Blamed: political and economic uncertainty, Brexit, and the very measures designed to tamp down on London’s housing bubble. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Countrywide, the UK’s largest real-estate services group with over 10,000 employees in 900 …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-03/china-dethroned-by-japan-as-world-s-second-biggest-stock-market China just lost its ranking as the world’s number two stock market. After a Thursday slump, Chinese equities were worth $6.09 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with $6.17 trillion in Japan. The U.S. has the …
via Bloomberg: If you thought the slump in U.S. technology stocks was bad, take a look at Tencent Holdings Ltd. The Chinese Internet giant has tumbled 25 percent from its January peak, erasing about $143 billion of market value. That’s the …
by Thinker Men and women who didn’t think about unity, but division. Men and women who would rather lie than to bring a nation and the world to peace. Men and women who now can’t remember the lies that have …
Keep that in perspective. This stock can fall much harder. 90 days ago the analyst still thought we were going to get 40% growth for the next year. And 35% in 2019. Now it looks like Facebook would be lucky …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter No, it’s not Seattle. Denver is by far #1. New York isn’t even in the top 25. And it explains why rents in Chicago are collapsing. We’re going to shake up the status quo of apartment …
by howmuch The sheer magnitude of how much money there is in the world can be quite staggering—and hard to understand. What if you could visualize every market in the world as a bubble? Earlier this year the total U.S. stock …
https://youtu.be/DI42ZRFp1ew Revealing Comments follow: I come from a family which lived for decades in the heart of Silver Era Hollywood. My mother used to say over and over hundreds, if not thousands of times: “HOLLYWOOD IS A CESSPOOL”. She always …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the most recent Yuan crisis as we seen signs that the Chinese Yuan is heading towards an even bigger devaluation than it saw in 2015. We recently saw a …
This was one of the most interesting coverup stories I’ve read. It covers the story of Annie Dookan, who falsified drugs tests and helped wrongfully convict many people, and the similarities to Sonja Farak, who smoked crack and took LSD …
Loans backed by stocks looked like safe bets as Chinese stocks marched higher over the past two years, however a $2 trillion selloff since late January is rapidly eroding the value of brokerages’ collateral.” $1 trillion worth of Chinese stocks …
Do you think the prices are sustainable? The bubble continues to expand. Look around the world, major cities have one thing in common: Prices are astronomical. In the U.S., Canada and anywhere else it’s allowed, people have been using their …
by Michael Snyder When this bubble finally bursts, will we witness the biggest stock market crash in U.S. history? “The bigger they come, the harder they fall” is a well used phrase, but I think that it is very appropriate in …
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by Michael Snyder Nothing is going to be the same after this. On Friday, the United States hit China with 34 billion dollars in tariffs, and China immediately responded with similar tariffs. If it stopped there, this trade war between the …
by Wayne Root The story of the “Vegas Coward Cop” isn’t quiet anymore. The cover-up is over. This is Part Deux of my coverage of the Vegas Massacre. For months this story and all its inconsistencies has been ignored by …
by howmuch Imports are the lifeblood of a developed economy, they let consumers enjoy a wide range of products that they may otherwise be unable to find. Think about all the conveniences of modern life that usually come from other …
by visualcapitalist For the first time in decades, trade barriers appear to be increasing around the world. Brexit negotiations have helped to create an environment of uncertainty, while the introduction of American tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum – along …
from Zero Hedge If one listens to the NFIB small business survey, or for that matter any of the other periodic confidence surveys over the past year virtually all of which are at or near record highs, life in the US …
The PE firm as global landlord. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Private equity firm Blackstone, the undisputed king of property funds, continues to bet big on global real estate. In the last week it raised $9.4 billion for Asian …
A leaked draft of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) amnesty deal could lead to the “biggest” amnesty for illegal aliens in United States history, experts tell Breitbart News. Prior to the 2016 election, Gang of Eight member, Senator Lindsey Graham …
by Chris Black President Trump tweeted yesterday that the news coverage by the “usual suspects” (read WaPo, CNN, ABC, CBS, NYT etc.) of the Singapore summit with North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un has been so negative, so dishonest and so …
Today we’re joined by author and research Jan Irvin of GnosticMedia.com to discuss his groundbreaking new article, co-authored with Joe Atwill, “Manufacturing the Deadhead: A product of social engineering…” Piecing together the CIA, Skull and Bones, the Esalin Institute, Gordon …
BY JOHN MAULDIN I think the global economy is nearing what I call “The Great Reset.” My thesis is that over the next decade we will endure increasingly damaging debt crises that culminate in a coordinated global default. There are limits in …
Seems like Sweden is awakening.
The Biggest Risk To Markets? The Eurozone and Emerging Economies. Watch The Biggest Risk To Markets? The Eurozone and Emerging Economies. Watch@TressisSV pic.twitter.com/iPEt9a74sV — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) June 11, 2018 The Citi Eurozone Eco Surprise Index is about the lowest …
Will Argentina need to sell off its assets like Greece? Like Venezuela will too? IMF Biggest Ever Bailout in History! Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela Argentina has just received the biggest bailout in IMF history. A massive loan to a country …
"Emerging Markets in May Saw Biggest Outflows in 18 Months," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/mZYpqZZZA8 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 9, 2018 do not be shocked, but mainstream fin media is not telling you that .@NewYorkFed is causing the next emerging market crisis… …
by howmuch Disruption is the new buzzword in business as both big and small companies are worried about scrappy startups with better technology entering their marketplaces. Our new visualization highlights the top three U.S. companies, measured in terms of overall revenue, …
by Beej67 We are at a low valley of homicide rates we haven’t experienced since the 1950s. If you’re Gen X or younger right now is the safest it’s been from homicide your entire life. But that’s not at all …