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by WARREN MOSLER Light vehicle sales peaked a while back: Been helping to support the $US: Eurozone Retail Sales Fall Unexpectedly Retail trade in the Euro Area fell 0.3% in … Read more
Do you believe that the global economy is doing well right now in 2019? The global economy is giving us a different picture than the stock market. As we achieve … Read more
by Troy Instead of trying to predict when the economy will deteriorate in the distant future (which countless experts have tried and failed), we simply look for deterioration among the leading … Read more
by Troy The stock market’s intraday volatility has been higher than usual, with stocks swinging up and down on trade war headlines. Today’s headlines: Existing Home Sales is weak VIX’s … Read more
This is Sibel Edmonds with Newsbud reporting on the ground from Turkey. This will be another quick video for those of you with a keen eye and critical mind for … Read more
Mar 14 – FS Insider interviews Variant Perception’s Tian Yang to get an update on their outlook for the U.S., China and elsewhere. Tian discusses the message coming from leading … Read more
via @TaviCosta: Well, I believe today’s market has remarkable similarities to late 1920’s.
by WARREN MOSLER Agent Orange, AKA Tariff Man, taking down the global economy: Intel Projects Slower Revenue Growth This Year (WSJ) Intel Corp. reported a 9% gain in revenue. Customers’ … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Euro area business growth close to stalling at 5½ year low in January (Markit) Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 50.7 (51.1 in December). Services PMI … Read more
Bloomberg article tl;dr – Compared with hard economic data, [market-based models that predict recessions are] more forward-looking. But not only can markets get it wrong, they’re also prone to rapid … Read more
Via Dana Lyons’ Tumblr, The following is a complementary look at some of the evidence behind our recommendation to TLS members to trim some of their recently added long exposure. … Read more
Jason talks about leading economic indicators like demand for chemicals for the auto, housing and electronics as well as Chinese demand for chemicals flashing warning signals and FedEx, who ships … Read more
by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The above 2-pack looks at a couple of very important sectors of our economy, Home Builders and U.S. Concrete. Both have been hit very hard this … Read more
Investing is the key to building wealth, but all investments carry some degree of risk. So how do you know whether the risk is worth taking? These are some of … Read more
via @BerkeleyJr Wall Street veteran Art Cashin told CNBC on Monday that there are a variety of indicators that show the stock market may be ready for a pullback. Cashin said … Read more
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 … Read more