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1970s: Slow and depressed GDP growth, high levels of inflation, high oil prices, stocks and bonds sell off together… What does that sound like?

May 23, 2018 12:09 pm

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/999079367618760704 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/999234958307811329 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/999241148781776896 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/999236152216444928 Inflation Is Coming to the US Economy on an 18-Wheel Flatbed Multiple signs of inflation in freight-related industries are at or near historical highs, in what could be an early sign that price pressures are building …

How to find smaller companies with higher growth potentials?

May 23, 2018 12:39 pmMay 23, 2018 11:39 am

by provoko Use a screener like finviz. Look for companies that have sales q/q 30% or more and gross margin over 40% (ideally over 80%, but new stocks closer to their IPO might have extremely low gross margin, but if they …

How Sustainable Is Earnings Growth?

May 22, 2018 12:31 pm

Via Global Macro Monitor, Not very… and we will leave the calculation for the entire stock market to the stock analysts. Here’s why: Just glancing over WalMart’s latest earnings release from the week, we see two one-off macro factors that helped WalMart’s …

Global Synchronized Growth Narrative Collapses – Uncle Sam’s Free Money Drying Up Fast, Crisis Brewing In Merging Markets, Libor Continues To Surge

May 17, 2018 10:34 amMay 16, 2018 8:35 am

Chart of the Day: "Uncle Sam’s Free Money Drying Up Fast" h/t @DA_Stockman pic.twitter.com/JQaVNxFGsX — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 16, 2018 global synchronized growth narrative collapses pic.twitter.com/8bjvPwWhHx — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 16, 2018 BBG: JPN's economy shrank for the first time …

Japan’s Monumental QE Has Done NOTHING for Its Inflation or Growth

May 10, 2018 9:19 pm

By Harry Dent The biggest debates I have are with gold bugs. They believe endless money printing will inevitably lead to hyperinflation and that will push the gold price over $5,000 an ounce while sinking the dollar to near zero. They are …

Slower US GDP Growth Expected In Friday’s First-Quarter Report

April 24, 2018 4:57 pm

via The Capital Spectator The pace of US economic output is set to soften in the government’s “advance” GDP report for the first quarter that’s scheduled for release at the end of this week (Apr. 27), according to several estimates compiled …

Median usual weekly real earnings. YoY. Real wage growth is just around the corner

April 18, 2018 3:26 pm

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/985904699839799297 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/986447271591137280

Demand Growth for Oil Consumption Looks Bleak…But Price May Be Another Matter

April 12, 2018 10:41 am

Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, Organic demand or population growth alone (absent surging debt) among the consumer base that consumes in excess of 90% of global oil, is collapsing. I have detailed this previously; The Most Important Economic Charts…Aren’t Economic Charts , Trade Wars Just Beginning…The War Is …

Construction spending, Private credit growth, Turkey

April 3, 2018 3:30 pm

by WARREN MOSLER Worse than expected, weak, and decelerating: Highlights Construction spending has been soft, inching only 0.1 percent higher in February after posting no change in January but there are definitely signs of strength in the details. The most important …

Facebook Growth At Any Cost Mission Statement… That’s Our CIABOOK?

March 31, 2018 9:56 am

Some Really Strange Goins On At Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6BOJLfCk-M

The legacy of the Iraq war. Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone. Recaps the growth of the assholocracy spawned by this illegal, stupid war.

March 23, 2018 7:49 am

Matt Taibbi gives an excellent run down on the multiple conspiracies leading to and spawned by Bush’s fool’s errand in Iraq. It disgusts me that John Bolton, who has learned nothing from this disaster, and now has the president’s ear. …

CNN STOPS UPDATING JOB TRACKER AFTER RECORD GROWTH…

March 11, 2018 10:17 am

CNN wants its viewers to know it’s committed to holding President Donald Trump accountable on the economy — even if the network hasn’t recently updated its tracker of how many jobs the economy has presented since Inauguration Day. The network’s …

HERE’S WHAT GARY COHN SEES: TARIFFS = INFLATION + SLOW GROWTH = STAGFLATION

March 7, 2018 6:55 pm

via Kirk Spano Summary Gary Cohn resigns from President Trump’s staff. Who wants to be on President Trump’s staff anymore? Is there inflation or not? (File under “I told you so.”). Consider your hedges carefully. National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn is resigning …

12 Years In A Row And Counting: The U.S. Has Not Had A Year Of 3 Percent Economic Growth In More Than A Decade

March 1, 2018 5:50 am

By Michael SnyderIf the U.S. economy is in good shape, then why has economic growth been so anemic for more than a decade? It has been 12 long years since the economy grew by at least 3 percent, and for …

Wow, Please Hug your family tonight as the globalized sync growth narrative is cracking. RIP China MFG PMI

February 28, 2018 8:03 am

Tech cracks are beginning to appear: https://t.co/6mBb91mEpT by @NorthmanTrader $QQQ $NDX pic.twitter.com/CmZkDoqE38 — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) February 27, 2018 $SPX .764%-Fib Resistance "No evidence thus far that companies are taking advantage of the new tax law to make investments," h/t …

Adding more debt to a highly leverage sub par growth economy, as long term rates are surging? Don't see it ending well.

