China car sales, Euro sector balances
by WARREN MOSLER China Total Vehicle Sales Vehicle sales in China tumbled 15.8 percent from a year earlier to 2.37 million in January 2019, following a 13 percent drop in … Read more
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Fidelity: Q3 Retirement Analysis: Account balances hit record highs 10 years following financial crisis.
by FIREoManiac www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/press-release/fidelity-q3-2018-account-balances-hit-record-highs.pdf Headlines include: • The average 401(k) balance reached an all-time high balance of $106,500 • Contribution Rates for Women Reach Record Levels • Number of 401(k) Millionaires Increase 40 Percent … Read more
Retirees Get a Raise – But It Won’t Change Their Bank Balances
From Birch Gold Group This coming January there will be 62 million Social Security (SSI) beneficiaries who will get 2.8% more in the form of a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Obviously any increase is … Read more
The Passing Of John McCain Means ARIZONA Balances Power In U.S. Senate – Democrats Fighting Like Cats And Dogs.
by Ruby Henley WATCH TUESDAY as Arizona, Florida, and Oklahoma choose candidates for midterms. It is very important to President Trump, as these states were key to his victory in … Read more
Subprime Begins to Haunt Credit Card Balances
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Delinquencies soar past Financial-Crisis peak at the ca. 5,000 smaller US banks, and these are the Good Times. What’s going on? The delinquency rate on credit-card … Read more
Are Central Bankers Directing the Flow of Money without any Checks or Balances?
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Do you think that the central bankers influence has triggered a massive shift in the world order? Do you think the IMF and the BIS have gone … Read more
Investor credit balances – "To say that investors are “all in” would be an understatement here. They’re leveraged to the gills."
Hussman posted this chart in his latest blog. www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc170717.htm Speaking of margin debt, Doug Short recently provided this look at investor credit balances and the equity market. The bars (green … Read more