stocks and interest rates have an inverse relationship due to the discount rate and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). The Fed sets the floor or the risk free rate which is what the Fed will lend at to the Banks. that rate has been 0-25bps for a long time which has the effect of inflating riskier assets like stocks/equities. As the risk free rate increases the discount rate at which equities/stocks are valued and as such will have a negative effect of equities’ valuations. t...

the term “great resignation” has been used to describe a recent trend in the job market in the United States - well, perhaps it’s more like the “great awakening” as talented young people are realizing they don’t need to move to crowded urban centers where rents are half their nominal salary to generate a sustainable income on their own time and with relatively few of their own dimes in self funded start up capital? just a thought.

the market usually overreacts to the upside and the downside. in those moments one can make highly profitable trades, but it takes nerves of steel and a strong stomache because catching a falling knife is hard. best to let it land and pull it out of the ground when it looks like the unabated selling has subsided.