About Bob Cremerius

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Bob Cremerius has created 237 blog entries.

Is it Time to Return to GAAP?

2023-03-07T19:06:53+00:00March 7th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the standards for financial reporting, used to be used in financial analysis. However, now the financial industry prefers “adjusted” or “forward” earnings as they allow for manipulations, justifying overpriced stocks. One can see in the second graph below the divergence [...]

Are Millennials Buying Homes?

2023-02-28T21:35:58+00:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary For almost forty years mortgage interest rates were trending down (see first graph), until 2022 when the Federal Reserve Bank started raising the Fed Funds rate to fight inflation. In 2021 home prices skyrocketed (2nd graph) in part due to low rates and Federal COVID [...]

What Are 0dte Options?

2023-02-22T15:23:30+00:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary While it is normal to have rallies during bear markets, volatility caused by options trading currently appears to be having a more profound effect. Options give the purchaser the right to buy or sell an underlying stock at a specific price. The use of shorter-term [...]

What Are the Results of 14 Years of Extreme Fed Actions?

2023-02-14T22:17:52+00:00February 14th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary In this week’s Update, I share thoughts from Dennis M. Kelleher, Cofounder, President and CEO  of Better Markets, “An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes the  public interest in financial reform, financial markets and the economy.” Since I have shared  numerous thoughts on the Fed’s [...]

Are Policymakers Wearing Blindfolds?

2023-02-07T17:01:31+00:00February 7th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary The first graph below illustrates the massive increase in the national debt, which now totals over $31.5 trillion. With interest rates rising, the cost of carrying the U.S. debt skyrocketed 40% (see second graph). By ignoring the future costs of uncontrollable Federal debt, policymakers are [...]

Is the U.S. in a Recession?

2023-01-31T17:56:28+00:00January 31st, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary The National Bureau of Economic Research, the arbiter for dating recessions, has not yet declared one – although many economists are predicting one in 2023. Many datapoints are either declining or are reaching points where previous recessions have started. Look at the graphs below including: [...]

Has the Fed Distorted Secular Market Cycles?

2023-01-24T17:16:28+00:00January 24th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary Stock markets move in long-term (secular) and shorter-term (cyclical cycles). Historically, the Shiller Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio could be used to define secular cycles. In the first graph below, one can see secular bull markets tend to start in single-digit Shiller P/E ratios and end in [...]

What Does 2023 Hold?

2023-01-17T17:44:00+00:00January 17th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary As 2023 gets underway, the bear market pattern of 2022 continues. After a few down days, another bear market rally appeared. Notice in the first graph below, the S&P 500 has been on a downward trend since the start of 2022. However, as is typical [...]

Which Payroll Numbers are Correct?

2023-01-10T19:41:17+00:00January 10th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary The December Job’s Report released last Friday provided optimism that inflation is slowing enough to push the FED to “pivot.” Private sector hourly wage inflation slowed to 0.3%. However, it is the apparent strength of the employment situation which astonishes pundits. Key employment datapoints comparing [...]

Will 2023 be Better?

2023-01-04T18:38:21+00:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: INVESTMENT|

Executive Summary Asset classes of all types fell last year, leaving a traditional “buy-and-hold balanced portfolio” consisting of 60% S&P 500 and 40% cash and Treasuries, down about 17%. However, the declines were not straight down as evidenced by the S&P 500 (first graph below showing bear [...]

Load More Posts