2024: Hard Chaos or Soft Landing?

This past week I released two great reads if you’re still looking to consider an outlook on where the economy and markets stand heading into 2024.

I shared the perspective of one of my favorite fund managers, Larry Lepard, who wrote up a comprehensive take on where he sees the U.S. and our markets heading into the new year.

In these pieces, he covered:

The Fed and Treasury Blink in Q4
Inflation
Gold and Bitcoin Got the Memo
US Fiscal Position Not Improving
Catalysts for a Full Fed Pivot
When The Fed Pivots, We Get Paid
Gold’s Outlook Is Improving

Part 1 is here: "God Help Us In The Next Crisis": Lawrence Lepard

And Part 2 can be read here: "When The Fed Pivots, We Get Paid": Lawrence Lepard

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Last week Fringe Finance also published “The Bitcoin Debate: Peter Schiff vs. Larry Lepard” - its an hour and a half long debate by bitcoin bull Larry and bitcoin bear Peter Schiff, where two of the smartest people I know debate the merits of the emerging cryptocurrency.

The Bitcoin Debate: Peter Schiff vs. Larry Lepard

In addition to the debate, this past month I laid out the risks I see for the market in the year ahead and I put together a watchlist of 24 stocks I’d be watching for the new year in order to try and navigate what I believe will be a complex investing landscape for the year to come.

24 Stocks I'm Watching For 2024: Part 2

I’ve also compiled outlooks on 2024 from a couple of my favorite investors. First, Chris DeMuth offered up 7 additional stocks — including 4 bank stocks he likes and 3 names that plunged in 2023 that he thinks could be due for a reprieve in 2024

7 More Stocks To Watch In 2024

In addition to that, I also published Harris Kupperman’s Portfolio Review for 2023, where he talks about what positions his fund has and his outlook for 2024:

More Ideas For 2024: Harris Kupperman's Position Review

Finally, I published my friend Dave Collum’s thoughts on the market and investing heading into 2024:

"All Bull Markets Run Out Of Money": Dave Collum

And here’s what else is new on the blog this year:

And the Fringe Finance archives:

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