The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, flagged America’s record $33 trillion of debt as “risky.” Ray Dalio is worried about America’s borrowing binge and economic growth cooling. The billionaire investor warned of a “debt crisis” and a “meaningful slowing of the economy.” Dalio has previously flagged interest rates, civil unrest, […]
Easily identifiable domestic threats to portfolios include lingering inflation along with possible future interest rate hikes, a reignition of banking issues, and housing prices that have stretched higher in relation to relative incomes than they did during the 2008-09 financial crisis. Investors have yet to break even from January 2022 and are still realizing losses of
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Efforts to bring down inflation could collide with high debt loads, Goldman Sachs warned, highlighting the implications for US debt. That comes as higher rates are already pressuring government balances via increasing interest costs. “This suggests the US and UK are the most obvious candidates for a duration risk premium repricing.” The note said, referring
A Fitch Ratings analyst on Tuesday warned the agency may be forced to cut the credit ratings of more than a dozen banks, including some major Wall Street lenders. Another one-notch downgrade of the industry’s score, to A+ from AA-, would force Fitch to reassess ratings on each of the more than 70 U.S. banks it
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Fitch Ratings’ decision to strip the U.S. of its triple-A credit rating last week was widely dismissed as meaningless This time, though, bond yields rose. That suggests Fitch’s action deserves our attention, not because it tells us anything new but because it joins the stack of evidence of how profoundly different, and risky, the nation’s fiscal situation
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Gold’s value compared to equities and bonds makes it the perfect portfolio diversifier. It’s only a matter of time before gold prices push well past $2,000 an ounce as the world continues to deal with higher interest rates, rising inflation pressures, and the global economy drowning in debt. “Gold relative to money supply itself is also absurdly
The deal features a major black swan event that could lead to higher demand for gold and silver. As shown below, the US has over $31.4 trillion in public debt. This is a significant increase considering that the debt amounted to $9.7 trillion in 2008 and only $345 million in 1968. This new deal is
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Unchecked US borrowing could end up threatening the dollar’s long-term dominance, according to Jim Grant. Promises to cut spending will likely be “negated and forgotten,” he told CNBC. Fears about the government defaulting on its debt repayments have weighed on demand for dollar-denominated Treasury bonds. (Business Insider) The dollar’s dominance as a reserve currency could
