Yardeni QuickTakes (Page 13)

Is A US Government Debt Crisis Imminent?

May 21, 2025 3 min read paid

Stock investors have been less "tarrified" about President Donald Trump's tariffs since April 9, when he postponed most of his proposed reciprocal tariffs by 90 days (chart). However, they may now be getting spooked that the bond market might be on the verge of a debt crisis, especially after Moody's downgraded US government debt on Friday and Japanese bond yields soared in recent days.

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Dr Ed's Video Webcast 5/21/25

May 21, 2025 1 min read paid

Meltup In Stocks Or Meltdown In Bonds? Two scenarios to put on your radar: Bond prices might melt down if the Bond Vigilantes are roused by the downgrading of the US’s sovereign debt rating and/or the prospect that Trump’s tax-cut bill worsens the federal budget deficit outlook and/or tariff-related inflation. But a bond market meltdown could force Washington to set the US onto a more sustainable

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Risk On & Off Here & There

May 20, 2025 4 min read paid

As the world turns, so do risk-on and risk-off trades around the world. Some are for the short term and based on technical factors. Others are for the long term and based on fundamentals. Let's take a quick tour around the world: (1) Japan. While pessimists have been predicting an imminent sovereign debt crisis in the US, it seems to be unfolding in Japan currently. Amid a shrinking

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Let Them Eat Tariffs!

May 19, 2025 3 min read paid

Walmart warned last week that it will have to raise prices because of President Donald Trump's tariffs. On Saturday, the President advised the country's largest retailer that it should "eat the tariffs." Retailers operate with very thin profit margins (chart). If they don't raise their prices, they stand to lose money on their sales. That's not a sustainable business model.

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MARKET CALL: Valuation Mojo Driving Stocks' Big Mo Rally

May 18, 2025 2 min read paid

The meltup scenario is making a dramatic comeback. It was one of our three scenarios until March 24 when we wrote the following in our Morning Briefing: "We've decided to fold our 1990s meltup/meltdown scenario into our Roaring 2020s scenario. The current correction in the stock market suggests that the former has played out already, as the bull market's highflyers have been hit hardest

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ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: May 19–23

May 18, 2025 3 min read

The week ahead is light on economic indicators. Fed officials undoubtedly will make some headlines. They are likely to reiterate Fed Chair Jerome Powell's basic message during his May 7 presser: "We may find ourselves in the challenging scenario in which our dual-mandate goals are in tension. If that were to occur, we would consider how far the economy is from each goal, and the potentially different

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William Pesek

DEEP DIVE: A Semiconductor Revival

May 17, 2025 4 min read paid

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Jackie Doherty

Not Much Stagflation Today

May 15, 2025 4 min read

Earlier this year, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he and President Donald Trump were focusing on the 10-year Treasury bond yield as a key metric for economic health, rather than the Fed's short-term interest rate. He stated, "He and I are focused on the 10-year Treasury," indicating a strategy to manage borrowing costs through fiscal policy rather than pressuring the Fed to cut rates.

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POTUS: From Tariff Man To Global Salesman

May 14, 2025 2 min read paid

Stock investors are much happier now that President Donald Trump seems to be pivoting from pushing prohibitive tariffs to pushing American semiconductors and Boeing jets in the Middle East. President Donald Trump used a state visit to Qatar today to announce a large purchase by Qatar Airways of Boeing jets. Trump said the order was for 160 airplanes and claimed it was the largest order in Boeing's history.

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Dr Ed's Video Webcast 5/14/25

May 14, 2025 1 min read paid

Earnings & Valuation Under Trump 2.0 So Far Even though Q1 earnings were fabulous, most economists, industry analysts, and corporate managements have low hopes that Trump’s Tariff Turmoil won’t dunk the US economy into a recession this year. Not us: We’re counting on the economy’s resilience. Today, Dr Ed discusses why the widely expected recession, like others in recent years, will be a no-show. Hard-to-ignore

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A Quiet Day For A Change

May 13, 2025 3 min read members

The Dow Jones Industrial Average wasn't up or down by 1,000 points today. The S&P 500's VIX was back down below 20 on Monday and again today (chart). The yield spread between corporate junk bonds and the 10-year Treasury bond has narrowed recently. The latter seems to be settling down around 4.50%, in the middle of our 2025 range of 4.25%

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Recalibrating Our Forecasts As Stock Market Roars

May 12, 2025 4 min read paid

Among our main concerns about Trump's Tariff Turmoil was that the drop in stock prices would have a significant negative wealth effect on consumers, especially retired and soon-to-be retiring Baby Boomers, who collectively own about $25 trillion in corporate equities and mutual funds (chart). We raised our subjective probability of a recession this year from 20% to 35% on March 5, and from 35% to 45% on March

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