I've mentioned before that I have a strong bear bias that I try to ignore as I chart shorter timeframes. Why do I have that bearish bias? A good illustration of the reason was shown in a great chart on Chart of the Day yesterday. Kyle Bass sent out a newsletter to investors and used this chart in that newsletter, while explaining that defaults on sovereign debt in much of the developed world are more or less unavoidable over the next few years, and that current policies of throwing good money after bad in order to delay the problem long enough that it might somehow disappear, are unlikely to be effective over periods of more than a few months. Here's the chart and if you click on it, the link will take you to the full writeup at Chart of the Day:
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Important Analog – New Zealand Dollar
I'll forego doing what everyone else is doing – – chattering about the jobs report – – and share with you something of great interest to me right now. Voila:
