#Credit has been on the move, along with #equities. Equities alone were never going to be enough to sway the #Fed but equities + credit = another story. #data #dataviz pic.twitter.com/j6RLKDsoWj — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) November 30, 2018 It …
via etf daily news Low interest rates led companies to pile on debt for M&A, and the amount of debt rated in the lowest tier of investment grade is near a record, representing roughly 35 percent of corporate bonds and …
via Jeremy Hill A credit market guidepost suggests the turmoil in high-grade bonds isn’t over yet. The CDX investment-grade index, a measure of the cost of default protection for high-grade bonds, surged during the trading day Monday and at one point …
“Suddenly America is the largest oil producer, that was me, people… Have you checked where your stocks were when I came in office and where they are now? … Just say thank you, please.” – Obama VIDEO: “Suddenly America is …
You'll be shocked to learn in this chart that the breaking point in credit markets is right here—> pic.twitter.com/CXsCGOWgHv — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 28, 2018 U.S. junk bond yields reach the highest levels in more than two years. Borrowing costs …
from Financial Survival Network John Grace joins us again… Black Friday – Retailers earn 40% of their sales in this short holiday season time frame. And many of us never cast a shadow in the doorway of a store. We shop online. …
via Christopher Anstey Morgan Stanley sees the U.S. economy in a sharp slowdown next year, along with a pick-up in global inflation that keeps monetary tightening intact. For investors, that means get out of credit, stock up on cash and head …
by Dr. Eowyn Bloomberg reports, Nov. 21, 2018, that the Chinese Communist government is on course with a program to track and rate the behavior of each of its 1.3 billion people and assign social credits or points that will be used …
via zerohedge: The “Beijing Further Optimization of the Business Environment Action Plan (2018-2020)” has just been distributed to all district committees, district governments, municipal party committees, local government ministries and commissions bureaus, various head offices, multiple people’s organizations, colleges, and universities. The new report …
via Tasos Vossos Credit markets are set for the worst year since the global financial crisis as investors abandon hope of a late-2018 rally. High-yield and investment-grade notes are headed for losses in both euros and dollars, the first time all …
Kids don’t need much. Lots of great memories can be had without digging into debt. 3 in 10 Americans Are Still Paying for Last Year’s Holiday Expenditures But that won’t stop them from tacking on still more debt. “Holiday …
Credit market, stock markets, carry trades, blow up just on this little move….. pic.twitter.com/uslkej6c6e — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) November 22, 2018 When credit initially starts contracting it leads to more credit contracting NOT LESS until there is sufficient free credit …
via David Yong (Bloomberg) — Signs of credit stress globally are increasing. In Asia, prices for the region’s riskiest debt slid to the lowest level in almost seven years, and the cost to protect against default climbed amid a sell-off in …
via GPC Last week the markets rallied on hype and hope of a potential trade deal between the US and China… and the fact it was options expiration week. Wit those items out of the way, the markets will now …
via Jeremy Hill A credit market guidepost suggests the turmoil in high-grade bonds isn’t over yet. The CDX investment-grade index, a measure of the cost of default protection for high-grade bonds, surged during the trading day Monday and at one point …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter So what’s going on here? In the third quarter, the “delinquency rate” on credit-card loan balances at commercial banks other than the largest 100 banks – so the delinquency rate at the 4,705 smaller banks in the US …
by Chris I’ve been waiting for the junk debt universe to signal “game on.” It’s doing that now. Along with the credit spreads blowing out (see above) the Credit Default Swap (CDS) market is blowing up and out for junk …
by Graham Summers via Gains, Pains & Capital Last week the markets rallied on hype and hope of a potential trade deal between the US and China… and the fact it was options expiration week. With those items out of the way, the …
Credit bubbles caused by the central banks always burst….https://t.co/qgd75cqR2R — Dave Collum (@DavidBCollum) November 18, 2018 The good times are coming to an end in the corporate debt market, and this week’s turmoil in General Electric Co. credit is a sign that …
via Crisis By The Phoenix Global growth is officially dead. The markets picked up on this first, with Copper, Lumber, Industrial Metals and other economically sensitive asset classes collapsing starting in May. Looking at those charts, it was easy to single out the …
via Pimco Financial media and investors have been focusing on the BBB segment of the U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bond market this year. At $3.1 trillion in market capitalization (nearly quadrupled from a decade ago), BBBs constitute nearly half …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Other governments are keenly interested in following China’s lead. I’ve been pondering the excellent 1964 history of the Southern Song Dynasty’s capital of Hangzhou, Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 by Jacques Gernet, …
by WARREN MOSLER Highlights Consumer credit growth slowed more than expected to just $10.9 billion in September, below Econoday’s consensus range and less than half of the upwardly revised $22.9 billion August increase. Growth slowed in nonrevolving credit, which rose …
China has started ranking citizens with a creepy ‘social credit’ system – here are some of the things that will happen to you, if you rank low or have a low score. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLBseRQ3GY THIS is what happens when TOTALITARIAN ideals …
via Bloomberg: After quitting his job at a $7 billion hedge fund to go it alone three years ago, Adam Schwartz happened upon a short so certain he built a notional position amounting to half his fledgling firm’s assets on …
Dr. Michael Burry bets against the then iron clad housing market by having multiple banks create credit swaps and then selling mortgage backed securities short. Straight come up.
Introducing the Ultra FICO score coming in 2019. This is what it is, how this affects you, why you should care, and how this could increase your score and make you money…enjoy!
by John Rubino Bricks and slaughter: Exposing Australia’s housing crisis … Max Keiser and Alasdair Macleod on the sudden turn in the credit cycle … Lynette Zang: “The bottom is falling out” … Peter Schiff: “This is one of the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1de0toVAvv8 AUSSIE HOUSING BUBBLE IS KING!
via mishtalk: Just in the nick of time not: Fair Isaac is launching a new type of credit score that will give millions more credit. Just as the economy is peaking, consumers with a low FICO could get a higher “UltraFICO“, …