QE4

Wild Rides, Who should be scared?

Submitted by Chris Ducret on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 18:30

+/- 1000 point swings. Once day, we are back, next day we are sunk, rinse and repeat.  Repo rates are over subscribed. Nearly $300B in the last few days issued. Why the liquidity problem.  The Feds not QE4 will have pumped nearly $1T in 6 months. And still not stabilizing.  Bonds heading to zero and catching up with friends in Japan & Europe when the US hits negative yields. 

Dry bulk shipping Dumps

Submitted by Chris Ducret on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 12:30

Back to the basics.  Keep your eye on Baltic Dry shipping rates.  the BDIY tracks the shipping rates for dry goods.  Important basic commodities.  Grain, coal, ore, steel coils and cement. The basic building blocks of the world economies.  The index provides and average of the shipping cost for these dry goods across 20 different routes.