Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the imminent danger the US stock market faces following investors pulling $30 billion from US stock funds over the last 10 weeks. Ron Paul recently claimed we could see …
Wall Street Banks Are Sending Warning Signals Five big ideas that made the week interesting, and the stories behind them. 1) We Could Be Close to a Downturn The rally looks like it’s about to peter out, say analysts at banks …
According to the latest readings on Yale’s one-year investor confidence indices (so, percentage of respondents who think stocks will be higher a year from now), both the “smart” money and the “dumb” money are now 100% confident that nothing can go wrong …
by Dana Lyons One survey finds the lowest investor cash position since the stock market top in 2000. We used to post a lot of these scary secular charts pertaining to long-term market related concerns. These charts pointed to conditions that, …
by Dana Lyons One indicator of investor sentiment just recorded its highest reading in history. Sentiment indicators can be useful tools for investors, mainly on a contrarian basis. That is, generally when readings get overly bullish, it may signal a lack …
Hussman posted this chart in his latest blog. https://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc170717.htm Speaking of margin debt, Doug Short recently provided this look at investor credit balances and the equity market. The bars (green when positive, red when negative) show the sum of: cash …
by BILL BONNER DUBLIN – Oil fell below $43 yesterday. Brick-and-mortar retailers are being emptied. The auto industry – including $1.2 trillion in auto debt – is stalling. Meanwhile, restaurants are having trouble filling their tables. Consumers aren’t buying, perhaps because …
By Michael Snyder I keep hearing from people that think that the stock market is going to crash by the end of the year. Hopefully that will not happen, but the ridiculous stock prices that we are seeing right now …
While the modern monetary system has been a standard all over the globe for centuries, some people still prefer investing in gold and silver to use as a rain-day fund instead of filling their savings account. But buying is only …
Theoretical warnings about risks inherent in China’s shadow banking system became all too for 150 customers of China’s largest private bank, when Minsheng Banking Corp found itself involved in a 3 billion yuan (US$436 million) fraud case, after it emerged …
By Michael Snyder Whenever the world starts going crazy, investors instinctively begin flocking to precious metals. So it wasn’t exactly a surprise when gold and silver prices started to move upward aggressively as global leaders continued to talk about the …
Pressure is growing on Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey to step down after it was alleged that up to 48m of its accounts — equal to 15% of its users — were robots not people. Twitter was last week …
by Umar Farooq We are quickly approaching to the Fed’s first double-rate-hike-in-3-months since 2006. Investors are focusing on the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting that will kick off today. The Fed will release a statement, along with new economic …
by Umar Farooq Investors are beginning to wonder if this Energizer Bunny of a rally can just keep going without taking a break or a fall. For the past couple of months, the question has hung in the back …
by Umar Farooq Gold is trading opposite to equities with equities breaking out of their trading range. Gold might have some near-term headwinds as is evident from the recent downward move in Gold prices. However, the dollar could act …
by Viraj Shah Central Banks across the world started investing in equities when yields fell. These way even conservative investors were forced to start investing in equities in order to earn higher returns. Central banks changed their policies to allow …
Back in 1931 when gambling was originally legalised in Nevada the first gold rush to Las Vegas truly began. Gradually investors and developers began to open casinos but it was only after the end of the Second World War when …
The online casino industry has grown year on year over the last decade. Poker has become one of the most popular casino games, due to a mixture of TV / online coverage, high profile tournaments, star players and ease of …
A computer glitch is preventing hundreds of mutual and exchange-traded funds from providing investors with the values of their holdings, complicating trading in some of the most widely held investments. 796 funds were missing their net asset values on Wednesday. …
by LV In the past few days, an avalanche of interest has been triggered by the introduction of Michael Lewis’s new book, Flash Boys, which sheds light on how high frequency algorithmic traders rip-off honest investors and mutual funds 24/7/365 …