Category QE

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Bond Markets – Don’t Panic Captain Mainwaring (but don’t look behind you…)

In bonds there is pain as prices tumble – but that does not change the fundamentals of investing in bonds. The risk is rising bond yields will expose the dangerous over-valuations low rate distortion has caused across other financial-assets, perhaps causing more than a few bubbles to pop.

Bond Market 101, Credit Markets, Monetary Experimentation, Sovereign Debt
Bill Blain
March 30, 2022
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Blain’s Morning Porridge central banks interest rates QE Regulation

Taper, Rates, Bond Markets and Consequences

The Fed finally begun its cautious taper and the market did not immediately self-destruct… but the consequences of 14 years of central bank experimentation, regulatory overkill and the “processification’ of markets will have consequences… they may be bleak…

Blain’s Morning Porridge central banks Government Inflation QE USA

The Consequences of Kabul

The shocking return of the Taliban dominates the headlines. It has critical implications for markets. Biden’s loss of credibility creates many hurdles and could drive the US towards isolationism – bruised by yet another flawed foreign adventure. Meanwhile, markets struggle with inflation and climate consequences.

Climate Change, Covid, Inflation, markets, President Biden
Bill Blain
August 16, 2021
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Blain’s Morning Porridge Alternative Assets Bonds QE Stocks

Watching the Sky for Clues

There is general sense “something wicked this way comes” towards current priced for perfection markets, but trying to define the exact N0-see-um likely to trigger a market correction or meltdown is a notoriously pointless game. However, there are plenty of ways to prepare for whatever comes next….

Alternatives, bonds, Football, Imminent crash?, Meteor Strike, stocks
Bill Blain
April 20, 2021
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China Covid QE

Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 8 2020: Plans Change..

Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 8th 2020 – Plans and Expectations Change “I Choose Violence.” When the narrative starts to…

Bill Blain
June 8, 2020

QE Rant

Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 1 2020: The Disconnect Widens

Blain’s Morning Porridge – June 1st 2020 – The Disconnect Widens “Lemon tree very pretty and lemon flower is sweet.…

Bill Blain
June 1, 2020

Europe Germany QE

Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 6th 2020 Europe Wobbles

Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 6th 2020 “Let us sing more cheerful songs, more songs full of joy!” I am…

Bill Blain
May 6, 2020

Covid Europe Markets QE

Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 4 2020 – Is it Spring Time?

Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 4th 2020 “Why that’s absurd, the wing is on the bird” Economies are poised to…

Bill Blain
May 4, 2020

Covid Economy QE

Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 29 2020 – Its About Consequences

Blain’s Morning Porridge – 29th April 2020 “If this turns out to be another false alarm, I’ll be the biggest…

Bill Blain
April 29, 2020

Covid News QE

Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 20 2020: What is Real News?

Blain’s Morning Porridge – April 20th 2020 “I remember a voice from my past, “Gambling only pays when you’re winning”..”…

Bill Blain
April 20, 2020

The UK crisis: Questions that Must be Asked: How was it allowed to happen?
September 27, 2022
The UK confidence crisis is not over yet. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is saying nothing, hoping for stability. The Bank of England finds itself providing top cover by its willingness to hike rates. The Treasury Select Committee should be asking what advice the OBR, Treasury, The Bank of England and the Gilts Office gave Kwarteng.Read More »
The Everything Sell Off – Triggers and Consequences
September 27, 2022
Global Markets have nosedived – the UK’s confidence crisis is one trigger alongside rising recession risks, crashing consumer spending and host of indications we ain’t near done on higher interest rates as inflation becomes embedded into economies and dollar strength continues unabated.Read More »
The UK’s Monumental Policy Mistake – how bad will it get?
September 26, 2022
What a mess. Kwasi Kwarteng’s Special Fiscal Operation failed to stabilise UK markets and has zero prospect of driving growth. The new government stumbled at the first jump. How bad will it get? What are the implications? Who is next for the Chancellor’s job?Read More »
Changing the narrative, one lie at a time
September 22, 2022
The biggest crisis the West faces may not be the challenges of energy, confidence, inflation and growth, but restoring trust in the narrative by cutting out the disinformation planted by our enemies. Time for some leadership.Read More »
The New Truss Trickle-Down Economic Plan Won’t Work, But Might Boost Markets
September 21, 2022
The new Truss/Kwarteng grand plan to create a UK High Growth High Wage economy boils down to trickle-down economics, which simply don’t work. They won’t restore the economy, but they may, perversely, boost markets.Read More »