By Barry Ritholtz
The GDP data this morning was a deep sigh of relief for those people who fear a recession may be coming. I don’t have that sense of relief. Perhaps its my own bias, but the details of the GDP report reveal not an organic growth period in a healthy recovering economy, but rather a tepid post-credit crisis expansion highly dependent on government largesse and Federal Reserve accommodation…..
via A Closer Look GDP Data | The Big Picture.
Colin Twiggs is a former investment banker with almost 40 years of experience in financial markets. He founded PVT Capital (AFSL number 546090), which provides income and growth strategies to wholesale clients.
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Using a top-down approach, Colin identifies macro trends in the global economy and then combines fundamental and technical analysis to evaluate opportunities in sectors that stand to benefit.
Focusing on interest rates and financial market liquidity as primary drivers of the economic cycle, he warned of the 2008/2009 and 2020 bear markets well ahead of actual events.
thanks so much for your hard work. I’m wondering what happens to the value of the AUD if there is a great contraction? Same as USD or something different? Any ideas?
thanks for your time & attention, bill arcright
Contraction generates uncertainty. Uncertainty leads investors to avoid risk. Investors withdraw to safety of the US dollar and gold. Relative pricing of these two items rises ….. which would mean the AUDUSD would fall.