Financial markets are still priced on the assumption that inflation will soon go away

If it doesn’t, then the rosy precedents from the last four decades that rising rates don’t hurt share prices are invalid. 

If inflation is low and doesn’t subsequently increase much, then higher rates don’t hurt stocks, yes. 

But inflation isn’t low, and we have a lot of money betting on it coming down quickly.
If that doesn’t happen, markets have a lot more adjustment ahead of them. 

John Authers Bloomberg 20 January 2022


https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-20/small-caps-may-hold-value-for-investors-seeking-safety-in-rolling-correction

The bond market’s forecasts have not moved. Indeed, the implicit forecast for inflation over the next 10 years has dropped a little this year and is back below 2.5% 

John Authers Bloomberg 19 January 2022


https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-could-possibly-go-wrong.html
 

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