The Anatomy of a Rate Hike Inflation. The word alone makes the Federal Reserve sit up and take notice. According to its mandate from Congress, the Fed is put in charge of minimizing inflation while … read more Why Do Interest Rates Matter To Investors?
Bundling Up On July 17 we wrote a blog post titled running-out-of-energy . In there, we discussed the brewing energy crisis in Europe. Then, we said we suspect the energy crisis will become front and center in … read more Europe Bundles Up
Crypto and Naked Swimmers “When the tide goes out, we get to see who has been swimming naked.” Warren Buffet A bull market will camouflage market vulnerabilities. As capital flows into stocks, the … read more Swimming Naked
Sticking the Landing Ok, so the world’s central banks did the hard part and raised rates at the fastest pace in decades. So why are we still reading about persistent inflation? Rate hikes typically work … read more Leads and Lags
What is Beta? BETA—A measure of the volatility of a security compared to the market as a whole. Beta is a simple measure of volatility of an individual security relative to the market as a … read more Bolster with Beta
The Rising Dollar and the Broken System Here at Wanderer, we have been warning that the strengthening dollar is going to break things. Sometimes we need to wait for a while before the obvious eventuates. … read more Something is Going to Break
Do Deficits Matter? Here at Wanderer, we pay attention to interest rates and their trajectory. So, it’s not a secret to us that rates are rising, and money is becoming more scarce. So far, we’ve … read more The Doom Loop
What is the Relative Strength Index? Do you want a technical definition, or do you just want to know how it can be useful? According to Investopedia, the relative strength index, (RSI) is a momentum … read more Using the RSI
Almost Winter On July 17 we wrote a blog post titled running-out-of-energy . In there, we discussed the brewing energy crisis in Europe. Then, we said we suspect the energy crisis will become front and center in … read more An Energy Update
Why is Bitcoin so volatile? On my phone, I get alerts whenever something is on the move in the financial world. Nothing alerts me more often than cryptocurrency. The most common message I get is … read more Bitcoin Volatility is Here to Stay