The DC Today - Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/3rtSIve

The market opened up a bit and got up nearly -150 points before dropping nearly -300 points (an intra-day swing of over -400 points) before rallying back a few hundred points and closing down just -68 points.

Who knows what the next two trading days hold but right now the only asset class on my screen up on the month is the DOLLAR. Bonds, Gold, Europe, Emerging, TIPS, Small Cap, Tech. Utilities – you name it, all down. The dollar, up nicely (DXY).

At this time we expect the government shutdown will kick in on October 1 (this Sunday).

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, said yesterday that if rates were to get to 7% you would see a deflationary asset unwind and a lot of asset bubbles burst. The media ran with the comment as if he were predicting that rates would go to 7%, which of course, he was not.

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