Stocks as a percentage of household financial assets just hit a record high. Prior peaks have come before dreadful bear markets.

https://twitter.com/UPFINAcom/status/1405677266332434435 You want to know how it looks like a 💣TICKING BOND💣? US high-yield corporate bonds' real yield turned negative. @SaxoStrats @saxomarketcall @saxobank pic.twitter.com/T9M1F2qSGa — Althea Spinozzi (@Altheaspinozzi) June 17, 2021 In summary, the prospect of a rate hike two …

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Global central bank assets just reached $31T for the first time. Insurers warn of ‘zombie company’ debt time bomb. Intangible assets make up as much as 70% of S&P 500’s total book value

Global central bank assets just reached $31T for the first time. No end in sight. pic.twitter.com/7WE2d6nYfE — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 16, 2021 The Fed's balance sheet grew by $84 billion in the past week, the most in a …

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BlackRock ($BLK) now has over $9 Trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

BlackRock released their earnings report today, source: https://s24.q4cdn.com/856567660/files/doc_financials/2021/Q1/BLK-1Q21-Earnings-Release.pdf ​ Assets under management Q1 2020: $6,466,668 million Assets under management Q1 2021: $9,007,411 million ​ Revenue Q1 2020: $3,710 million Revenue Q1 2021: $4,398 million ​ Attributable Net income Q1 2020: …

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Governments Are Sucking in Assets like a Black Hole

by Martin Armstrong https://d33wjekvz3zs1a.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/money_hole_20800.mp4 QUESTION: Hello Sir, I am French and have been reading you for many years (I already read you while you published papers while you were very unfairly imprisoned). I signed up for Socrates on 6th January and …

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Sears CEO’s hedge fund pushes retailer to restructure debt, sell off assets as part of turnaround effort

by COMPUTER1313 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-lampert-sears-debt-proposal-0925-story.html Lampert’s ESL Investments wants Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. to restructure more than $1 billion in debt and sell about $1.5 billion in real estate and about $1.75 billion other assets, including the company’s popular Kenmore appliance …

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