by jessefelder One of the things I’ve started paying close attention to recently is the trend in risk appetites. Are investors embracing or shunning risk in the markets? Answering this question can help to understand the strength of the underlying trend. The chart below plots the S&P 500 Index (in blue) alongside a custom index … Read more
https://media.blubrry.com/silverdoctors/s/content.blubrry.com/silverdoctors/The_Monetary_Experiment_Starts_to_Unravel_SDN_.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Stitcher | RSS It only took one word from Fed Chair Jerome Powell on inflation to send the markets reeling, and that word was “transitory.” The markets have been pricing in a Fed rate cut, and Powell’s comments suggest the Fed is not considering a cut at this point. It looks like the monetary … Read more
via silverdoctors: Oh yeah, and China, “our media would richly reward you” if you steal Trump’s tax returns… Three-ring. Circus side-show. And Hillary Clinton has the mic: Oh, yeah, and China, “Our media would richly reward you”. So to recap: The 2020 US Presidential Election. Not just Republicans versus Democrats. It’s now also Russia versus China. We … Read more
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning The Latest Government Myth “Deep down, he’s shallow,” said critic Peter DeVries of one author, famously revered. Today we submit the case that Friday’s GDP report — grand, gaudy and garish — is deeply shallow beneath the scintillated surface. That is, the deeper numbers tell a tale 180 degrees out … Read more
By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com During Attorney General William Barr’s testimony yesterday on live TV, we witnessed Congressional Democrats obstructing justice by demanding Barr’s resignation in spite of his admitted investigation into FISA-abuse and Hillary Clinton’s dirty dossier. It’s clear the only option the Democrats have now is to discredit Barr. Communications between Special Counsel Robert Mueller … Read more
Federal immigration officers working on the U.S.-Mexico border will start “as early as next week” carrying out rapid DNA tests on immigrants in custody who claim to be related, a Department of Homeland Security official told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday evening. The official said Immigration and Customs Enforcement will start a trial with the … Read more
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (Working) Many older Americans are living longer and are happy to keep working. Others can’t afford to retire. Those are just a couple of the reasons why people over age 65 are swelling the ranks of U.S. employees in recent decades. On this week’s episode of Stephanomics, Matthew Boesler takes a … Read more
by northmantrader Pay attention here, we just witnessed trend breaks on some index charts and these breaks are coming at a key time and could spell more trouble to come. Speaking of key time, who says twitter trolls are good for nothing. If anything, they sometime can serve as contrarian sentiment checks. I sensed markets were … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Continues to decelerate: Highlights Jerome Powell may have cited March auto sales as an economic plus in yesterday’s FOMC press conference, but April sales couldn’t keep up the pace. Unit vehicle sales managed only a 16.4 million annual rate in April which was far below March’s 17.5 million rate and well below … Read more
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/u-s-banks-bad-debt-pile-creeps-higher-with-credit-card-losses?srnd=premium For now, there’s no cause for panic. The strong U.S. economy and low unemployment means most consumers are able to stay current on debt payments — new foreclosures and bankruptcies fell to the lowest level in at least 15 years in 2018. Yet the uptick in card losses is unmistakable. Credit-reporting company Experian Plc … Read more