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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon issued vague credit recession warning, but the bond market has more pressing issues

jamie dimon warned this week that a credit recession could be "terrible" when it comes, though he didn't point to any specific current signal. the jpmorgan ceo said "we haven't had a credit recession in so long, so when we have one, it would be worse than people think."

but the bond market has a more immediate issue: the likely confirmation of a new fed chair, kevin warsh. whenever there's a fed transition, treasury yields and credit spreads tend to move faster as markets reassess policy. simplify asset management's paisley nardini said "the markets are really going to be cautious" and that "anytime there is a changing of the guard, markets are going to experience some volatility."

the fed held rates steady this week at 3.50% to 3.75%. but with oil prices surging, traders are now betting against another cut in 2026. powell said he has no intention to leave his fed governor seat when his chair term ends. inflation remains above target — core pce is at 3.2%. the bloomberg us aggregate bond index returned under 2% annually during powell's tenure, far below the 6.5% average since the 1970s. nardini's two big risks for bond investors: duration (the 10-year yield is over 4%) and credit strength, with corporate spreads near multi-decade lows.

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Oil prices climb after disputed report of Iran strike on U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz

oil started the week higher on a disputed claim of an iranian strike on a u.s. navy ship in the strait of hormuz. the report, which hasn't been confirmed by u.s. officials, added fresh volatility to crude markets. the strait of hormuz is a key chokepoint

The markets are in the early stages of pricing in stagflation. Here’s what happens next.

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Warsh's take on Fed independence is met with confusion and some concern

kevin warsh, trump's pick to lead the fed, is drawing confusion from six former fed officials over his views on fed independence. the sticking point: he draws a line between monetary policy — which he says should be "strictly independent" — and "non-monetary matters" like international

'Bubble effect': Weight loss drug fueled growth is putting the pharma sector at risk, report finds

the weight-loss and diabetes drug boom is creating a bubble risk for pharma, according to a deloitte report out monday. r&d returns for the top 20 pharma companies hit 7% for a third straight year, driven almost entirely by glp-1 drugs like wegovy and zepbound. strip those out

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Oil prices climb after disputed report of Iran strike on U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz

The markets are in the early stages of pricing in stagflation. Here’s what happens next.

Warsh's take on Fed independence is met with confusion and some concern

'Bubble effect': Weight loss drug fueled growth is putting the pharma sector at risk, report finds