Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The old question: When will she buckle? Shares of Deutsche Bank fell 7.2% today in Frankfurt to €9.16, the lowest since they started trading on the Xetra exchange in 1992. They’re now lower than they’d been …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Markets wail and gnash their teeth as “normalization” of Italian yields sets in. On Tuesday, Italian bonds had their worst day in Eurozone existence, even worse than any day during the worst periods of the 2011 …
BY JOHN MAULDIN The experts who investigate transport disasters, crimes, and terror incidents usually create a chronology of events. Reading them in hindsight can be haunting—you know what’s coming and you want to scream, “Don’t do that!” But of course, it’s …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The PE-firm-owned retailer has $8 billion in debt and grapples with its fate. PetSmart, the largest brick-and-mortar pet supply and services retailer in the US and Canada, with 55,000 employees, 1,600 big-box stores, 200 pet boarding …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Fed will keep tightening until these junk bonds buckle. High-grade corporate bonds have had a hard time. Yields have surged as prices have fallen. The S&P bond index for AA-rated corporate bonds is down 3.2% so far …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent bond bloodbath in Italy as we see a chain reaction throughout Europe and the United States. Italian 2 year yields spiked most since October 2014 and Italian …
via Daniel Kruger U.S. government bonds are paying more than debt from other developed countries for the first time in almost two decades, a new sign of investors’ struggle to reconcile expectations for faster U.S. growth with concerns about the impact …
Do you see the NARROWING BAND I am referring to? Slowly we see less and less options which are actually producing a return. That’s smells like trouble. What’s your opinion? The global economic collapse is underway. There’s no reason to …
by jessefelder A couple of weeks ago Berkshire Hathaway held its annual shareholders meeting known to many as the “Woodstock for Capitalists.” I have never attended (I don’t like crowds) but I’m always curious to know what Warren Buffett and …
Join Dr. Ron Paul and Chris Rossini as they discuss that the U.S. government is in debt $21 Trillion, an amount that can never be paid and more. Yet Moody’s and Fitch reaffirmed their top AAA rating on U.S. debt. …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter When is it gonna pop? The junk-bond market is still in total bubble bloom, simply ignoring the bloodletting in the Treasury market that pushed the 10-year yield to 3%, finally for the first time in over …
by John Rubino Record student loan balances? Check. Trillion dollar credit card debt? Check. Six tech stocks dominating the Nasdaq? Check. Subprime auto loans at record levels? Check. All that’s missing is subprime mortgages and we’d have every bubble base …
by FS The following is a summary of our recent FS Insider podcast, “Charles Gave: Possible Paradigm Shift Ahead,” which can be accessed on our site here or on iTunes here. We’ve been living in a disinflationary environment for last 30 years and, …
It means don’t trust the feds. If they say they are tapering it means they are buying twice as much. You know when they are lying when their lips are moving. If they were actually tapering the 10 yr. bond …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Municipal bonds might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a sexy investment. They don’t typically command news headlines like the stock market or bitcoin. That doesn’t …
by Martin Armstrong We are beginning to observe institutional investors withdrawing from bonds issued by companies whose credit ratings are in question. Many are also selling off other classes of bonds in anticipation of higher rates. The trend toward investing …
the bond market is starting to realize that Make America Great Again, really means make debt great again. the debt bomb is being set as UST10Y tags 2.896, what says UST10Y has to stop at 3%? — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I use to listen to the Goldbug analysts but they never change. Now the pitch is you have to protect your wealth from stock and bond market crash. They say that with the current equity bull …
Bonds, Stocks, Gold Drop After Wages Pop, Dollar Jumps The dollar is spiking, along with Treasury yields as stocks and gold are slammed following the hotter-than-expected wage growth data from BLS… Gold is suffering the most for now… BofA: “Our …
by Jim Willie CB Many are the metaphors used to describe the agent that initiates a major crisis. Light the fuse, or pull the trigger, pull the rug out from under the room, or pull on the string for unraveling …
Bonds bubble about to pop? 10y govt bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic have jumped to critical levels. Could break out every minute. Japan’s yields alone remain artificially depressed by BoJ’s Yield Curve Control. @Schuldensuehner can you guess …
Sell Bonds, Sell Dollars, and Now Sell Stocks — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 25, 2018 “as good as it’ll get” Bond market sentiment has moved back to neutral from extreme bullishness – next step = overshoot? https://t.co/F5IuGurHBu pic.twitter.com/1mc9jrFCKr — Topdown Charts …
by Anthony B Sanders Jerome Powell has been approved by The US Senate as new and improved Federal Reserve Chair. Well, at least the new Chair since I think he will just continue the same policies as former Chairs Ben …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo5PEmATNbY With mood rising across Europe, stocks are following suit. Even Brexit is being talked about in less urgent terms. Yet, in this new interview with ElliottWave TV, our European Financial Forecast editor, Brian Whitmer, tells you why — from …
In your opinion, what will crash FIRST? Stocks or Bonds? The financial markets are supported by a foundation of lies and mistruths. There’s no way around this. Have there been any moments in the market where reality has been allowed …
Are bonds ready to collapse? What’s your opinion on bonds from what you have seen since the Financial Crisis? Financial analysts have been keeping an eye on bonds. Bonds have been expanding further and further despite giving a worse …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Accounting irregularities” If you’re holding shares or bonds of a company, such as Steinhoff International Holdings — which acquired Mattress Firm Holding in 2016, Sherwood Bedding in 2017, and a bunch of other companies — well, …
Market analyst Lynette Zang predicts in the next crash, “real estate, stocks and bonds will all crash.” When will this happen? Zang says, “Enjoy your Christmas,” but in 2018, all bets are off. Zang explains, “In 2018, I don’t think …
Since we all know that bonds are the most worthless garbage, do you believe this is a HUGE risk? Globally we have seen bonds become the biggest bubble in history. When they crash, they will be the biggest crash in …