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The ECB and BOJ bond bubble:At the peak of QE the #Fed was NEVER 100% of net bond issuances.#ECB is 7x net issuances, BOJ 3x. Careful. Central banks are disguising risk and there is no evidence of any real demand for #Eurozone sovereign bonds at these yields pic.twitter.com/Ft545Suvc7 — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) October 9, 2018
via marketwatch: You know the old adage that “a rising tide lifts all boats?” What if you don’t own a boat in the first place? That rising tide won’t do much for you, will it? And so it is with this historic bull market, which, if it continues, will enter its 11th year—11 years!—come March. Vast … Read more
Its crazy… total police state and the sad thing is that people seem to embrace the system. h/t CarimboHanky
by howmuch Last week President Trump announced a landmark new trade agreement replacing NAFTA, a deal that he thinks will pour “cash and jobs” into the US economy. We don’t want todebate the merits of Trump’s approach to trade, but the world should always pay attention when the leader of the world’s largest economy starts talking about tariffs. … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz The end of an empire is a dramatic but also drawn out event with very few willing to face the facts. As the end is getting closer, denial is at its peak. We can probably figure out how it will end but not quite when. Looking at the facts, the beginning … Read more
by John Rubino Towards the end of economic expansions, interest rates usually start to rise as strong loan demand bumps up against central bank tightening. At first the effect on the broader economy is minimal, so consumers, companies and governments don’t let a slight uptick in financing costs interfere with their borrowing and spending. But … Read more
via visualcapitalist: More and more people are using financial advisors to help them navigate the complex journey to financial freedom. But although more Americans are seeking advice on matters of personal finance, they are also less sure that the advice they are getting is trustworthy. Unfortunately, a growing amount of Americans see advisors as serving their … Read more
Portsmouth’s Institute of Marine Biology is calling for a range of new measures This includes upgrading waste water treatment plants to filter out the chemicals They also suggest educating patients on the safe disposal of medications Drug firms are being asked to design drugs that break down safely in water Rising use of antidepressants … Read more
A former Erie County, New York Democratic party chair pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally cause a $25,000 campaign donation from a foreign source to a New York state official running for reelection. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. for the … Read more
by sozzZ The US government is moving to the cloud and is signing a 10 billion plus contract with one cloud provider to start. They are considering Microsoft, Oracle, and AWS. Google dropped out recently. AWS is the best service and already works with the CIA, but is expensive. Oracle is trying to make up … Read more
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Do2RFrvXsAAdrVM.jpg Since 12/31/2006, the weighting of the financial sector has decreased considerably. The global financial crisis of 2008 dropped the weight of the sector temporarily to just 11%. Financial services recovered quickly after the crisis but the sector is still much smaller compared to other sectors than it was before … Read more
by HereAboutAThing In the book Millionaire Next Door a number of facts are stated including the average prices of the cars, suits, and watches. 30k, $300, and $200, respectively. These values are often recited as guidelines for r/pf readers but rarely seem to be adjusted for inflation. This is bothersome because it obscures the facts and should … Read more
The average rate on the 30-year fixed sat just below 4 percent a year ago, after dropping below 3.5 percent in 2016. It just crossed the 5 percent mark, according to Mortgage News Daily. While more people think now is a good time to buy a home, according to a monthly sentiment survey from Fannie … Read more
by TopAnalyst For those too lazy to read, here’s a quick summary: – Nvidia makes most of its money from high-performance graphic processing units (GPUs) – Their GPUs are ideal for training artificial intelligence – In fact, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and other tech giants use Nvidia’s GPUs to train their AI – Not only that, most self-driving … Read more
Snap Inc. “is quickly running out of money” and may need to raise capital by the middle of next year, according to a scathing new research report from MoffettNathanson. In order to reach Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel’s goal of profitabilityin 2019, Snap would need to grow “massively faster” than expected and cut costs aggressively, analyst … Read more
Neuroscientists behind the project called it “BrainNet”, a “multi-person non-invasive direct brain-to-brain interface for collaborative problem solving”. In layman’s terms, researchers from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University figured out a way to connect three brains (still attached to their human hosts!) and have the owners of said brains make collective choices together … Read more
by Michael Lebowitz Here are two statements from the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) immediately following their interest rate decisions of August 1, 2018 and September 26, 2018. August 1, 2018 – In view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal … Read more
LEAKED TRANSCRIPT OF PRIVATE MEETING CONTRADICTS GOOGLE’S OFFICIAL STORY ON CHINA “WE HAVE TO be focused on what we want to enable,” said Ben Gomes, Google’s search engine chief. “And then when the opening happens, we are ready for it.” It was Wednesday, July 18, and Gomes was addressing a team of Google employees who were … Read more
via wallstreetonparade: The 10-year U.S. Treasury note touched a 7-year high in yield early this morning at 3.25 percent before falling back to 3.22 percent in mid-morning trading. As rates have risen over the past year, we’ve witnessed a growing chorus of business writers repeating the following mantra, or words to this effect: bank stocks will do … Read more
