Factory orders, Fed comments, Lumber prices
by WARREN MOSLER US Factory Orders Fall the Most in 6 Months New orders for US manufactured goods fell 0.8% in April, the most since October last year, due to lower … Read more
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Timber Bear – The Decline in Lumber Prices and Stocks to Watch
by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) The price of lumber experienced a steep rise since the depths of the Great Recession and was particularly strong through most of 2017 and … Read more
Auto sales, Lumber, Rail loadings, Global survey, Profits comments, Las Vegas Real Estate, Central Banks buying gold
by WARREN MOSLER This has been know to be associated with the housing cycle: Framing Lumber Prices Down 30% Year-over-year This has taken a dive recently: Global economy enters … Read more
How Lumber Lost Its Mojo as Economic Indicator
by Tom McClellan For years the price of lumber futures has been a pretty good leading indicator for a variety of economic data, especially the series related to the housing market. … Read more
“The Outlook For The Global Economy Has Deteriorated”: Oil, Copper And Lumber Are All Telling Us The Next Economic Downturn Is Here
by Michael Snyder Oil, copper and lumber are all telling us the exact same thing, and it isn’t good news for the global economy. When economic activity is booming, demand … Read more
Recent Weak Lumber Prices Are Not A Good Sign For Housing Stocks
via Martin Pring Nonfarm payrolls are an economic series that is widely followed by the investment community. However, it’s a coincident indicator, meaning it tells you what is going on now, not … Read more
A Fresh Look at Lumber and Housing Stocks
by Tom McClellan For a few years now, I have been employing lumber prices as a leading indicator for what the homebuilding sector of the stock market would do, and it … Read more
RECORD HIGH LUMBER PRICE: Another Warning That The Market Is In A Bubble
BY SRSROCCO As the price of lumber reaches an all-time record high, investors better take this as another warning that the market is in a massive bubble. However, a large … Read more