by Gary Gordon | May 13, 2020
Can trillions of Fed liquidity overcome the probability of a deluge in corporate insolvencies? Fed Chairman Jerome Powell just acknowledged that additional government fiscal stimulus, not Fed stimulus, may be the only way to lessen this pain. “The passage of time is...
by Gary Gordon | May 6, 2020
Leading into 2020, the economy was growing at a modest pace (1.9%). By the end of the 2nd quarter, the economy will have recoiled at its quickest clip (-25%+) since the 1930s. Similarly, at the start of the year, unemployment for working-aged individuals was 3.5%. By...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 22, 2020
Howard Marks is a billionaire investor as well as the top dog at Oaktree Capital Management. He views April’s stock market rally as “inappropriately positive.” Mr. Marks specifically pointed to the worst pandemic in 100 years, extraordinary...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 15, 2020
We already know that the economic deterioration will be far more severe than the Great Recession. That’s why the federal government has served up freakish amounts of stimulus. In a similar vein, the Federal Reserve intends to do whatever it takes to stimulate...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 8, 2020
They call ’em, “Fallen Angels.” They’re bonds that the credit agencies demote from investment grade (IG) to high yield (HY). Unfortunately, there’s nothing angelic about a wave of downgrades happening all at once. And that’s what transpires in recessions. For example,...
by Gary Gordon | Apr 1, 2020
It has been 20 years since the tech bubble burst. And it has been 12 year since the Bear Stearns bailout ushered in the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. Lost in the shuffle? Long-term investing results. Over 20 years, “risk-free” Treasury bonds have handily...
