by confoundedinterest17 Freddie Mac’s 30-year mortgage commitment rate keeps on rising. Now to 3.17%. This is happening at the 10-year Treasury yield continues to climb. Note that interest rate volatilty (SRVIX) surged and remains elevated compared to equity volatility (VIX). (Bloomberg) …
AMC is now worth 2x what it was before COVID — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) March 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1371558661231943684 Dow Jones: U can smell the turning point its so close pic.twitter.com/7y3YjyqYeV — The Great Martis (@great_martis) March 15, 2021 Next …
by confoundedinterest17 Freddie Mac’s survey of mortgage lenders (commitments) rose to 3.05% in today’s release. The spread between Freddie’s 30Y rate and the 10Y Treasury yield has been falling (bottom pane). Over a longer time frame, you can see that the …
via corelogic: Home flipping activity[i] – which is the act of buying a property with the intent to sell in a short period of time for a profit – has increased steadily over the last eight years. By the fourth quarter of …
Oil hits 2019 high on U.S. plan to tighten squeeze on Iran LONDON (Reuters) – Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, as the United States announced a further clampdown on Iranian oil exports, raising concern …
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via @TaviCosta: But China CDS is at its lowest level since 2008. How do you square this circle?
by pineapplezach Source: Kaggle Data Set (Where it Pays to Attend College) Tool: Infogram As a college student myself, it is a bit surprising to find that the pay gap is nearly double! I really want to be a teacher, …
via visualcapitalist: For the world’s most innovative companies, the stated goal of attracting top talent is not simply an HR mantra – it’s a matter of survival. Whether we’re talking about a giant like Google that is constantly searching to add …
by Michael Snyder We have not seen anything like this since the last recession. Layoff announcements are coming fast and furious now, and the speed at which workers are being laid off is shocking a lot of people. In this day …
via @mcm_ct: US stocks are the most overvalued ever, higher than prior speculative mania market peaks in 1929 & 2000 1. Price to Sales 2. Price to Book 3. Enterprise Value to Sales 4. Enterprise Value to EBITDA 5. Price …
by Dr. Eowyn Property taxes are the single largest revenue source for local governments, used to fund fire and police departments, schools, and road maintenance, including snow removal, cleaning, and repair. In 2015, the average U.S. property taxes per person …
by howmuch Want to make a lot of money? Become a doctor. That’s the basic message behind our new map breaking down the highest paid occupations in every state. Almost every single top-ranking job is in the healthcare field. We …
via upi: Jan. 3 (UPI) — At the close of 2018, the U.S. national debt was more than $2 trillion higher than when President Donald Trump took office, data released Thursday by the Treasury Department indicates. The national debt reached $21.974 trillion as of Dec. 31. …
Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels In the aftermath of the financial crisis, a swath of individuals and families began a long and painful deleveraging process. Businesses, meanwhile, quickly moved in the opposite direction—loading up on cheap debt to the …
by Martin Armstrong What is really amazing is how governments just fail to comprehend that revolution is instigated by corruption and taxes. Nevertheless, they just can’t help themselves. They have to keep taking cookies from the jar until it is …
Is global real estate slowing down? Or is this just a bump in the road? We are currently in the maximum amount of debt we have ever been in history. Look at it on all levels. It’s never been this …
The World’s Highest-Paid TV Hosts 2018: Judge Judy Presides With $147 Million For the first year ever, Judy Sheindlin—more commonly known as Judge Judy—reigns supreme not only in her own courtroom, but also across all of television. Pocketing $147 million …
Whoops…something is getting tense… spread between the USD LIBOR and Euribor hit the highest level in a couple of decades. pic.twitter.com/1rjo1hkDSl — Ronnie Stoeferle (@RonStoeferle) November 21, 2018 “The S&P 500 has more room to fall on the back of …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Mortgage rates are climbing faster than the 10-year Treasury yield. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($453,100 or less) and a 20% down-payment rose to 5.17% for the latest reporting …
The 3-Month Libor vs. Euribor spread is at its highest level since 1999! Is the ECB about to start tightening or the Fed about to stop? Either way, unless “this time is different”, such policy changes from similar extremes is …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1059860505723056128 WTI Crude Enters Bear Market – Plunges To 7-Month Lows WTI Crude futures are down 20% from their early October highs, with the front-month contract back to a $61 handle at its lowest level since April. As more details emerged …
From CNBC: Central banks around the world have upped their spending on gold to the highest level in almost three years, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). More than 148 metric tons of gold were bought by the national banks in the three months …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Hot air is hissing out of this market. Sales of new single-family houses in September plunged 18% from September a year ago, not-seasonally adjusted, to just 41,000 new single-family houses, according to estimates that the Census …
via Cormac Mullen A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. indicator designed to provide a “reasonable signal for future bear-market risk” has risen to the highest in almost 50 years. The firm’s Bull/Bear Index, which is based on measures of equity valuation, growth …
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Central bank gold buying is at highest since 2012, U.S. Mint reports most gold and silver coins sold since …
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$CBOE $VIX Option volume surges to highest level since June! Half million contracts in first two hours, calls lead puts 5:2 @Options @CBOE pic.twitter.com/mlpKFSOIMF — Trade Alert (@OptionAlert) October 4, 2018 $spx $yield pic.twitter.com/AtQiDViCgP — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) October 4, …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are dropping this morning as US treasury yields continue to rally after the yield on the US 10-year hit the highest level since 2011 in yesterday’s trading US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during a …
