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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter More cars and trucks on the road in the US than ever. But usage drops. Saturation everywhere. On the surface, we see this: Total miles driven … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But other construction segments are hot. Residential construction is starting to make folks nervous. Total residential construction spending – 99% is “private” rather than “public” spending … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Ship Orders Fall to Lowest Level in 15 Years Ship orders world-wide have shrunk to the lowest level in 15 years as vessel owners struggle with excess … Read more
credit driven event underway spreading into higher equity vol pic.twitter.com/xcxmsjkjyI — Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) March 28, 2019 $HYG something's up with all the put buying, and chart is on the … Read more
Liberal Media Scream: It’s Trump’s fault liberals fell for Smollett hoax. This week’s Liberal Media Scream features the latest spin for why liberals, including some Democratic presidential candidates, fell so … Read more
S&P 500… The massive recovery has been fully driven by dovish central banks, despite unexciting earnings and guidance. pic.twitter.com/laRBMWxj9g — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 5, 2019 The whole problem in … Read more
Patient is going to mean very, very patient: UBS’ Art Cashin from CNBC. via CNBC: “It’s pretty obvious” the Federal Reserve is reacting “to the market’s reaction,” UBS’ Art Cashin … Read more
U.S. corporate debt levels have again surpassed their pre-crisis peaks of $6 trillion, raising widespread concern that, as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, some firms could run into financial trouble. … Read more
by lightmakerflex1 We need to raise hell about this stuff or else it will pass. They will abuse you if you let them. via illinoispolicy.org: Illinoisans already get hosed at the pump, … Read more
via jugglingdynamite: As government revenues fall, deficits compound and debt levels leap, corporate executives have been directing the corporate cash freed up from recent tax breaks to pump up their company … Read more
by Lance Roberts Last week, James Rickards posted an interesting article discussing the risk to the financial markets from the rise in passive indexing. To wit: “Free riding is one of the … Read more
I posted this article when it first came out, but watching the Dick’s Sporting Goods hunting removal and now Nike choosing Kapurnik (dont care enough to learn his correct spelling) … Read more
by SP So, sure. Lots of us saw the video of the Boston Dynamics Robotic Dog, Spot, and heard that they want to manufacture and commercially sell over 1,000 within … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER More Q2 weakness: Highlights Consumers credit came in below expectations, up $10.2 B in June as consumers held back from adding to their credit-card debt and even … Read more
by Lance Roberts Tomorrow, the US Department of Commerce will report its advance estimate of 2Q GDP which will be the long-awaited evidence that “Trumponomics” is working. The current estimates for the initial … Read more
