The Credit Cycle Begun 2009 is Over

via  Crisis By The Phoenix Global growth is officially dead. The markets picked up on this first, with Copper, Lumber, Industrial Metals and other economically sensitive asset classes collapsing starting in May. Looking at those charts, it was easy to single out the …

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Pfizer to Raise Prices on 41 Drugs in January: The plans mean Pfizer would resume the practice of raising drug list prices after rolling back some increases under criticism from President Trump

via WSJ: Pfizer Inc. plans to resume its practice of raising drug prices early next year after bowing to pressure from President Trump over the summer when the company rolled back some increases. Pfizer, among the world’s biggest drugmakers by …

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The Era Of Gains is over

by Adam Taggart Ever since the central banks became serial bubble blowers twenty years ago, household wealth has mostly been driven by asset price inflation: But this has been a quixotic pursuit. Created by pulling tomorrow’s prosperity into today, these …

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The Political Rebellion Gathers Momentum

by Charles Hugh-Smith When was the last time a monopoly or quasi-monopoly was broken up? A generation ago, or was it two generations ago? The Ruling Class that wants us to love our servitude incites us to seek divisions: between red and blue, …

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Its coming and it is going to take your breath away

https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1063540668528771078 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1063546163985620994 Despite the lack of liquidity … there is a buyer in the market and it is the companies themselvesNovember is a record month of BUYBACKWait for December and January pic.twitter.com/IDOZqpxEXC — Amit Noam Tal (@amital13) November 16, 2018 …

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It seems like GE was better at calling the last two market tops than anyone paid to do it.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1063481183479259137 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1063450589655388160 More than likely Trump admin was briefed on this chart. IG Corporate Debt is the stress point right now. $GE could be the first domino to drop pic.twitter.com/MD8ydAPueR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 16, 2018 The weakness in credit …

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