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Bridgewater Report Notes Lack Of Consumer Credit Demand

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Mark Melin
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Consumer lending is loosening at the bank level, a May 8 Bridgewater strategy document reviewed by ValueWalk observed. However, consumer borrowing habits have changed from those fast and loose days leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

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The private Bridgewater report, written by Larry Cofsky and Spencer Gaffney, bench-marked the credit environment U.S. household’s face as “broadly stimulative,” with household balance sheets having “healed materially” in the wake of the financial crisis. Asset prices are pushing recent highs along with consumer confidence while interest rates are at...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.