Are Tech Stocks Cheap?
by John Coumarianos Are technology stocks cheap? It seems like a strange question to ask as the market drops on news that Apple has indicated weaker future sales. I also doubted whether Facebook’s price … Read more
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A team of Chinese researchers have turned cheap copper into a new material “almost identical” to gold
The discovery will significantly reduce the use of rare, expensive metals in factories, said the authors. Professor Sun Jian and colleagues at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, at the … Read more
This beautiful country is in crisis again, offering CHEAP living + a FAST passport
by Simon Black Last year, when Argentina offered a 100-year bond, I argued it was plain insanity. Argentina sold $2.75 billion of the debt… but the issue was nearly four timesoversubscribed. How could … Read more
REITs: Slightly Better Than Broad U.S. Market, But Still Not Cheap
by John Coumarianos When I wrote an article on REITs for the Wall Street Journal in early 2017, I used a research report from Research Affiliates in Newport Beach, CA to argue that the asset class … Read more
Canadian oil is below $15. Depression levels of cheap.
By Nick Cunningham Canadian oil prices briefly plunged as low as $15 per barrel last week, after a U.S. federal judge blocked the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Canada’s oil industry has … Read more
The Long-Haul “Low-Cost Carrier” Business Model in a world awash in cheap money.
By MC01, a frequent commenter on WOLF STREET: In 1967, Icelandic airline Loftleiðir started offering cheap tickets on Transatlantic flights. Loftleiðir used a lot of what today would be called “funny … Read more
The Student Loan Debt Implosion Vs. Attending College On The Cheap
by TraderStef of CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) There is a great divide on how much student loan debt is out there in the U.S. The mainstream media (MSM) is quoting an annual … Read more
The Price of Cheap Dollar-Debt: Argentina’s Peso Collapses 24% in 2 Days as Government Begs for Faster IMF Bailout
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Peso collapses despite the $50-billion IMF bailout and the central bank’s 45% interest rate. Just when you think Argentina’s financial crisis can’t get worse, it gets … Read more
Trump Complained About Fed Rate Hikes And Expected Powell To Be A “Cheap Money” Fed Chair
from Zero Hedge One month after Trump first ventured into territory few presidents have dared to go before, when he told CNBC in an interview that he was “not thrilled” about the Fed … Read more
The Price of Cheap Dollar/Euro Debts: Local Currencies Come Unglued, Debt Crises Ensue
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Grand Collapse in Turkey; to avoid the same fate, Argentina hikes rate to 45%. On Monday, Argentina’s central bank responded to the currency chaos in Turkey … Read more
Keynesian Economics Is an Artifact of Cheap Energy
by Charles Hugh-Smith Printing / borrowing money to generate the unsustainable illusion of “growth” sets up the collapse of the entire Keynesian edifice. Of the many delusions of modern economics, … Read more
Make Capital Cheap and Labor Costly, and Guess What Happens?
by Charles Hugh-Smith Employment expands in the Protected cartel-dominated sectors, and declines in every sector exposed to globalization, domestic competition and cheap capital. If you want to understand why the … Read more
Right After The Company Tells The Market The Stock Is Cheap, Executives Overwhelmingly Decide To Sell.
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A study by the SEC of 385 recent share-buyback announcements — this is when companies announce how much money they will spend in the future on buying back their own shares, … Read more
Gold is extremely cheap on historical basis
#Gold is doing just fine despite the naysayers, because it is #money and nothing else. 💰 US M1 money supply went from ~300 billion in 1975 to 3.6 Trillion today … Read more
The ZIRP Problem: Long-Term Cheap Debt Makes a Debt Crisis Inevitable
via Mauldin Economics: Asking that corporations not take on too much debt, when that debt costs them almost nothing in interest, is unrealistic. Asking that the Fed not leave interest rates … Read more
Stay away from Latin America where life is cheap – over 2.5 MILLION people murdered there since 2000!
A new report by the Igarapé Institute, a Brazil-based think tank focused on security and development issues says that “The sheer dimensions of homicidal violence are breathtaking.” The publication, released … Read more