February 16, 2018 7:05 am

Simon Black recently said this: pic.twitter.com/G1xegPRCSF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 16, 2018 President Trump's winning strategy crushing the dollar and expanding the trade deficit. Didn't candidate Trump say the opposite? pic.twitter.com/URjkhOdaLO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 15, 2018 The bad times …

Washington DC and Baltimore Lead Nation in YoY Rent Growth (Chicago Leads in Declining Rent Growth)

February 1, 2018 4:15 pm

by Anthony B Sanders The national’s capital, Washington DC and its sister city in Maryland, Baltimore have the distinction of leading the nation in year-over-year rent growth of over 12%, according to Zumper. San Francisco, where Tony Bennet left his heart, is the …

The Highest Paying Jobs with the Most Growth Potential in 2018

January 25, 2018 10:31 am

by howmuch The American economy is finally humming along at a nice clip, and most people areoptimistic about the future. Some people are just not starting to see real wage growth, butnot everyone. With so much disparity in economic outcomes, it got …

US Dollar almost nears its baseline of growth from where Yellen started to pitch economy was in recovery

January 24, 2018 7:01 pm

@StockBoardAsset $DXY US Dollar Index Continues to "Track" Long-term Bearish Analog – https://t.co/PnBVIh2GbQ pic.twitter.com/bGBahvwrac — Nautilus Research (@NautilusCap) January 24, 2018 It is like we've said before, the dollar is headed to Pete Schiff's target of 87.50. pic.twitter.com/of9UnVZzn8 — Alastair …

IMF: Thank Trump’s Tax Reform For Economic Growth, Bumps Forecast To 2.7 Percent For 2018

January 23, 2018 7:40 am

by Spencer P Morrison International Monetary Fund Revises US Growth Forecast Upwards, in Light of Trump’s Tax Cuts A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its economic growth forecast for America, in light of President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs …

World Bank: Global economic growth has peaked… Citi: Global financial crash is overdue… The Fed is worried about the next recession

January 20, 2018 7:38 am

Global economic growth has peaked, says World Bank Global growth appears to have peaked, with demographics, a lack of investment, a slowing in productivity gains and tightening monetary policy placing limits on economic expansion, the World Bank said. The world’s …

Global Economic Growth Has Peaked, Says World Bank

January 9, 2018 10:09 pm

Ageing populations, low investment and tightening monetary policy limit expansion via Shawn Donnan Global growth appears to have peaked, with demographics, a lack of investment, a slowing in productivity gains and tightening monetary policy placing limits on economic expansion, the World …

Chapter 11 Filings Soar, C&I Lending Growth Stalls (Unpeaceful, Uneasy Feeling)

January 9, 2018 8:52 am

by Anthony B Sanders Real GDP growth is above 3%, unemployment rate is near 4%, and other economic indicators are flashing green. Yet, I have an unpeaceful, uneasy feeling. Chapter 11 (bankruptcy) filings are rising and are back to Great Recession …

It’s Not A Growth Story, It’s An Inflation Story

January 7, 2018 9:05 pm

By SchiffGold The Federal Reserve released December’s FOMC meeting minutes this week, and the tone was decidedly more “hawkish,” leading most analysts to believe interest rate hikes and quantitative tightening will remain on track in the coming year. As Bloomberg reported, “officials in …

DuckDuckGo had 55% growth in 2017!

January 4, 2018 9:05 am

I switched months ago to DDG. I think we should start saying ‘Duck it’ instead of ‘Google it.’ h/t SJ

GREAT AGAIN? Economy Back to 3% Growth Under Trump Administration

October 27, 2017 9:42 pm

by Robert Carbery While many watchers of the economy are troubled by the many credit bubbles we have going on right now, the U.S. economy seems to be picking up its pace of growth under the Trump administration. And …

Asset Prices Not Driven By Earnings Growth, Dealmaking Slows For Telecoms Signals Warning For Stock Market… The Numbers Are Just Too Starkly Obvious For The Markets To Ignore Anymore

October 25, 2017 6:10 am

One simple chart shows how stocks are overvalued pic.twitter.com/4uEvAQqQvq — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 25, 2017 Asset prices not driven by earnings growth pic.twitter.com/ykIUqz4qoO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 24, 2017 Dealmaking Slows For Telecoms Signals Warning For Stock Market $T $VZ …

Chinese Central Planners Forecast “Weak Growth” in Manufacturing and Housing…

October 22, 2017 4:53 am

by sundance Panda Reacts To Finding Lion Tracks Amid Shrinking Bamboo Forest ! A Chinese central planner, Zhang Yong, the vice-head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), made a statement today (during the communist party congress) that carries much …

UK Is 'Flirting With Recession', Growth In China's Shadow Banking Is Slowing, Seasonal Weakness In The Russell 2000 Index Begins

July 20, 2017 7:09 pm

The Dangerous Season Begins Now Russell 2000: 30-Year Seasonal Pattern Russell 2000 The Russell 2000 enters a period of seasonal weakness in mid July. Source: Seasonax As you can see, the Russell 2000 does indeed typically decline between May and …

Soaring Debt = Slow Growth = Even More Debt = Systemic Crisis

June 4, 2017 4:26 pm

by John Rubino It’s just common sense: Borrow too much money and the weight of this debt makes it hard to do things that used to be easy. This truism is now (finally!) hitting home, and blame is being apportioned. …