The News Radar

Timely links to external news and articles, usually valuation related, with occasional commentary. Most recent items shown below - for more, check the archive in the sidebar.


Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Elon Musk Cites Twitter Whistleblower in New Letter Seeking to Scrap Deal

Mr. Musk’s lawyers wrote in the letter that the facts supporting the whistleblower complaint were known to Twitter when they agreed to sell the company to Mr. Musk and when Mr. Musk initially sought to abandon the deal in July.

I still haven't seen anything borderline compelling indicating that Musk isn't going to be compelled to close this deal. Never bet against such deep pockets, though.


Thursday, 11 August 2022
Treasury Yield Curve Inversion Has Scope to Deepen

The two-year Treasury yield was 48 basis points above the 10-year rate on Wednesday, after coming within a whisker overnight of touching the 50-basis-point milestone last seen in August 2000. That’s based on expectations the Fed’s rate will peak at around 3.5%, from a current range of 2.25%-2.5%, according to the strategist.

If the expected peak rises a half point to 4% with no change in the market’s assessment of the neutral rate of monetary policy, the curve inversion has scope to widen to 85 basis points, Swiber wrote.

Despite the current rally, these indicators still point in the direction of upcoming weakness. Seems like we still have a long ways to go before we're out of the woods.