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By John Mauldin With all its recent activities, the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet has exploded to $5 trillion-plus. My friend Peter Boockvar thinks assets could easily reach $10 trillion, and problems will develop when … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The feedback loop has reversed: by saving more, people will spend, borrow and speculate less, draining the fuel from any broadbased expansion. In eras of confidence and … Read more
It is the end of the decade-long rally? Coronavirus may say „yes." MSCI All-Country Index has dropped >7% over 6d run, while S&P 500 fell 5th straight session for a … Read more
by Simon Black In the year 1520, exactly 500 years ago, a German scholar named Johan Schoner completed a map of the world that was widely considered to be humanity’s most … Read more
by Lance Roberts I recently discussed putting market corrections into perspective, in which we looked at the financial impact of a 10-60% correction. But what happens afterward? During strongly advancing, and very … Read more
Here we are again. US yield curve inversions are back up to 50%! More rate cuts ahead? Just a reminder, folks: Core & median CPI are already at decade highs. … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz In this insightful interview, Max and Egon talk about the 2010s as a decade of fantasy and decadence. Central bankers medicine has enabled the terminally ill patient … Read more
by Chris Kimble Sometimes 10-year returns aren’t so hot and sometimes 10-year returns are sizzling hot! This chart looks back on the Dow Jones Index over the past 95-years (since … Read more
by Michael Snyder If this is what “the good times” look like, how nightmarish are “the bad times” going to be? In America today, more than 500,000 of us are … Read more
One of the more unique aspects of Apple stock has been the company’s historically low price-to-earnings, or P/E, ratio compared with its megacap tech peers. The P/E ratio has long … Read more
What follows are climate predictions forecast to come true during the 2010s – one for each year. A few timely missed predictions for 2020 are also added as a bonus … Read more
via axios: In 2010, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected that in 2019, the U.S. would be producing about six million barrels of oil a day. The reality? We’re now producing … Read more
www.cnbc.com/2019/12/23/netflix-was-the-top-stock-of-the-decade-delivering-over-4000percent-return.html Netflix was by far the best performer in the S&P 500 during the decade among companies currently in the index. Netflix joined the S&P 500 in 2010, replacing The … Read more
Bruce Mathew, Neurosurgeon, says there is a plausible way to move the consciousness of one person to another body, and that recent advancements in robotics, stem cell transplants, and nerve … Read more
by visualcapitalist Hindsight is 20/20. It can be incredibly difficult to pick the “next big stock” in the moment, but looking back gives us clarity on where we could have reaped … Read more
The private debt boom. Assets under management in private debt have tripled over the past decade to $812 billion, according to Goldman Sachs data. Because why earn 6% in junk … Read more