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McCulley 10-09 The Uncomfortable Dance Between V’ers and U’ers
Click here to read Paul McCulley's biography. Around the world, in investment committee meetings and on trading floors (and at the Fed!), one question dominates discussion and debate: How can it be that risk assets, notably common stocks, have been roaring ahead, presumably discounting a robust ...
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Financial Markets vs. Kling
EconLog: Library of Economics and LibertyPaul McCulley writes , a bull flattening bias of the Treasury curve, with longer-dated rates falling toward the near-zero Fed policy rate, can be viewed as a consensus view that the level of the output/unemployment gap plumbed during the recession is so great that disinflationary forces in goods and services prices, and perhaps even more important, wages, will be in train, even if growth surprises on the upside. Pointer from ...

Are stock and bond markets contradicting each other?
Marginal Revolution — ... Stocks are doing well yet interest rates remain low and flat.  What's up?  John De Palma sends along this very interesting analysis by Paul McCulley.  Excerpt: ...

Weekend Linky Dinks
UpsideTrader — ... you weren’t run over by a truck last week, your job was saved. The rate now stands at 10.2%, probably more like 17% though if you really peel back the onion.. The indices all managed a gain of over 3% for the week, gold hit all time highs, and despite all the fanfare that the greenback was ready to roar higher, it managed to end lower for the week. The trading range continues. Have a great weekend and enjoy the links. The billion dollar airbag. The buy and hold song. Pick your letter and make your bet. The Goldman boys. Gotta raise? Your job was ...

The Uncomfortable Dance Between V’ers and U’ers
Michael Covel: Trend Following Manifesto — ... This is an extremely well thought out view from Paul McCulley at PIMCO. He is a fundamental guy who knows behavioral finance (read: trend trading strategies) is better at explaining market behavior these days. ...