by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders A subscriber recently mentioned getting into a real estate ETF so we started going over the data which may suggest the Real Estate sector could become the next big trade over the next 12+ months. The news that the US Fed may decrease rates in an attempt to front-run global economic … Read more
via theguardian: Extraordinary evidence has emerged that the Metropolitan Police targeted a Chinese dissident in London following concerted pressure from Beijing. . . . After being taken to a local police station for a breach of the peace the 52-year-old was subsequently arrested for conspiracy to commit a section 5 public order act offence. This is … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Anti-dollar trade is reinforcing gold’s bullish outlook, how silver could follow gold’s lead, and gold has plenty of room to move higher. Anti-Dollar Trade Reinforcing Gold’s Bullish Outlook Over the past two weeks gold was … Read more
‘Hong Kong is not China’: Protests pose major test for Xi Chinese President Xi Jinping faces a major test in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the semi-autonomous city’s legislature and graffitied a defiant message on its walls: “Hong Kong is not China”. Beijing has trod carefully since massive protests erupted last month over a bill … Read more
(Bloomberg) — The U.S.-China trade war and a spike in oil prices from geopolitical tensions have the potential to push the world into recession next year, according to renowned doomsayer Nouriel Roubini. “It’s a scary time for the global economy,” the head of Roubini Macro Associates, sometimes known as “Dr. Doom,” said in an interview … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwtBos492T0 Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, called Sunday for a federal investigation and charges against Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler after an attack on a conservative journalist by antifa activists during one of the city’s frequent protests. “To federal law enforcement: investigate & bring legal action against a Mayor who has, for political reasons, ordered … Read more
Reluctant Preppers interviewing Jerry Robinson Are we living on the surface of “The Everything Bubble” under threat of seemingly “permanently imminent” risk of collapse, or and we on a “Runway to Infinity” with Trump and Fed and Wall Street banks all determined to keep the bubble inflated (for the foreseeable future)?… How are the flows of funds … Read more
by David Haggith That didn’t take long. On Saturday, well before the US stock market opened post-China-trade-talks, I wrote: The next step for the market would likely be that the remaining stock indices that have not pushed past their own previous peaks would now punch through. By that … I meant those indices like the Dow … Read more
by visualcapitalist In the international finance system, U.S. debt can be bought and held by virtually anyone. In fact, if you hold a U.S. Treasury bond or a T-Bill in your portfolio right now, you are already a creditor to the United States government. And as you can see in today’s chart from HowMuch.net, foreign countries like … Read more
by GoldCore News and Commentary UK Housing Market Weak and London House Prices Drop Eight Quarters In A Row UK Construction Sector Suffers Worst Month in 10 Years as Brexit Bites Gold Rises on Global Growth Worries, US-EU Trade Conflict US Shares Hit Record and Gold Drops as Trade Talk Hopes Rise Wave’ of M&A Will … Read more
by howmuch For this article, we look at the performance of the biggest unicorn IPOs as mentioned by a recent Business Insider article. By comparing the opening IPO price with the price listed on Yahoo Finance as of June 25, 2019, we see a wide range of performance. “Unicorn” is a term used in venture capital to describe a … Read more
via MarketWatch: Corporate America has a summer horror flick for you: an earnings recession. An earnings recession is two successive quarters of earnings-per-share decline. Such a decline is projected to not only have occurred in the second quarter of 2019, but is also forecast for the third quarter. In fact, earnings recession fears may be … Read more
by confoundedinterest There are three prominent measures of volatility: VIX for the S&P 500 index, TYVIX for the 10-year Treasury Note, and MOVE (Ml Option Volatility Estimate Index). All three show an interesting pattern. The stable volatility patterns prior to the massive Fed intervention starting in Q4 2007. That never ended. Here is the massive Fed … Read more
via yahoo: Manhattan high-end real estate showed new signs of cooling during the second quarter, with secondary prices sliding and units staying on the market longer, according to a new report released on Tuesday. The average resale apartment price in Q2 fell 5% from the comparable quarter last year, to $1,641,989, Brown Harris Stevens (BHS) said … Read more
via doctorhousingbubble: So much for the spring and early summer bounce. Southern California is seeing a large increase of inventory. And some of this inventory is coming in the form of new condos and homes. The housing bull market was so good that builders jumped back into the mix to get top price for properties. But … Read more
by Mike Maloney Mike Maloney has been giving updates on the ‘Death of the Global Dollar Standard’ since 2009… Join him in this latest video as he discusses one of the biggest nails in the dollar’s coffin to date. Bloomberg The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret Other links In pictures: World … Read more
by Michael Snyder Even though most people don’t seem to realize it yet, we are in the midst of a major extinction level event. And even though it is happening in slow motion, given enough time we would see most life on this planet completely wiped out. Insects are absolutely critical to the global food … Read more
by visualcapitalist Making progress towards ambitious and complex organizational objectives can be a tricky endeavor for even the most accomplished of teams. But if there was ever a surefire recipe to make this undertaking more difficult, it’d be embarking on these kinds of goals with a team that doesn’t actually trust each other. Not only does … Read more
by howmuch The first half of 2019 has yielded some optimism for the U.S. economy. For example, unemployment is near its lowest point in about 50 years. At the same time, the U.S. economy has experienced the longest period of sustained economic growth ever. However, recent concerns about slower wage gains and a global economic slowdown raise the question of how … Read more
via Zerohedge: Democratic presidential candidates appear to have painted themselves into a corner – abandoning their giant moderate base in order to ‘out-left’ each other, while promoting “radical, nonsensical, unpopular ideas that please only a slim minority of your own people” according to CNN‘s S. E. Cupp. In a blistering monologue on Saturday, Cupp suggested that the 2020 … Read more
In order to fulfill the long-term and short-term financial goals of life, it is very important to make proper financial planning. However, while doing financial planning, people often ignore the important aspect of planning for post-retirement. In order to live the golden days of retirement in a relaxed and stress-free way, it is very important … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Apartment rents declined from peaks in Seattle, Southern California, New York, Oakland, San Jose, Chicago, Honolulu. But 8 markets show double-digit increases. Seattle and Southern California are the big new-comers among the most expensive rental markets whose rents have turned south. In Chicago and Honolulu, apartment rents have plunged since 2015. San … Read more
