S&P 500 REAL Earnings Yield At -2.33% While REAL Wage Growth At -1.43% (REAL 30Y Mortgage Rate At -3.11%) “Weird, Wacky Stuff!”

by confoundedinterest17 As Parks and Recreation’s Martin Housely said, “Weird, wacky stuff.” We now have the S&P 500 REAL earnings yield at -2.33%. REAL US average hourly wage growth is at -1.43% and the REAL 30-year mortgage rate is at -3.11%. The cause of this weird and wacky economic stuff? How about the surge in M1 Money … Read more

When The Smart Money Says ‘Sold To You’

by jessefelder Over the summer I highlighted the rapid increase in leverage being put to use on the part of speculators in the equity markets. Since that time, it has only continued to grow. Margin debt, call option volumes, net futures positioning and leveraged ETF assets (depicted below) all show these folks putting on the most extreme leverage we have ever … Read more

Why Are the Manipulators So Desperate? These Charts Tell Us!

by The Phoenix As I’ve been outlining over the last few days, “someone” is aggressively manipulating stocks higher. Large financial institutions do NOT attempt to move markets. In fact, the traders charged with executing these institutions’ trades are graded based on their ability to buy and sell large chunks of stocks without moving the tape. So, we can be … Read more

Irish central bank raises doubt about its gold reserves

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Bullion Star researcher Ronan Manly tonight reviews the Irish central bank’s habitual secrecy about its gold reserves even after its recent increase of those reserves by a third. Manly writes: “Until such time as the Central Bank of Ireland comes clean and publishes full details of … Read more

Year End Market Sentiment

by Phandomo I just wanna share my opinion here and help you save money: Quarter end balancing will last till the very end of Dec, since stock went up so much and all P/E are looking ridiculous, funds will be selling to balance their portfolio in order to maintain agreed asset ratio. Fed tapering dries up … Read more

Is 2021 the new 2008 for the Real Estate Market?

by vilnitskiy Real estate is one of society’s largest, oldest industries and has managed to resist significant disruption for many decades. According to the latest news, the performance of major housing companies is getting tougher, and my observations also confirm this. In general, most indirect indicators signal us about a forthcoming crisis – hiring activity has … Read more

When have we ever seen this much volatility in the S&P 500 at (near) an all time high? Back in March 2000 when the Tech bubble was already imploding. Kind of like now.

#recession … #Tech #Bubble 2.0 edition#Lucid #ElectricVehicles https://t.co/INwdhDoZ0d — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) December 8, 2021 Multiple pandemic-related hype stocks have already returned to May 2020 levels. Who’s next? BofA Says S&P 500 Real Earnings Yield is Lowest Since Harry Truman Was President The real earnings yield on U.S. stocks hasn’t been so low since Harry … Read more

There is a growing and consistent case for global ‘growth scare’… Inflation soaring… Fed is not far from hiking rates…

There is a growing and consistent case for global 'growth scare' even beginning w/US trade in goods. Supposed to be booming, but masked by money illusion.https://t.co/BiRN8UlQMA — Jeffrey P. Snider (@JeffSnider_EDU) December 8, 2021   Fed May Not Get Very Far Into Hiking Cycle: HSBC’s Major “I’ll believe each hike when I see it,” HSBC’s … Read more

How Smart Managers Invest

Have you ever wondered how to optimize your company’s investment decisions? If so, you are not alone. Every entrepreneur, from one-person businesses to major corporations, faces a dilemma. On the one hand, it’s great to have excess capital to invest. On the other, it’s essential to know how to get the most out of every … Read more

Elon Musk Points Out the Problems of Having No Children

Going against popular leftist, liberal opinion, Musk points out the problem of not having children. https://bigleaguepolitics.com/elon-musk-warns-that-civilization-is-going-to-crumble-if-the-developed-world-doesnt-have-more-children/ Below is very related video from 2009 which discusses how this will swing in favor of Muslims…and they are not wrong. Timelines may be slightly off and need to be moved out, but what better way to compare future … Read more

Fox News Christmas Tree On Fire

New York City first responders extinguished a huge Christmas tree fire outside the Fox News building in midtown Manhattan early Wednesday. Videos posted by witnesses to the Citizen App show thick clouds of black smoke coming from the tree after police say someone allegedly lit the tree located on West 48th Street and 6th Avenue … Read more

DEATH CULT: With Roe v. Wade in jeopardy, California makes plans to become abortion sanctuary; may pay for out-of-state women’s procedures

ZERO LUBE for the taxpayers of California. Population must be a climate related issue… ‘We can’t have our supply pipeline of baby parts interrupted’ California clinics, elected allies unveil plan for state to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned https://abc7.com/california-abortion-sanctuary-roe/11312020/ SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the … Read more