Writing about markets for @opinion. Former Bloomberg Miami bureau chief. Stints in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, La Paz. From the Philly suburbs.

Miami, FL
Joined September 2010
Corporate spreads have been a sleeping giant for the last several years, but they're awake now
COREWEAVE BONDS TUMBLE AS CREDIT PRESSURE BUILDS CoreWeave ($CRWV ) dollar-denominated bonds are selling off sharply: October 2031 bonds: Down 2.3 cents to 79.46 cents on the dollar June 2030 bonds: Down 2.2 cents to 83.10 cents on the dollar
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Nobody could have seen this coming
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So October odds just collapsed on a shrug from a chair who does nothing but shrug?
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The worst m/m toy inflation in decades is not a good look. Two months before Christmas.
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This was a fun @opinion livestream with @JonathanJLevin and @AllisonSchrager to discuss what turned out to be genuinely surprising inflation numbers. Please listen:
It's CPI Day! What do surging energy and travel costs mean for US consumers? 🎥Tune in as @JonathanJLevin discusses LIVE with @AllisonSchrager and @johnauthers xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qKDzWqoB…
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This graphic is so good
The financial advantage of owning over renting is much slimmer than most people think.
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I'll take a venti pumpkin spice burrito macchiato. And yes, I know the guac is extra
$SBUX - Starbucks has explored takeover of Chipotle in restaurant megadeal
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“…the S&P 500 has risen in 21 of the last 23 midterm election cycles over the period from one month before the election to two months after.” - DB
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Health care is roughly as big a deal for this economy as AI, and the boom is paid for with Medicare.
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This S&P 500 high has the worst breadth of any ATH since at least 1990 (just 29% of stocks above 50D MA)
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Indeed job postings creeping up, +2.5% Y/Y. Not a boom, but things are getting better
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Turns out money does buy happiness
From today's edition of Housing @ Noon—not only is there a growing wealth gap between boomers and millennials, there is now also a growing happiness gap... homeeconomics.us/noon
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Join us!
Tomorrow is Jobs Day! Can US payrolls sustain last month's momentum? 🎥Tune in Friday as @JonathanJLevin discusses LIVE with @keds_economist and @foxjust @ 8:25 am ET xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1OxwbnqNL…
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Core pce inflation has been running at Fed’s 2% target in over the past 3 months.
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On the PCE release, BEA's revised methodologies for software, legal services and portfolio management sure changed the inflation picture in those categories:
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