US labor signal vs noise, Nikkei LPPL & when to buy China equities

  • US labor market: signal vs noise
  • US continuing claims recessionary (even adjusting for Covid distortion)
  • US recession feedback loops remain in play
  • Private credit is THE recession play
  • Equities: flows back to 2021 peak, stay overweight cash
  • Nikkei LPPL bubble exhausting
  • Fixed income: 1969-70 roadmap playing out; delayed yield plunge
  • China: playing for the shift from very bad to less bad
  • China: which tactical indicators to use to time the buy
  • EM: more room to cut, and more bond upside to come
  • FX: when to sell USD
  • Commodities: supercycle intermission ongoing + gold LPPL bubble over
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