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> everyone seems to be sitting in cash?

What is this based on? Every indicator suggests we’re still in a risk-on mode as an economy. It’s why we have inflation.



Don’t know which indicators you’re looking at, but the bond market disagrees.


Yield curve inverted and interest rates have begun to go up. Risk on?


> curve inverted and interest rates have begun to go up. Risk on?

Yes, we’re still seeing billions of dollars being deployed into start-ups [1], crypto and the like. We are less risk on than we were. But within America, there is no flight to safety. (Internationally, it’s more complicated.)

[1] https://fortune.com/2022/04/08/venture-capitals-2022-slowdow...




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