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Cash Rethink Energises Asset Markets

Cash Rethink Energises Asset Markets

High interest rates made cash attractive, until stocks took off

Unhedged · Financial Times & Pushkin Industries

January 16, 202412m 26s

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Show Notes

As interest rates jumped, cash ruled for a lot of investors. The payment for doing absolutely nothing – in the form of money market funds and other interest-bearing instruments – was the highest in decades. But that may be changing as equity markets outperform and the soft landing feels more like a reality. Today on the show, we re-evaluate sitting on the sidelines. Also we go long hairstyles in Taiwan and short the Big Tech stocks. 


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