7 Stories We are Following Today 2-21-23
Podcast |
Becker Private Equity & Business Podcast
Publisher |
Scott Becker
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Business, 
Interview, 
Investing, 
Private Equity
Categories Via RSS |
Business, 
Business News, 
Entrepreneurship, 
Investing, 
News
Publication Date |
Feb 21, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:03:44
In this episode Scott Becker discusses: The markets point down today after the S&P and the Nasdaq were also down Friday. The markets remain up year to date. The Nasdaq is up nearly 13.5%, the Dow a little more than 2% and the S&P 500 6.67%. The 10 year treasury yield is close to 3.9%, […]
In this episode Scott Becker discusses: The markets point down today after the S&P and the Nasdaq were also down Friday. The markets remain up year to date. The Nasdaq is up nearly 13.5%, the Dow a little more than 2% and the S&P 500 6.67%. The 10 year treasury yield is close to 3.9%, […]

In this episode Scott Becker discusses:

  1. The markets point down today after the S&P and the Nasdaq were also down Friday.
  2. The markets remain up year to date. The Nasdaq is up nearly 13.5%, the Dow a little more than 2% and the S&P 500 6.67%.
  3. The 10 year treasury yield is close to 3.9%, its highest in some time. The 1 year is at 5.04%.
  4. Bitcoin is up 50% year to date and nearing $25,000.
  5. Office buildings start to default on bank loans.
  6. Another article in the WSJ points to a newer type of corporate financial virtue signaling. Companies announce layoffs to please the markets but really cut very few jobs. See ” Big Layoff News Doesn’t Always Mean Big Job Cuts”.
  7. Two types of Treasury default risk. Short term investors are concerned about the US debt limit. Long term they are concerned about the overall debt the US is taking on.

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