Michael Pento

Michael Pento is the President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies. He produces the weekly podcast called “The Mid-week Reality Check.” He's also the author of the book “The Coming Bond Market Collapse.”

Inflation Peaks During Recessions

Commentary People tend to hear what they want to hear and believe what they need to believe. In ...

Business Columnists September 8, 2022
Powell’s ‘Put’: Out of Money and Time

Commentary Despite all the fanfare and cheerleading you hear in the MSFM, the recent bounce in equity prices ...

Business Columnists August 23, 2022
Peak Inflation Is Not the Issue

Commentary The reality of record-high inflation, combined with a hawkish monetary policy, is slowing the economy sharply and ...

Business Columnists July 18, 2022
Powell’s Crash Landing

Commentary Wall Street, we have a margin problem. Shares of Target (TGT) fell by 25 percent on Wednesday, ...

Business Columnists May 24, 2022
Perma-Bulloney

Commentary The economy is faltering and markets are becoming chaotic. In spite of this, the mainstream financial media ...

Business Columnists April 21, 2022
Fade the Post Rate Hike Rally

Commentary The recent stock market rally is a trap. This is because Wall Street is vastly underestimating how ...

Business Columnists March 28, 2022
A Recession Unlike Any Other

Commentary The U.S. economy is already deteriorating because of humongous fiscal and monetary cliffs. These cliffs are now ...

Business Columnists March 8, 2022
Powell the Pivoter Cannot Now Pivot Back to a Dove

Commentary The current Fed Chair Jerome Powell is perhaps best known for his quick pivots from hawkish back ...

Business Columnists February 18, 2022
The Great Reconciliation of Asset Prices in 2022

Commentary The coming new year will be fraught with risk due to the removal of central bank and ...

Business Columnists December 20, 2021