Optimistic about a Soft Landing

From Apollo’s Q4 credit strategies newsletter. The comic on the right explains the Fed’s current dilemma in a simplistic way.

Soft Landing Scenario Continues To Play Out

Wage inflation is rolling over across the income distribution, see chart below. A slowdown in wage inflation is exactly what the Fed is trying to achieve with tighter monetary policy. And note how it is happening without an increase in the unemployment rate. Lower...

Blackstone Byron Wien 10 Surprises

In its 38th year and nowadays under Blackstone (formerly under Morgan Stanley), Byron Wien’s 10 potential surprises is always an interesting and quick read.  You be judge of which of them would actually be surprises if they occur.