via Dave Kranzler “Those who see no Lehman-like episode on the horizon did not see the last one.” – highly regarded writer, George Will, in a National Review article titled, “America Is Overdue For Another Economic Disaster.” Lost in the largely meaningless …
by Martin Armstrong A metronome is an instrument to measure the time and that the musicians use for their work. One of the most curious phenomena is observed when different metronomes that have a different frequency between themselves end …
by Daniel Carter Even with the media’s constant barrage of negativity, Trump has been able to boast about one very important thing: the economy. The stock market is up to record highs, GDP growth has exceeded expectations, the unemployment rate is …
Best Buy is reporting slowing online sales. Pending home sales decline for the 7 month in a row. Buying sentiment is down and we are entering the fall and winter months when sales slow because of the time of year. …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the most recent news regarding the Canadian economy as inflation hit its highest level since 2011, interest rates skyrocket and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz gives excuses. Poloz …
via bbg The earliest indicators for China’s economy show that the pace of expansion slowed for a fourth month in August, highlighting the pressure for the government to push through pro-growth policies. The data suggest the economy weakened further as …
What do you think the expansion of bad loans? Will this play a role along with all the other garbage? The economy is weak. It’s very weak. FANG stocks are up though. But since main street and wall street are …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Here is the result of America’s neofeudalism: soaring wealth and income inequality. Let’s spin the time machine back to the late Middle Ages, at the height of feudalism, and imagine we’re trying to get a boatload of …
by Jim Rickards of Daily Reckoning I’ve written for years that Chinese economic development is partly real and partly smoke and mirrors, and that it’s critical for investors to separate one from the other to make any sense out of China and its …
via UPFINA Since the S&P 500 earnings are growing 26.62% and the NFIB small business index is 0.1 away from its record high, you would think everything is perfect. That’s actually not true as we will get to later in this …
by Tom McClellan The news of a 4.1% rate of GDP growth in Q2 of 2018 got the financial media excited. 4.1% was the rate of change compared to the prior quarter. When we use a 1-year lookback, it is not …
via CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS Larry Kudlow is right: with an economy this good, there’s no chance investors will be distracted by the political drama in Washington—even if that drama includes the conviction of the President’s campaign manager and personal lawyer on corruption charges. …
https://twitter.com/GlobalProTrader/status/1032352429851987968 Odds of a recession getting closer per Bloomberg's neural net.algorithm pic.twitter.com/4ic3C3GzP8 — Not Jim Cramer (@Not_Jim_Cramer) August 22, 2018 For the first time in five years existing home sales fell for four consecutive months. Exactly what one would expect …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “Financial-market and economic prospects remain far shy of the hype and headlines, amidst tanking consumer optimism and negative revisions to recent reporting.” – John Williams, Shadowstats.com The economy may seem like it’s doing well if you are part …
via Jacob Wolinsky The U.S. economy may be heading for a Fed-induced hangover next year, warns the chief executive of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. The message from Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, comes …
by howmuch Diversification is a broadly accepted investment strategy designed to hedge against risk. If you invest all your money in one company or one industry, you flirt with disaster during an economic downturn. Does the US have a diverse economy? …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-xdmkyaD-Q Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Barack Obama was the worst economic president since World War II and he first president in US history to never reach a single year of 3.0% economic growth. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It’s cyclical. The transportation sector is a reflection of the goods-based economy in the US. Demand has been blistering across all modes of transportation. Freight shipment volume (not pricing… we’ll get to pricing in a moment) …
by ARIZaL_ McDonald’s bun are made in Ontario, California.. but 14.4 million buns per week using “a handful of workers” so if we say wow man, that must be employing 30 workers at minimum wage, and we double their salary.. that’s an …
by Jesse Colombo Though Turkey’s financial markets have been struggling since the start of this year, the country’s currency and government bonds have been in an all-out freefall in the past week. A political clash with the United States caused the lira …
by Adam Taggart David Stockman warns that the global economy has reached an “epochal pivot”, a moment when the false prosperity created from $trillions in printed money by the world’s central banks lurches violently into reverse. There are few people …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACEYjlHx4bE Washington cannot dictate trade rules to others, Germany’s economy minister said, adding that his country should be more assertive and defy American sanctions – particularly by investing more in Iran. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9c8m
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://i.redd.it/obq74nqes9f11.png Currently Erdoğan wants to create a war of economy. He wants to create threats that he can use as scapegoats. A diplomatic crisis here and there would increase support for him. The rhetoric he …
Those banks have required that their loans be repaid in US Dollars, not the Turkish lira. Since their lira is falling apart, they cannot purchase those US dollars and will default on all those loans. This has the potential to …
Survey: Business Owners Think Trump’s Tariffs Are Awesome #Maga President Donald Trump’s tariffs are very popular with the owners of American businesses. Seventy-one percent of business owners surveyed by UBS Wealth Management Americas support additional tariffs on imports from China. Eighty-eight …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 8/1/18 Jim Rickards: Investors Have Fallen Into a False Sense of Security In January 2018, two significant market events occurred nearly simultaneously. Major U.S. stock market indexes peaked and volatility indexes extended one of their longest …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Isn’t it obvious that those at the top of the wealth-power pyramid don’t want us to know how much ground we’ve lost while they’ve gorged on immense gains? In the late 1970s and early 1980s, an era …
According to Michael Howell, chief executive officer at global research group Crossborder Capital, as monetary policy tightening takes place, there could be strong consequences for credit markets. While the yield curve is signalling upcoming problems, credit market spreads aren’t remaining …
by Bill Bonner YOUGHAL, IRELAND – Yesterday, as predicted by after-hours trading, Facebook lost $122 billion in market value, more than the GDP of 145 of the world’s economies. The Zuck alone lost nearly as much as Iceland’s annual GDP. USA …
