Policy-makers are urgently trying to stem China’s economic slowdown amid an escalating trade war, record corporate defaults and a plunging stock market. China Banks Fall on Concern Loan Targets Are a Step Too Far China’s biggest banks dragged down the …
By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. The City of London was just dealt its biggest Brexit-related blow following an announcement by American financial markets operator CME Group that it is shifting its European market for short-term financing, the largest …
by Michael Snyder On Tuesday night all of the speculation about the midterm elections will mercifully be over, and there is one potential outcome that is being called a “disaster” for the financial markets. Over the past couple of years, …
Do you think that this will be a problem? The Federal Reserve is completely controlling the financial system. They even admitted to having a short position on the VIX, ensuring it remains unusually low through turbulent times. They admitted to …
BY JARED DILLIAN Everyone strives to be financially independent. By “independent,” we mean not dependent on another person or another entity for our financial well-being. When we are children, we are financially dependent on our parents. At 16, some teenagers …
The global economy is diverse. Mining commodities, financial services, manufacturing, construction, and even building empty cities and bridges to nowhere. But most modern countries today are becoming more and more concentrated in what they do. Globalization has diminished the diversity, …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter China has a lot of balls in the air at the moment. FocusEconomics asked me and a bunch of other illustrious luminaries, “How and when will the next financial crisis happen?” First things first. A “financial …
via wharton: That rising student debt is one of the creeping threats of our time is hard to refute. Student debt has more than tripled since 2004, reaching $1.52 trillion in the first quarter of 2018, according to the Federal Reserve …
The difference is category. A derivative is a type of security and a type of financial instrument. Aside from that, financial asset, security and instrument are roughly the same. The only difference is that they are used to describe slightly …
When the world’s most powerful families like the Rothschild’s start to prepare for worsening conditions, it’s best we take notice. Of course they have an agenda but some of their actions are public. That allows us to track their progress …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “’DON’T PANIC!!!!’ Just 6.9% off of the most offensive valuation extreme in history.” – Tweet from John Hussman, Hussman Funds The above quote from John Hussman was a shot at the financial media, which was freaking out …
BY JOHN MAULDIN I run a huge trade deficit. It’s not with China or Mexico, but with Amazon. I buy all sorts of goods from them, and Jeff Bezos has yet to spend a penny with me. And it’s fair. I’m …
What is the BIGGEST RISK to the markets right now? If you see the daily fluctuations of the financial markets, they’re nonsensical. Highly erratic behaviour. But this is what the entire world is relying on in the financial industry and …
via visualcapitalist: In the startup era, it’s easier than ever to launch a new business. With barriers to entry for new ventures at historic lows, it’s now extremely common to see aspiring entrepreneurs from all walks of life – including many …
by Michael Snyder It looks like it could be another tough week for global financial markets. As the week began, markets were down all over the world, and relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia have taken a sudden …
What do you think will happen the remainder of 2018? Stocks fall further? Same? Or higher? Just look passed the borders of the US and you will see countless examples of stock markets failing. $15 trillion in stimulus from central …
Financial complacency is inevitably followed by its opposite. That’s not an opinion. It’s historical fact. With that in mind, global investors need to reflect on the message conveyed by these three financial measures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-FBoUyp21A
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter This will dog the stock market going forward. Fixed-income investors – a financially conservative bunch buying Treasury securities, FDIC-insured CDs, and similar products that largely eliminate risk – have been getting crushed for a decade: Except …
via visualcapitalist: More and more people are using financial advisors to help them navigate the complex journey to financial freedom. But although more Americans are seeking advice on matters of personal finance, they are also less sure that the advice they …
Up until very recently, there were essentially two kinds of business and economic reporting trends emanating since the 2008 Financial Crisis: Sanguine, triumphant and motivating news in the mainstream corporate transatlantic financial press, versus pensive, probing and skeptical viewpoints in …
By Harry Dent The 2008 financial crisis was well overdue, what with predictably slowing demographics, especially in the U.S. at first, and an unprecedented debt bubble in the developed countries. The trigger was the subprime crisis – a small, but …
From Bloomberg: The financial crisis ripped through Wall Street 10 years ago, pushing the global economy to the edge of the abyss. One might think those searing experiences would have created a learning opportunity — for managing risk better, understanding structural …
will this be miraculous growth stimulus like how it was in 2008? or will this be a death trap waiting for the chinese banks when the bubble actually pops https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-07/pboc-cuts-reserve-ratio-for-some-banks-jmyd3ly1 China’s central bank cut the amount of cash lenders must …
John Williams has long said that this money printing orgy by the Fed will end in a hyperinflationary event. Williams says, “Unfortunately, it is unavoidable. It is only a matter of when. It can only be avoided if the U.S. …
It’s been 10 years since the 2008 financial meltdown. Money manager Peter Schiff warned the world about the last crisis and has a new warning about another coming financial crisis. Schiff says, “The problem is now we are on the …
Do you think we are experiencing similarities with the “Roaring 20’s”? Let me know what you think. When a market behaves according to fundamentals, it’s easy to track. When there is euphoria and manipulation, it becomes quite difficult. Today we …
via counterpunch: The business and mainstream press this month, September 2018, has been publishing numerous accounts of the 2008 financial crash on its tenth anniversary. This month attention has been focused on the Lehman Brothers investment bank crash that accelerated the …
via @OccupyWisdom: https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1046595330131861504 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1046595336045826048 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1046595342790250496 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1046595349417271296 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1046595368841093120 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1046595385865785345 Bonus: Your Central Bank Can’t Save You Next Time Bloomberg–7 hours ago Unless there can be an adult conversation in America over negative interest rates — the counterintuitive idea of borrowers getting paid and savers …
The best clue of what’s next for the stock market is revealed by the market itself. In other words, the DJIA’s chart — by itself — reveals a wealth of information. See for yourself in this chart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT6hl_wU61M
