How Quickly people forget things that don’t stay in the MSM news cycle. Let’s start here. With MSM calling the congressman Trump sent to meet Julian Assange “Putins favorite congressman”. http://www.businessinsider.com/dana-rohrabacher-visited-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-in-london-2017-8 Aug. 17, 2017, 10:20 AM ‘Putin’s favorite congressman’ met …
via Markit Global PMI slips further from near seven-year high Eurozone economies see strongest expansion, though North America closes the gap. Growth remains lacklustre in Asia Inflationary pressures remain elevated, and intensify in North America Global manufacturing growth slowed to a …
via Joanna Ossinger Volatility may be here to stay — but there’s a lot investors can do to prepare for it. “Hedges against late cycle volatility bursts in credit, dispersion and cross-asset volatility as the equity/bond correlation itself becomes more volatile” …
by Lance Roberts In this past weekend’s newsletter, I discussed the potential for an end to the current bull market cycle. It was not surprising that even before the “digital ink was dry,” I received emails and comments questioning the premise. It is …
via Chris Vermeulen With the news Wednesday from the US Fed and the rate hike, we should all be asking ourselves “where are we in the market cycle” so that we can prepare for and identify proper trades that may set …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Solutions are only possible outside these ossified, self-serving centralized hierarchies. Correspondent Dan F. asked me to reprint some posts on solutions to the systemic problems I’ve outlined for years, most recently in How Much Longer Can We Get …
via Danielle Park, CFA Over the last year, cryptocurrencies became an icon for the speculative fervor that has increasingly driven the 2009-18 financial cycle. Leading the sector, bitcoin rose from $1200 last March, to $19,187 by December and back to $8140 …
Zombie Companies have risen to all-time highs due to cheap money and high liquidity. Endless refinancing perpetuates overcapacity and incentivises low productivity. …And you wonder why salaries don't rise. (source BIS) pic.twitter.com/UqLdfDq4BC — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) March 14, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/973863037756170241 …
by John Rubino A branch of journalism that might be called, “don’t worry, be happy, because this time is different” tends to pop up at the peak of cycles when imbalances that caused past crashes start to reemerge. Eager to …
via SilverDoctors London Analyst Alasdair MacLeod also tells Silver Doctors China’s trade, not America’s, is now driving the global economy. He explains the impact this is having on the U.S. dollar. As the U.S. dollar declines, gold and silver will rise, MacLeod …
Don’t let them in under these pretenses because it will lead to further and further expansion until they have taken over. h/t DickyDurbinsTurban
Author: Adam Button Ray Dalio has a re-think on where markets are Until the past 10 days, Ray Dalio believed there would be one more big jump in stock markets before central banks and rising costs choked out the bull market. …
With the 6.4 quake that struck Taiwan shaking buildings off foundations, buckling roads and damaging bridges, there is a new paper from NCU Professor Lee Chyi Tyi that points to a 100 year cycle of quake activity. Now lets overlay …
by stockboardasset Dow Jones monthly RSI tags 75.0610 reading, which has been synonymous with a late cycle move. Breaking down the move from 1Q2016, the RSI has a clear construction of the Elliot Wave. The current move in the wave count is …
#TaperCaper #Recession – Morgan Stanley Turns Apocalyptic On Credit: “A Cycle Turn Is Closer Than Many Believe” @zerohedge https://t.co/3nt75EDG5m — TraderStef (@TraderStef) December 10, 2017 Credit check Something happened about the time of the Presidential election that caused a sudden …
I think corporate debt is one of the main bubbles in this cycle, worldwide. Just to support that look at this amazing chart of corporate leverage. https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibAhOFLu2q_Y/v2/1000x-1.png As John Hussman tweeted “… and remember, the 2009 debt/EBITDA peak reflected weak …
Jeremiah Johnson July 7th, 2017 SHTFplan.com In the days following the 241st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the country is in an even more precarious position than it was in 1776. We face a situation of a …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE68uVYAhTs Today’s Guest: Jason Burack Websites: Wall St For Main St http://wallstformainst.com YouTube: WallstforMainst https://www.youtube.com/user/WallStFo…
Everyone should have a shot at paid family leave Trump’s budget to include paid family leave, but may face trouble in Congress How paid family leave hurts women It’s really funny, this is one of the things Bernie Sanders was …
By Michael Snyder For more than 100 years global debt levels have been rising, and now we are potentially facing the greatest debt crisis in all of human history. Never before have we seen such a level of debt saturation …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Commercial Property Bust to hit Multifamily Rentals in San Francisco & New York, the Most Expensive Markets in the World Two reports – one on the most expensive rental markets in the world, and the other …
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