via Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank AG executives are worried that they’re down to the last 60 days to turn around their struggling franchise. On the eve of fourth-quarter results that are likely to reflect its troubles, the bank’s ability to avoid a government-brokered merger with Commerzbank AG could rest on its performance in the first quarter … Read more
Would you Buy or Sell this stock? pic.twitter.com/wdkFzavNbG — Lawrence McDonald (@Convertbond) January 31, 2019 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1090833079176855552 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1090843110077276160 Meet you downstairs next week? Spoos v rates pic.twitter.com/ltEIyt84On — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) January 31, 2019 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1090770490623447041 Credit Card Data Indicates Major Decline in Retail Sales – this is the largest decline since 2016, another indicator consumer spending … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsDCIrsIezg The tax zombies won’t stop making life miserable for everyone DH
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “It’s been dripping down, down, down. Frustrating that the housing market is not recovering”: National Association of Realtors What will home sales look like in January and February? Very, very lousy, according to pending home sales, a measure that counts how many contracts were signed. Contract signings run roughly one or … Read more
Central bank gold-buying reaches half-century high [FT] Central bank buying of gold reached its highest levels for almost half a century last year, as Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan boosted purchases to shift their reserves away from the US dollar. Central banks bought a net $27bn worth of gold, driven by Russia, whose net purchases were … Read more
https://twitter.com/UncleRico77/status/1088845137202024453 https://twitter.com/UncleRico77/status/1090712006712348672 https://twitter.com/UncleRico77/status/1090715544435806209 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1090951998256615424 https://twitter.com/UncleRico77/status/1090712006712348672 HERE WE GO This is the Dow Jones Industrials chart for the past year (including today) with dots showing every time @realDonaldTrump tweeted SPECIFICALLY about the stock market. I omitted tweets about "the economy" that didn't mention stocks. pic.twitter.com/WJcOMVmymz — OddStats (@OddStats) January 31, 2019 Look at this chart: ratio … Read more
Selling a house in today’s market is tricky. You have to set realistic expectations but at the same time you want to make as much off the property as possible. However, the number you want to get for the house is not always the number buyers are willing to pay for it, and that can … Read more
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/apple-is-said-to-prep-new-3-d-camera-for-2020-iphones-in-ar-push Apple Inc. plans to launch iPhones with a more-powerful 3-D camera as soon as next year, stepping up the company’s push into augmented reality, according to people familiar with the plans. The rear-facing, longer-range 3-D camera is designed to scan the environment to create three-dimensional reconstructions of the real world. It will work … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn According to the International Agency for Research, cancer is the second leading cause of death, second only to cardiovascular disease, accountable for every sixth death in the world. Each year, an estimated 18.1 million new cancer cases are diagnosed worldwide. Note: Actually, abortion is the leading cause of death worldwide and in the United States, accountable … Read more
via Zerohedge: An overnight rally in global markets, helped by a dovish capitulation by the Fed which sent the S&P 1.55% higher on Wednesday as well as strong results from Facebook that sent the stock 11% higher premarket, faded overnight following another contractionary print in China’s official manufacturing PMI (49.5, up from 49.4 in Dec and above … Read more