Most People Have No Idea How Much Stocks Are Likely To Crash

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Let’s discuss value investor Jeremy Grantham’s thesis on “super bubbles” and his target for the S&P 500. S&P 500 chart courtesy of StockCharts.Com, annotations by Mish with thanks to Jeremy Grantham. Fourth Super Bubble     For almost a half-century, value-investing icon Jeremy Grantham has been calling market bubbles. Now, … Read more

Nasdaq in bear market -20%… A year of gains are now gone in the Nasdaq…. Corrections don’t bottom when institutional and retail are doing nothing but buying.

$ndx in bear market -20% pic.twitter.com/4a0UMRwqNU — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) February 24, 2022 A year of gains are now gone in the Nasdaq. pic.twitter.com/y08DRSbcn5 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) February 24, 2022 Tech went green briefly, cyclicals getting smoked. A clear sign that hedge funds are deleveraging. Short Tech/long cyclicals is a consensus trade. Bears rising in … Read more

US New Home Sales Decline -19.3% YoY As Mortgage Rates Rise (Median Price Of New Home Sales UP 13.4% YoY)

by confoundedinterest17 US new home sales declined -19.3% YoY in January as mortgage rates have risen awfully fast. On a MoM basis, US housing starts declined -4.53% from December, but heck … its winter. The median price for new homes rose 7.03% from December. Median price of new home sales YoY is now 13.4% thanks to … Read more

Hunter Biden Still Facing Federal Investigation As His Child’s Mom Appears Before Grand Jury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAemXBo_1k Abby Liebing from The Western Journal reports, Scandal keeps swirling around Hunter Biden as his finances and business dealings continue to be investigated by the Department of Justice. Lunden Roberts, the mother of Hunter’s three-year-old daughter, testified this week before a federal grand jury in Delaware that is reportedly investigating Biden for tax crimes, … Read more

A Digital Currency Is on the Horizon

by Bryan Lynch When I was younger, I never received a regular allowance like some of the kids I knew, but if I kept up with my chores and did well in school, my parents would give me a few bucks here and there. I could earn a little extra by doing odd jobs for neighbors, … Read more

Another Democrat Legislator Flips To Republican Party

There has been a growing trend of Democratic politicians switching parties. In the last year, particularly, there have been numerous party switches throughout the U.S. Take Harriet Holman for example. Holman is a Democratic council member in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Or rather, she was a Democrat. Holman has announced that she has switched political … Read more

80% of Car Buyers Now Pay Above MSRP

by Martin Armstrong Owning a car is quickly becoming a luxury as prices soar. The auto parts and chip shortage paired with the supply chain crisis has caused demand to surpass available vehicles. Check out the Kelley Blue Book pricing for a vehicle and then compare it with a dealer’s pricing. The differences are astounding. … Read more

Ben Shapiro: “The West is in retreat. And everyone with half a brain knows …”

2020: China takes Hong Kong. The West does nothing.2021: The Taliban are handed Afghanistan by the West.2022: Russia takes Ukraine.The West is in retreat. And everyone with half a brain knows that Taiwan is next on the menu. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 24, 2022 What Russia and China are demonstrating is that challenging a … Read more

They keep trying to find things on Trump, but they keep coming up empty….

Prosecutors Leading Trump Fraud Investigation in NY Resign The two prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald J. Trump and his business practices abruptly resigned on Wednesday amid a monthlong pause in their presentation of evidence to a grand jury, according to people with knowledge of the matter, throwing the future … Read more

The Liquidity Crisis On Wallstreet – The slow collapse of the global financial system

0. Preface I am not a financial advisor, and I do not provide financial advice. Many thoughts here are my opinion, and others can be speculative. TL;DR – Equity market liquidity has collapsed at the start of 2022 and the global political conditions are increasing the risk of a complete liquidity crisis. Equity market liquidity has … Read more

Bank cyber attacks coming?

Lloyds Bank on 'heightened alert' for Russian cyber attacks https://t.co/LHQKe6ePXk pic.twitter.com/OZUVREAQVb — Snell Mitchell & Co. (@SnellMitchellCo) February 24, 2022 Several of Ukraine’s bank and government department websites crashed on Wednesday, the BBC reports. With a full-scale invasion now evident, Ukraine can expect to contend soon with more cyber attacks, writes @CDUni's Mamoun Alazab.https://t.co/LjO6QDOtsu — … Read more