You can't have a soft landing and a Fed pivot. Expected Fed funds rates by December 2023 Source: Refinitiv, Federal Reserve. After a dismal 2022, markets are off to a flying...
About Steve Russell
Golden Oldie
The tech bubble is bursting
The rise of big tech stocks has been more about valuation than profits. Originally published January 2022. Ruffer LLP A bubble in profitless tech and so called ‘meme’ stocks may...
Golden Oldie
Negative real interest rates can be bad news for equity valuations
Originally published January 2022. As investment managers, we’re used to being accused of seeing the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. It’s not that we’re inherently...
Golden Oldie
Inflation protection – what’s the best recipe?
Originally published April 2021. Inflation is in the news again. Many prices are rising even before we can physically get out and spend, and governments are pouring vast amounts...
The Fund Manager
You can’t tax your way out of this
Source: Ruffer, MacroHistory database, TS Lombard Chancellor Sunak will need a Plan B. The coronavirus pandemic has hit public finances like a war. Across the world governments...
The Fund Manager
The Green Line
Once a month we will bring you an interesting chart with a short commentary. Our aim is to illuminate the corners of financial markets. This time really is different - US...