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Why rising Rates are a Problem for the USA & a Death Sentence for Short Stacks at the Poker table.
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0:02lesson
Interest rates and bond prices
- Interest rates continued higher this week
- 10-year US Treasury rate exceeded 5.3
- Bond prices fall as rates rise
- Volatility and uncertainty in markets
- Dollar strengthens as money rotates out of bonds
1:58lesson
Poker game analogy for interest rates
- Rising rates equate to raising blinds in poker
- Big stack at the table is the United States
- Short stacks feel pressure more immediately
- China is not at the table
- Bond market is closed and domestic
3:57lesson
Pressure on short stacks
- Blinds favor the big stack
- Short stacks feel pressure more
- Blinds can be a huge percentage of short stack wealth
- Big stack can outlast small stack
- Rates higher is not a loss for the US
5:58lesson
Distribution of outcomes
- Getting hit is part of playing the game
- Think about distribution of outcomes
- Worst case on the left tail
- Best case on the right tail
- Big stack can take left tail off the table
8:06lesson
Global interest rate trends
- Rates have gone higher globally
- Developed markets have seen significant rate increases
- China is not at the table
- China's rates have gone down
- US is the biggest stack at the table
10:05lesson
Impact of higher rates on global markets
- Every major market pays more to borrow
- Latin America rates have gone up significantly
- Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil have high rates
- US is not the only one affected
- Dollar strength permeates globally
12:29lesson
Long-term interest rate trends
- 30-year rates are at record highs
- Japan, UK, France, Canada have seen rate increases
- Not just a US issue
- Dollar strength affects global markets
- M ratio explains survival in poker
14:29lesson
M ratio and global financial pressure
- M ratio explains survival in poker
- US M ratio is about eight
- Mexico at four, Brazil at five
- Italy, UK, France in teens
- Dollar debt is a big hole in global balance sheet
16:26lesson
Carry trade and dollar debt
- Rest of the world has two sets of blinds
- Local and dollar carry trade
- Higher rates make carry trade harder
- Dollar debt is a big hole in global balance sheet
- Currency crisis develops when dollar debt runs out
18:34lesson
Dollar strength and global pressure
- Dollar strength puts pressure on other countries
- Mexican peso up 2%, yuan down 7%
- Euro down 10%, yen down 45%
- Real down over 60%
- Dollar interest rates affect global debt
20:37lesson
Relative performance of sovereign bonds
- Interest rates rising, bond prices falling
- UK bonds down 37%, France down 30%
- US down 28%, Germany down 25%
- Japan down 23%, Canada down 22%
- Italy down 20%
22:50lesson
Bond market and speculative positions
- Bond bear, not a bond bull
- Markets do not go in a straight line
- Speculative short position in US 10-year futures
- Counter trend rally possible
- Not betting on rates directly
24:55lesson
Gold and currency depreciation
- Gold prices rise as money rotates out of bonds
- International investors and central banks drive gold
- Currencies fall more than the dollar vs gold
- Countries buy gold due to currency concerns
- Focus on the forest, not just the tree
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