https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1009963698763509762 The problem is the riskiest assets are paying the best returns right now. People are favoring that risk to get the return cause there are few options with rates so low. Nobody will get out in time. They’ll be …
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Well over a month ago we warned our followers of a “capital market shift” that was taking place in the global markets. Nearly 3 months before that time, we warned that China’s economy was about to …
via ifre: Car finance companies have pushed into fresh territory this year by selling Single B rated debt backed by loans made to sub-prime borrowers. Selling Double B bonds was a bold trade not so long ago but as demand has …
by John Rubino The longer an expansion lasts, the crappier its paper becomes. That may seem like a baseless assertion, but it’s actually just simple math. Early in recoveries, borrowers and lenders are both shell-shocked by the just-ended recession, so …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The “waterbed effect” of money flows. Top residential real estate brokerages in the US have been promoting US homes to investors in China for years. Brokerage firms in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries have …
Global growth now hamstrung by a moderate but unmistakable slowdown in economic momentum in Europe and elsewhere. https://twitter.com/WSJCentralBanks/status/1003671616197414912 Billionaire Investor Cooperman Says He Would Sell Stocks “I think that inflation and interest rates will catch up to the market as …
When you make dumbass laws you end up with workarounds like this. via Bloomberg: Communities in the Golden State are using a loophole and citing financial distress so they can put new taxes on the ballot. Pasadena is exploiting it …
by John Rubino Back in the late 1990s I interviewed for an analyst job with a value-oriented money manager. My main impression of our talk was how sad the guy was. The tech bubble was in full swing, any little …
via @tomwfranck “I think we’re in a rolling bear market,” said Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. equity strategist. “It’s fooling everybody at the index level, but there’s a lot of pain out there.” The strategist’s comment came as the S&P 500 fell 0.3 percent …
In investments, when you buy is often a bigger determiner of profitability than when you sell. That’s why traditional investment wisdom advocates a “buy low, sell high” strategy. Buying a stock when it’s trading at a low price guarantees your …
via CNBC: What is an ICO? from CNBC. The number of initial coin offerings, or ICOs, has skyrocketed in the past two years as more companies flock to the new and controversial way to raise capital. In an ICO, companies …
via Market Watch Oh, that’s all, huh? No pressure.” That’s basically the initial response we got when we asked an assortment of financial and economic types for what they consider to be “the chart of the century” — in other …
by Martin Armstrong The Singapore WEC is being held as we now approach the timing for the markets to make their decision. This WEC will be focused on Asia, including Japan, China, Hong Kong Peg, Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and …
From Dan Ferris, Editor, Extreme Value: This video is about the most important skill investors must master to make money (and prevent losing it). I’ll tell you what it is, why it’s so important and why right now it’s more important …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Wow, that was fast and huge. After announcing this morning that an investor call was scheduled to try sell a “drive-by” issue of $1.5 billion in 10.5-year bonds that S&P rates four notches into junk (B+) …
via Carl Surran The tightening yield spread is raising concerns among investors and Fed officials, as the phenomenon may indicate skepticism about the longer-term outlook for U.S. economic growth and inflation. The yield curve from five to 30 years continued to flatten …
by visualcapitalist Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist The swift regulatory changes taking place in the global cannabis sector are almost without modern precedent. While some find the situation analogous to the repeal of Prohibition in the United States, it’s also fair to …
Peter Schiff, Released on 3/27/18 Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Tesla shares plunged 8.2% during regular trading hours on Tuesday and another 2% in after-hours trading to $272.50, below where they’d been a year ago ($277.45), and down 28% from September 18, when the market still …
Up to $40,000 fine per privacy violation. 50 million users $2 trillion dollar fine. Probably would not actually reach that high but this situation is a raging dumpster fire for Facebook. And to make matters more joyous, Facebook is now …
Josh Sigurdson breaks down the recent news surrounding the cryptocurrency ICO ad ban on Facebook, Google and Twitter. Of course we’ve seen a bear market recently and news that negatively affects the crypto market is going to further cause dips. …
Peter Schiff, Released on 3/14/18 Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A whole industry has sprung up on both sides of the Pacific to dodge the rules on both sides of the Pacific. Today, the Federal Reserve, in its function as banking regulator, wagged its finger at Industrial and …
by FS Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here. Though we’ve seen markets swing a bit recently, we’re still in positive territory for the year. This time on Financial Sense Newshour, we spoke with Dave …
by John Rubino A branch of journalism that might be called, “don’t worry, be happy, because this time is different” tends to pop up at the peak of cycles when imbalances that caused past crashes start to reemerge. Eager to …
by Dana Lyons Based on one survey, consumers’ expectations for stock market gains were never higher, or more assured, than they were in January — just prior to the stock market plunge. “Don’t get your hopes up”, the saying goes. Of …
by JEFF DESJARDINS, VISUALCAPITALIST View a high resolution version of this graphic The world needs infrastructure, and the world needs it soon. It’s not just about replacing aging pieces of infrastructure like bridges and roads – it’s also about developing modern infrastructure that enables …
by John Ward One of the fundamental reasons why Bullishness about the global business and markets outlook is so widely believed around the World is the assurances we get on a daily basis that first, there are green shoots appearing; and …
by jessefelder The majority of the research I do is company specific. But over the past few years I’ve been much more concerned with the macro risks to my micro strategy. Extreme valuations, matched by euphoric sentiment and technical warning signs, …
Rich Dad Radio Show, Released on 2/14/18 We are entering unprecedented economic times. Stocks are at all-time highs, but markets are jumpy. Interest rates are rising, which may impact bonds in ways he haven’t seen for a generation. Find out …