Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Emerging Markets turmoil: The price of cheap debt & misallocation of capital. “Excess liquidity usually leads to the misallocation of capital, masking any balance sheet constrains. As this tide of excess liquidity recedes, it reveals the …
"SouthKorea's #KOSPI index, a proxy for world trade growth closed at the lowest level since April 2017," h/t @C_Barraud pic.twitter.com/LnUr1mPfIL — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 16, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1030179854774427648 I believe we are knocking on the door of the NEXT great financial …
by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen carnage like this in the global financial marketplace in quite some time. On Wednesday, U.S. stocks were down some, but things were much, much worse around the rest of the world. Global banking stocks are …
Dr. Arthur T Bradley interviewed on Reluctant Preppers You may have your physical and community preparations in place, but how well prepared are your finances to weather the storms of life that likely will strike all of us when we least …
In the best-case scenario, Alibaba is the goofiest, most convoluted, opaque, mismanaged accounting mess and business structure in history. By Deep Throat IPO: Well, here we go folks. They’ve done it again. The Alibaba Accounting Department, after a couple of fits …
the financial elite are not allowed to show You this chart pic.twitter.com/NwEIT5pzJ6 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 14, 2018 China's growth slowdown has nothing to do with trade tariffs but now they have a convenient excuse for it to the masses …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1029339254030299136 What we have witnessed in Emerging Markets is simply a continuation of what we saw with Equity Vol and very briefly in Italy. It is also the part of the same thing as the Crypto and Chinese equities corrections. …
From Bloomberg: America never made up the growth it lost in the 2008 global financial crisis and the recession it triggered. A decade later, U.S. households are still counting the cost. Gross domestic product remains well below what its 2007 trend …
Crush The Street, Released on 8/10/18 TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW: 00:50 Our way of life is changing 04:30 Precious Metals are SHUNNED by the financial services 09:40 The silent financial takeover by elites 15:45 When will Gold’s true valuation return? …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 8/10/18 OOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Why remembers this? “Collateralized Debt Obligations – CDO’s?” Well guess what…they still exist as well and have gotten MULTIPLES LARGER than which existed in 2007-8. NOTHING was ever “fixed.” It is all a time bomb …
by Michael Snyder America’s long-term “balance sheet numbers” just continue to get progressively worse. Unfortunately, since the stock market has been soaring and the GDP numbers look okay, most Americans assume that the U.S. economy is doing just fine. But …
Wall St. For Main St., Released on 8/9/18 During this interesting conversation, Jason and Louis go back and forth discussing what the 5-6 major central banks are doing since they last spoke in March. The Fed has hiked rates, the …
via splinternews: This piece is co-published with investigative reporting outlet Capital & Main. Do “financial services” include banking? Not according to the Trump administration, whose new rule, issued Wednesday by the Treasury Department, argues there is a difference — and then cites …
via @dlacalle_IA: There is no such thing as “orderly exit”. Four charts that explain why Italy leaving the Euro would create a financial crisis of gigantic proportions. . Holders of Italian debt . Government spending . Maturities . Non-Performing Loans …
via rollingstone: The National Rifle Association warns that it is in grave financial jeopardy, according to a recent court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, and that it could soon “be unable to exist… or pursue its advocacy mission.” (Read the NRA’s legal complaint …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1024871289415188481 Chart: US auto sales continue to slow – pic.twitter.com/TRT0RwVFIl — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) August 2, 2018 Housing demand sees biggest drop in more than 2 years Housing demand fell 9.6 percent in June, compared with June 2017, according …
via readynutrition: The worst financial disasters to affect an individual are often not due to the overall global economy and the bringing about of Armageddon. They are more personal and localized. We have a few tips to help you avoid financial …
by AMY S. How will the coming financial reset impact your cash, savings, retirement accounts, stock, bonds, real estate, mortgage, student loans, gold, silver, and other assets? Will the collapse DESTROY WEALTH or TRANSFER IT from the unprepared to the those …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhrAdZk38B0 The optimism that drives financial markets higher also drives the pursuit of luxury. This has been evident throughout financial history. Learn how this insight is relevant in 2018.
I totally forgot to mention it but the “bankers predicting” refers to a report I’ve showed you here for before. It was either a chart from Morgan Stanley or BOAML. They suspect that everything will reverse by the end of …
by Lynette Zang of ITM Trading Question 1. Daniel S: what becomes the value of your holdings in precious metals if currency becomes entirely digital, no more banknotes – and therefore totally out of one’s control? Question 2. Matthew B: In a SHTF …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Suddenly it gets ugly – but these are still the good times. It’s confession time among the Detroit automakers: GM, Fiat Chrysler, and Ford all got ugly, in unison, in one day, something we haven’t seen …
David Rosenberg: Strip out the 17% ($4 tln of market cap!) of the market that is Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet, and the market has barely budged this year. This is the most concentrated market since the dotcoms; …
by Michael Snyder In every war there is a high price to pay, and this trade war will not be any different. The normal flow of goods and services around the globe is being severely disrupted, and even though this trade …
Authored by Thorstein Polleit via The Mises Institute, It seems to be a hard time for those expressing concern about the build-up of risks in the economic and financial system: the major economies in the world are expanding at a …
by Jesse “Ultimately, the same financial architecture that surrounded the housing mortgage crisis (almost certainly including ‘naked’ credit default swaps) has been replicated in the three key areas where debt is growing at a troubling rate: defaults in student loans, …
With the Rothschild Bank being a major backer of larger banks and even states, this exposes a larger scandal of trickery. via RT: Switzerland’s financial regulator has accused Rothschild Bank AG and its trust subsidiary of violating anti-money laundering law …
No matter where you live, you’re getting taxed. You’re living under conditions which are quite frankly not very secure for your financial well-being. You can change that. Make ALL necessary preparations while you can. What Is A Perpetual Tourist? …
by GoldCore Scottish businessman, Neil Mitchell has waged a long battle for justice for UK victims of RBS, the UK taxpayer owned bank that was found to have forced viable businesses into bankruptcy. Mitchell suspects the bank may have also …
Last night one of the “morals of the story” of a thread we posted was “Don’t miss the forest for the trees.” The chart below is a view of “the forest”, in its full glory. Cht originally via ISI Evercore, …