by northmantrader The final phase of a bull cycle is the most deceiving. It is the time when things are at their best, optimism runs wild, equities can do no wrong and any warning signs are dismissed as equity price action …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The ruse that helped shares jump 20%. It would be a joke for a small niche automaker, specialized in luxury cars, with a global market share of less than 1% to get this kind of global …
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Oil hits 2019 high on U.S. plan to tighten squeeze on Iran LONDON (Reuters) – Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, as the United States announced a further clampdown on Iranian oil exports, raising concern …
by jessefelder There are a number of factors that make the current mania in risk assets unique. Most notable may be the breadth of extreme overvaluation not just within the equity market but across a number of other asset classes. The …
by Jim Quinn OK, for sure they have not been funny for a long time. Just as with Saturday Night Live, the comedy part of Communist Central pretty much left the room when they found out that they had a …
What’s your prediction, Uber will PUMP and DUMP? Will it be a disappointment? Or will it skyrocket? After Lyft’s IPO, all eyes on now on Uber which has seen much attention in recent years after excellent growth. The only …
by John Ward Nobody should be too surprised at the peculiar atmosphere of acceptance that permeated the House of Commons this afternoon. A corporacratic wannabe superstate run by incompetent control freaks has just put the UK on probation, with the job …
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) CARACAS — Venezuela removed eight tonnes of gold from the central bank’s vaults last week, and the cash-strapped socialist state is expected to sell the bullion abroad as it seeks to raise hard currency …
by Michael Snyder We aren’t supposed to have a major blizzard in April. Less than a month after a “bomb cyclone” caused apocalyptic flooding in the central part of the country, another “bomb cyclone” is hitting the exact same area. …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 4/9/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
by Michael Snyder Less than a month after a “bomb cyclone” caused a “1,000 year flood” in the middle portion of the country, another “bomb cyclone” of similar strength is going to bring even more flooding to the High Plains and Upper …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5hJO4vMqS8 Trump needs to start putting up the wall between Canada and U.S.. TM
…..the Fed is that easy monetary policy seems more effective in spurring asset values than it does in boosting prices of goods and services. The S&P 500 Index rose by an average 8.5 percent from 2014 through 2018, while the …
by Shaun Richards A feature of the last year or so has been something of an economic car crash unfolding in Italy and we have received two further perspectives on that subject this morning. Sadly neither is an April Fool …
California Cops Who Allegedly Stole Over $225,000 Can’t Be Sued, Federal Court Rules. Two businessmen who claimed they were robbed of more than $225,000 by police in Fresno, California during an investigation into illegal gambling saw their civil rights lawsuit …
by Boodieboo So there has been instances where I am sure everyone has experienced, where you would be talking to a friend or somebody,then go on the browser on your phone or computer and see an AD about something …
May is having a very difficult time, the Parliament has now seized control of the BREXIT. The EU only has one deal they will consider. US home prices grow at their slowest pace since 2012. The housing market started to …
via Zerohedge: While some are ignoring the looming economic crunch and instead blame mortgage convexity hedgers for the sharp move lower in yields in the past week which led to the first inversion in the recession signalling 3M-10Y curve since 2007, even …
5 stories I missed throughout the week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-wpxb03RfM
[snip] Tropical Cyclone Veronica: Parts of Pilbara coast are under red alert The West Australian Saturday, 23 March 2019 3:22PM 3:27 | The West Australian/7NEWS Towns across the Pilbara are about to go into lockdown as TC Veronica closes in …
People are so desperate to believe their own narrative, they jump at any change to show their outrage. AC
pic.twitter.com/zn2f9Jx2Uc — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 20, 2019 List of Companies from FedEx to BMW Are Warning about the World Economy Executives at FedEx, BMW, UBS and others are describing bleak macro-economic conditions around the world… Trump will not be tweeting …
by Joseph Becker via Mises Wire President Obama’s Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), more popularly known as “Cash for Clunkers,” is now a decade old. For those with short memories or those utilizing the healthy defense mechanism of repression, CARS, enacted …
via housingwire: When it comes to the health of the economy, the housing market is the canary in the coal mine, providing clear and early clues of pending trouble. And that’s why analysts track its performance intently, looking at a multitude …
by TrailDust Did Tech Giants Strike Again? REAL.VIDEO IS GONE I looked to real.video today to catch some alternatives to the stuff on Youtube, and I found this! So my thoughts on this matter run in the direction of the sinister hand …
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Proceedings in the federal class-action anti-trust lawsuit against JPMorganChase charging the investment bank with manipulating the gold and silver futures markets — http://www.gata.org/node/18844 — have been suspended for …
by Chris Kimble In 2000 the Dow Jones Utility index spent around 7-months creating a topping process. The S&P 500 had declined for nearly 12-months before the waterfall decline in Utilities got started. In 2007, Utilities spent nearly 12-months creating a topping process. The …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Orders for Class-8 trucks – made by Daimler (Freightliner, Western Star), Paccar (Peterbuilt, Kenworth), Navistar International, and Volvo Group (Mack Trucks, Volvo Trucks) – plunged 58% in February compared to February last year, to 16,700 orders, …
via bloomberg: Financial markets have short memories. Of late, they’ve convinced themselves that collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are much safer instruments than the collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, on which they’re based and which helped precipitate the 2008 crisis. They’re wrong …