the sources of energy, one of the sources of sustainable energy.” —Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang The global nuclear renaissance is gaining steam. Our readers have seen our...
The Unknown
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WEEK ENDING 5/31/2024 “I just don’t know.” Municipal bond market underperforms prior to seasonal summer drought. 34–0
The Receipts Are In
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WEEK ENDING 5/17/2024 Core CPI increases by 0.3%; softer after higher inflation prints in Q1. Receipts come back with lower retail sales numbers. Three paths to monetary policy: hold, ease, or ease....
Calm Before the Economic Storm
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WEEK ENDING 5/10/2024 Happy belated Mother's Day from all of us at City Different Investments. A very quiet week on the economic release front. Next week brings another look at CPI and PPI. Mike...
The Pendulum Swings
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WEEK ENDING 5/3/2024 Weekly rate volatility—markets tend to overreact. How do you unite Democrats and Republicans? A job nobody should want.
Stubborn Inflation
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WEEK ENDING 4/26/2024 Real GDP growth slower than expected at 1.6% for Q1. Core PCE for the year is unchanged at 2.8%. Market pushes the probability of rate cuts (if any) to the end of the year.
A Week of High Supply
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WEEK ENDING 4/19/2024 Resetting rate-cut expectations. 18 months of yield curve inversion. Will 10-year Treasury yields hit a 5% handle?
Is Now the Time for Bonds?
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WEEK ENDING 4/12/2024 Hope springs eternal and dies hard. Equity market declines and rising Middle East tensions aid Treasury’s end-of-week recovery. Back to the future, at least in Arizona.
Spring Showers and Tax Season
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WEEK ENDING 4/5/2024 New support level for Treasury market with 10-year yields at 4.5%. Strong job numbers from Friday challenge rate cuts. April tax seasonality generally means outflow for money...
Burning Down the House
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WEEK ENDING 3/22/2024 We will not be publishing a Weekly Commentary next week. We wish you all a happy holiday! The Capitol Hill Greatest Hits: “Another One Bites the Dust” & “Burning Down the House”...
Surprising Inflation Numbers
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WEEK ENDING 3/15/2024 • Higher than expected core CPI and PPI. • FOMC should leave rates unchanged on Wednesday. • What’s a better buy? A 3-year T-bill or a money market fund?
State of the Markets
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WEEK ENDING 3/8/2024 • Impressive employment numbers. • One year anniversary of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure. • Will the Muni-Treasury ratios come back to their historical averages?
Decoding Consumer Dilemmas in a Strong Economy
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WEEK ENDING 3/1/2024 • Core PCE meets expectations. • Fed Chair to testify before Congress this week. • Why is the consumer still unhappy?