by confoundedinterest17 (Bloomberg) — Last week was notable for the tsunami of agency mortgage bonds offered to the Federal Reserve during its routine purchase operations on Friday. The central bank’s quantitative easing schedule called for it to buy $2.9 billion of 30-year uniform mortgage bonds Friday, …
Short-seller Jim Chanos warned that retail investors late in the game could be left holding the bag as more red flags emerged in a speculative stock market. “The problem with getting more people, retail, involved is that it always seems …
by: Clint Siegner The precious metals futures markets launched shortly after Richard Nixon closed the gold window and removed the last vestige of gold backing from the Federal Reserve Note. Officials introduced paper gold and silver contracts specifically to increase …
by Mike Gleason Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. The summer doldrums in precious metals markets have tested the patience of bulls. The silver market has been hit especially …
by Tom McClellan A big selloff on Monday, July 19, 2021 brought a big sentiment reality check for a lot of investors who were glad to part company with their stocks on a day that saw the DJIA fall by 726 …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Two months. That’s how long the pandemic-triggered recession lasted, from February to April 2020, making it the shortest economic downturn in U.S. history, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER) Business …
BY JOHN RUBINO Short-term interest rates are now as negative as they were in the inflationary 1970s. But that’s where the similarity ends. As the above chart shows, 1970s indebtedness was relatively modest as a percentage of GDP, which gave that …
by Lance Roberts Knowledge vs. experience. When it comes to investing, such is what separates long-term success from failure. Amid a “market mania,” retail investors believe they have “knowledge” as every investment they make seems to be successful. As the bubble inflates, continued success breeds …
by Doug French via Mises An insider confided to a friend that all he is doing right now is transaction work for real estate holders who are selling now before the market crashes. His clients, members of Sin City’s illuminati, once bitten by …
Do you feel the fear of missing out? This is evident in stocks and real estate today. Real estate continues to increase in price right now as we see low interest rates keep this going. There is upward pressure on …
by The Phoenix Yesterday I outlined how the Fed is extremely late to curb inflation. As a brief recap, it only took CPI clearing 5%, multiple signals that inflation is running hot, housing entering a bubble, stocks roaring to new all-time highs, …
by The Phoenix So the Fed finally moved… but what precisely did it do? After a full year of the most extreme monetary policy in history, including… Over 12 months of ZERO interest rate policy despite the economy growing. Over $3 …
The smart money thinks it’s only a matter of time — weeks, maybe days — before the meme-stock craze finally evaporates. But if history is any guide, this mania hasn’t quite run its course. For proof, look no further than …
Ronnie Stoeferle interviewed by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Interview with Ronald-Peter Stöferle: Part I of II I’ve long been an avid and enthusiastic reader of the “In Gold We Trust” report (“IGWT”), as I believe countless other gold investors are, and I’ve always found great value in …
by confoundedinterest17 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors in their challenge to the government’s collection of more than $100 billion in profits from the government-sponsored enterprises. The justices threw out a core …
https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-market-hawkish-fed-51624052659 The Federal Open Market Committee’s latest policy communications raised more questions than answers. Perhaps the biggest one: Can the Fed ever really raise interest rates? At face value, and with a big dose of relativity, this past week’s …
Inflation has been surging in the prices people pay for things whether that’s housing prices, real estate, stocks, lumber, copper, food prices, car prices. Value stocks have seen more inflows and tech stocks and other growth stocks are also performing …
Zach Griffiths, Wells Fargo Senior Macro Strategist, joins Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Kristin Myers to discuss the markets reaction amid FOMC news and the Fed’s decisions on asset purchases.
Some Wall Street traders are betting against another massive rally in AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) and other “meme” stocks this week through a type of wager in the options market that would limit their losses should retail investors behind the run-up …
The Korelin Economics Report, Released on 6/2/21 Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold joins me for a look at how gold has performed compared to gold stocks, bonds and the US markets. There are some very encouraging signs for …
by jessefelder Back in October I suggested investors had probably gotten too bearish on the banks. Since then these boring, old, nocoiner institutions have dramatically outperformed the broader stock market. Hell, Wells Fargo has more than doubled in price over just the past seven months. But, …
Institutional investors are dumping bitcoin in favor of gold, reversing a recent trend that’s played out over the last two quarters, according to a new report from JPMorgan. Based on open interest in CME bitcoin futures contracts, the firm said …
by Daniel Lacalle via Mises The Federal Reserve and European Central Bank repeat that the recent inflationary spike is “transitory.” The problem is that investors do not buy it. Inflation is always a monetary phenomenon, and this time is not different. What central banks call transitory effects, and …
YouTube/PeterSchiff, Released on 5/18/21 Dollar falls towards new lows. Inflation fears become more widespread. Wall Street beginning to realize there’s no political solution to inflation.Bitcoin following risk stocks lower, as inflation hedges like gold and silver rise. Fearing 2% inflation, …
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are estimated to have lost $930 million on their short positions in meme stocks GameStop and AMC Entertainment over the last five trading days, data from financial analytics firm Ortex showed on Tuesday. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gamestop-amc-short-sellers-sit-110554197.html
By Chris Black As I already told you in numerous articles, Elon Musk is just a hack, and Bitcoin/Dogecoin and whatever cool crypto currency you’re “invested” in is just a play by the NWO to make people comfortable with digital …
Yesterday’s news that the DoJ and IRS are digging into Binance amid whispers about allegations of tax fraud, manipulation and AML violations was just the latest indication from the government that it is taking enforcement of securities taxes tied to …
via mishtalk John Hussman has an interesting take on “Quantitative Easing!” vs “Quantitative Easing” in his latest monthly missive Counting the Chickens Twice After decades of successfully navigating complete market cycles, my greatest investment mistake (particularly between 2012 and 2017) was to …
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/uber-investors-finally-see-the-costs-of-treating-drivers-as-employees-and-the-stock-is-falling-11620265604 Uber Technologies Inc. has spent and fought to keep its drivers from becoming classified as employees instead of contractors, and investors finally got a glimpse of the financial reasons on Wednesday. Uber UBER, -3.42% broke out $600 million from …
