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In a fascinating and wide-ranging interview, Russell Napier tells The Market, “In order to do well in the big structural change that I see coming, you have to be radical in your portfolio. No bonds, no S&P 500.”
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In its latest cover piece, Barron’s takes an entirely different approach telling readers, “Investors should embrace the expanding bubble.”
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Clearly, they have already done so. As Bloomberg points out, “Assets in leveraged long ETFs exceed inverse products by a record.”
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Much of this enthusiasm is focused on the Magnificent 7 which now trade at an average of 41 times earnings. Outside of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), however, “the rest of the group is expected to post a measly 3% increase in profits in 2025.”
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Into this stampede of animal spirits, the Fed is expected to cut interest rates again next week.
Meanwhile, inflation remains a very persistent and pernicious problem for the most vulnerable of society for whom prices are still rising at a rate of more than 6% this year.