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April 16, 2022 By Asi de Silva

US Housing Market Should Cool

US housing market should cool, due to spiking mortgage rates, but a 2008 type collapse is unlikely. The mortgage market has remained resolutely fixed rate during the current bull market, which underpins our sanguine outlook. Yes, there are signs of excess, but there’s no risk of monthly payment ballooning considering that variable rate funding is […]

Filed Under: Blog, News, The Dispatch Tagged With: Commodities, commodity demand, CryptoPunks, equity positioning, goods consumption, home prices, inflation, mortgage, mortgage rate, NFT collateral, NFT loans, NFTs, US housing, used auto prices, wealth effect

February 26, 2022 By Asi de Silva

Is the Ukraine invasion a buy trigger?

The question “Is the Ukraine invasion a buy trigger?” does not attempt to make light of the destruction and suffering in Ukrainian. Readers look to The Dispatch for investment observations, not malformed geopolitical ramblings. We shall aim to stick to our knitting even during this unfortunate time. The massive markets reversal on Thursday was a […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin adoption, bitcoin donations, crypto narrative, equity valuations, home prices, LUNA, Luna Foundation, Market Outlook, Megacaps, mortgage, mortgage rate, OER, rent inflation distortion, rents, shelter inflation, SWIFT, Ted Cruz, Terra, Ukraine

November 20, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Signs of Market Froth

Signs of market froth are rising in both digital and traditional assets. As we show, 10-20% fees on transaction value makes no economic sense, but that is the reality on Ethereum today. This points to expectation of higher asset prices offsetting the punitive fee. Rivian, the recently IPOed electric vehicle maker, reached a $150bn market […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: bubble signs, covid lockdown, covid vaccines, Energy prices, Ether, Ethereum, Fed QE, Fed taper, gas fee, home prices, hourly earnings, inflation, John Deere, market froth, Metamask, mortgage, oil inventory, Peloton, Rivian, shelter inflation, Unions, vaccination rate, wage inflation, wages

April 17, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Crypto taxes, Turkey bans crypto, Bitcoin acceptance, used auto price, vaccines & re-opening, diversifing beyond Bitcoin

Dispatch #11 -2021 April 16th, 2021 Let’s start with crypto taxes as it is traditional tax week. For 2020, IRS Form-1040 specifically asks if you had crypto transactions, illustrating the IRS’ growing focus on digital assets. You are expected to track the cost basis of your coins and report capital gains accurately. Other items discussed […]

Filed Under: The Dispatch Tagged With: banks crypto reversal, bitcoin adoption, bitcoin payments, BlackRock, covid vaccines, crypto ban, crypto diversification, crypto tax, inflation, Israel, Jim Cramer, JP Morgan, JPM, Morgan Stanley, mortgage, Turkey, used auto prices

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