Photo by Trainingforwarriorsportland.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group The monetary “moon shot” taken by the Federal Reserve two weeks ago – in which they committed to adding an historic amount of liquidity to the markets – appears to have set the …
by UPFINA The Earnings Scout is a purveyor of S&P 500 earnings information. The firm stated at the start of the year, S&P 500 earnings were expected to be $178.96 and now they are expected to be $154.97 which doesn’t fully …
by stonksgodown So looking at this from a volatility perspective, short volatility has been profitable for many years because realized vol is usually lower than implied vol until a black swan event which is the coronavirus. So MM and hedge …
by UPFINA Usually, we see political and investor angst about stock buybacks, while dividends get a free pass even though buybacks are simply a more tax efficient and flexible way to return capital to shareholders. However, this time dividends are also …
by Davidallencoen Like many here, I’m trying to come up with an investment thesis and a strategy for these uncertain times. I’m currently Bearish – have gone largely to cash, but want to invest in defensive plays because I see …
by FiscalFrontier I think I know why the stock market is up… and it’s not because the Coronavirus is going away. It requires some macroeconomic and finance knowledge, but maybe, just maybe: Fed actions (buying assets) are lowering risk premiums …
by asdasci In order to calculate whether an asset is under- or overvalued, it makes sense to compare the price of the asset to the average earnings it generates. That’s why we always looked at the price to earnings ratio, …
by The Phoenix The financial system today is trying to figure out what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. The Unstoppable Force= the Everything Bubble bursting as debt markets collapse around. The Immovable Object= the Federal Reserve and …
by Daedalus90 If you’ve lived within your means, planned accordingly, and produced things of value for society, the current American system doesn’t give a shit about you. If you built crappy cars, and paid unions too much. Bailout! If you …
by villagedesvaleurs We’re witnessing a macro historical pivot point in the making here lads and ladies. The money men/power brokers are literally crashing capitalism with no survivors in order to secure their own individual stores of wealth. The best thing …
by focusedddd Ill make it short and sweet, I know you guys can barley read as it is. CCL, Rallies, yet 0 boats going out in 2020, but rallies cuz oil money buys 8%…fine. AAL, the most insolvent airline in …
by MasterCookSwag https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull02.pdf There’s a lot more than just this but here’s some highlights: For a two-week period in mid-March 2020, government bond markets experienced uncharacteristic turbulence, sometimes selling off sharply in risk-off episodes when they would normally attract safe …
by cjl6 tl;dr: Angry brown CEO calls out Donnie Pump & JPow for propping up markets, doesn’t matter cause they can’t hear him over the BRRRRR Article linked to interview: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/09/chamath-palihapitiya-us-needs-to-let-hedge-funds-billionaires-fail.html Accidentally posted an older article before out of pure excitement …
by quantize_me What is market manipulation? According to the SEC: Manipulation is intentional conduct designed to deceive investors by controlling or artificially affecting the market for a security. Manipulation can involve a number of techniques to affect the supply of, …
by SpontaneousDisorder Taken from ZH https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/shocking-17-million-americans-have-filed-unemployment-past-3-weeks Why does the stock market pop on this news like the last 2 times? SICK. Chart from bloomberg article https://archive.vn/UCyY2
by Goku_ukoG Ok so a lot of you have to be sitting here wondering why the fuck this market refuses to go down, why your tendies are burnt, etc. Well I want to kind of try and take a second …
by settanitti First, There isn’t any good in being perma bears or bulls that is so stupid the only gang that you want to join is PRINTING GANG. Second, This is what I made today +1,193.36, you see how I only make …
Thoughts? Wall Street banks are warning investors to brace themselves for a new wave of declines in global markets after stocks rushed back towards a bull market from the ugly falls driven by coronavirus in March. The US benchmark S&P …
by Doug Casey There are a lot of questions people are asking themselves today. Among them: How serious is this economic downturn likely to be? How long will it last? How can it be ended? Whose fault is it? The answers …
Photo by Wikimedia.org| CC BY | Photoshopped From Brandon Smith Today, stock market investors are hoping desperately for Weimar-style hyperinflation to boost equities prices to dizzying heights in what some call a “crack-up boom”. In terms of money creation, we are not there yet, …
Some interesting points that show how the media is making a panic propaganda and hiding facts that do not corroborate with the fear narrative Birx flat out states that the US coronavirus death count is exaggerated THE STILL REPORT: Did …
by -TiredOfAllThisShit- I know volume is somewhat irrelevant for our analysis but every time I open a chart on a stock, I realise the stock’s volume is not at all comparable to what it was verified in the financial crisis. …
by j_kouzmanoff The latest headlines have been all about how COVID-19 is peaking in NYC and will soon be peaking in the US as a whole. This is the model cited by the White House and is also the one most often …
Yep. The gradual slowing in daily growth of new cases and fatalities is directly related to, and contingent on, containment actions and behaviors. Those actions stopped a future that was rushing toward us. The big concern is that the virus …
by Chris Kimble Should investors be surprised by the strong rally over the past couple of weeks? Not if one is aware of this giant megaphone pattern, that was first highlighted on 11/24/17! This chart looks at the Dow Jones Industrials on a …
The amount of money pumped into the global financial system in the past couple months has been historic to say the least. There has been no indication that this will stop. It can’t. Many retail investors have begun to buy …
by jessefelder One reason for the record-setting stock market crash we witnessed in the first quarter was a rapid reappraisal of the earnings situation for the S&P 500. As I noted here back in January, stocks were discounting about a 30% jump …
by OkSlice Looking back at the monthly inflation rates during the financial crisis, it seems that they are a good indicator of the inflation caused by the feds spending vs the deflation caused by the lack of consumer spending shown …
The domino effect has begun. Only problem is the little guy will fall first….. — Cis (@Cis95732366) April 8, 2020 1 in 4 Americans Have Either Lost Their Job or Had Pay Cut From Shutdowns The CNBC All-America Survey found …
I hate to break it to you, but: IG bonds just formed a death cross. Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/KTkN72ORwN — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 7, 2020 🧐Recession Statement on track, as have been warning pic.twitter.com/ImDQWR77aw — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) …