Investors are all-in financial assets at an historic bubble. When the entirety of Wall Street has bought into the popular delusion, you have likely finally reached the peak. Any number of catalysts can prick it. How many of these reports even mentioned war with Iran as a risk? https://t.co/d2QIDrExB3 — Kevin C. Smith, CFA (@crescatkevin) … Read more
by UPFINA With stocks on a high note, it’s easy to see numerous potential catalysts that could throw it into a correction. However, it’s up to investors to determine which potential catalyst has a negative enough expected value to end this great streak. One potential negative catalyst the stock market is ignoring is Bernie Sanders’ increasing … Read more
Well, known technical Analyst Louise Yamada gives here outlook on gold in this emerging bull market.
CBC article puts political spin on display (Link to relevant articles below) https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cons… https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/crit…
(Bloomberg) — Nine U.S. states’ economies are expected to slide into contraction within six months — the most since the financial crisis ended more than a decade ago, according to the latest projections from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. West Virginia’s economy is forecast to shrink the most, while a decline in neighboring Pennsylvania … Read more
via mishtalk According to new IRS documents for 2017 and 2018, people are fleeing Illinois in record numbers. New IRS data confirms Record Number of Illinoisans Leave State as Tax Base Continues to Shrink. The IRS has just released new domestic migration data for both 2017 and 2018 and it shows Illinoisans left the state in record numbers. In … Read more
Don’t go full apesh*t… remember the fed is still printing money….. however, this gives managers a reasons to sell positions h/t GeezIjustdontknow Disclaimer: Consult your financial professional before making any investment decision.
h/t Deonneon
by BadaBing___BadaBoom This is a list of likely scenarios I’ve compiled and am picking through to find specific companies, ETFs, and etc. to bet on. Iran has never waited too long to respond, because the regime is insecure with their قضيب (qadib) size. Boat seizures in Gulf, everyone knows they’ll do it. Shipping is going … Read more
by Tom McClellan The efforts of the Federal Reserve to inject extra liquidity into the banking system over the past 2 months have helped to fuel the year-end (2019) rally. Questions remain about how long the Fed may choose to keep up that effort, and whether the Fed has enough ink in the printing presses to … Read more
via wallstreetonparade Margot Robbie in the Movie, “The Big Short,” Which Focused on How Derivatives Blew Up Wall Street in 2008 By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 3, 2020 ~ Lily Tomlin is credited with the quote: “No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.” Wall Street regularly brings that message … Read more
The world’s advanced economies are trying to keep their balance on an unstable platform of high consumption, asset prices and household debt as we enter the 2020s. Any significant shock or increase in volatility could trigger “doom loops” that compromise the economic and financial systems. The great recession ended more than a decade ago. In recent … Read more
Authored by Ritesh Jain via WorldOutOfWhack.com, …’Cause I’ve had the time of my life..and I owe it all to you.. The original song from Dirty Dancing is one of my all time favourites and somehow reminds me of the Global Markets performance this year.Every conceivable asset class (except cash) posted positive returns ,thanks to the … Read more
Corporate debt has doubled from $5tn in 2007 to $9.5tn In addition, over $3.2tn of its debt is BBB rated (one notch above JUNK status). 55% of BBB should’ve been junk if based only on leverage (Morgan Stanley). Gently reminder about the Corporate Debt to GDP ratio in the US Corporate debt has doubled from … Read more
I used to watch her a lot. She told me for 2 years that we were just around the corner from Mueller coming to arrest Trump who only won because Russian hackers changed votes. When it was all done, and none of what she said was true, nothing happened. Anyway, she’s an entertainer, not a … Read more
Biden In 1974: ‘I‘m Like The Token Black Or The Token Woman. I Was The Token Young Person.’ Now that we’re living in the era of Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Dolezal, Ralph Northam, Elizabeth Warren, and Shaun “Talcum X” King, who could object to Joe being racial and gender fluid in 1974? No word yet if … Read more
SIMPLE QUESTION: Obama former administration including: Barack Hussein Obama John Kerry Joe Biden Sought to undermine US foreign policy and provide sensitive advice to Iran, a sworn enemy of America. Should they be tried for TREASON and/or SEDITION https://twitter.com/DebinaC/status/1213640924502249473?s=19 QL
By Irina Slav Concern about global oil demand and OPEC+ production cuts are now part of the oil price landscape and few expect any surprises coming from these directions. There is, however, a wild card: U.S. shale production. CNBC this week quoted an analyst from Macro-Advisory, who included U.S. shale production growth prospects on a list of … Read more
by Wayne Allyn Root Here’s my New Year 2020 gift to the Democrat Party. This is a teachable moment. I’m going to teach you how real Americans actually think. Because Democrats are clearly A) clueless and delusional, or B) so anti-American and pure Marxist in their thinking, they have no ability to even fake patriotism anymore. … Read more
by Lance Roberts The bull market turned in an impressive gain of over 30% (on a total return basis) in 2019. While not a rarity in market history, it certainly falls into the “outlier” category. Not surprisingly, the media has been quick to jump on the story suggesting that if 2019 was strong, just wait until 2020. To wit: “BTIG’s Julian … Read more
As the smoke clears after the airstrike, the winners and losers of the assassination are beginning to take place. The winners are Israel, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, the MIC, and neocons. The losers are everybody else. h/t kimcheefarts
