via visualcapitalist: The current bull market in stocks is closing in on an astounding 10 years in length, making it the longest bull market run in all of modern history. Largest Bull Markets Rank Bull Market Length #1 09’-18’ (Current) 115 …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Stock-market bubbles don’t end well for those who don’t get out in time. US tariffs and threats of more tariffs have not been particularly well received in China, which is already being rattled by corporate credit …
By Jen Skerritt and Craig Giammona at Bloomberg: Aurora Cannabis Inc. led pot stocks higher after Coca-Cola Co. said it’s eyeing the cannabis drinks market, becoming the latest beverage company to tap into surging demand for marijuana products as traditional sales …
The longest bull market in history we are experiencing right now may be unprecedented, but to Robert Shiller, the moment of “irrational exuberance” is coming back. The renowned Yale economist used the title of his 2000 bestselling book to describe …
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning The Federal Reserve will almost certainly raise its benchmark rate in under two weeks — for the eighth occasion since December 2015. For a market dizzied by the helium of low interest rates, rising rates …
by FS We’re currently in the longest bull market in history. Where do we go from here? This time on Financial Sense Newshour’s Big Picture, Jim Puplava discusses the forces that are holding this market up, and what issues might develop …
by bigbear0083 Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week of September 17th – 21st, 2018. WEEK AHEAD: Stocks could buck September trend and hit new highs – (Source) Stocks may aim for new highs, …
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmWxoc9XcAAluHi.jpg By definition, the largest companies by market cap are the most valued by investors in absolute terms. Of course, these companies change all the time. Secular trends rise and fall, and economic cycles rinse …
via confoundedinterest: Central banks including The Federal Reserve have numbed the Treasury market to the extent that it feels like it has been injected with a massive dose of Lidocaine. 10-year Treasury Note volatility (TYVIX) just hit an all-time low. And the …
by Geoffrey Grider “We started with a simple little chip, and now it’s evolved into a whole other business. We’re in development right now of an actual chip that will be powered by the human body … and it will have …
by Dana Lyons An abundance of New 52-Week Highs AND 52-Week Lows has been a warning in the past. Today’s Chart Of The Day looks at a phenomenon that we’ve highlighted in the past on several occasions and which we have …
via Cormac Mullen Warnings from Wall Street are coming thick and fast as U.S. stocks sit near all-time highs. The latest, from Sundial Capital Research Inc., points to a (controversial) group of potentially bearish technical signals known as the Hindenburg Omen. Deteriorating …
by warzog With NAFTA agreement looming and Canada clearly going to have their trade surplus pulled back or face major auto tariffs, where do you guys see the Canadian market and dollar going? Energy industry – Bearish Manufacturing – Bearish Finance …
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning A raging hurricane — Florence — menaces the East Coast. Landfall is expected on Friday. Meantime, a different type of menace drifts into view… One prominent market indicator is presently blaring its loudest warning in …
Gregory Weldon, Released on 9/12/18
via Megan Henney The U.S. economy is beginning to show signs that it’s ready to roll over into the next recession, according to David Stockman, the former budget director for President Ronald Reagan — and if you have money invested in …
from Financial Survival Network Gordon T. Long joined us today. His theory as to why the stock market keeps going up is two fold. On the one hand, stock buybacks continue to proliferate and on the other, the number of publicly traded …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1039811807643426816 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1039809283460882432 Leveraged loans are now being packaged into collateralized loan obligations and sold to investors. Sound familiar? And the CLO market has grown to match the size of the CDO market at its pre-crisis peak. https://t.co/Af7cLVvN8p pic.twitter.com/ZOVLXPu7Je — Jesse …
Leaving aside potential gains, do you think at this moment, the U.S. stock market is overvalued? YES or NO? 2008 was a turning point in financial history. The entire global system was willing to achieve a guaranteed collapse in the …
via GPC Something has changed in the market. The momentum-driven rally that pushed stocks to new all-time highs completely floundered a few weeks ago. What should have been a monster breakout on massive buying power ended up being a feeble push to new highs …
Why aren’t other people breaking down this type of information? Since 2015, the Chinese government has admittedly been buying up shares through subsidiary entities, out in public view. They aren’t denying it but in general, the public is unaware simply …
by KillingTime56 Everyone tells me that the US Stock Market is well over valued and that it is going to crash because we are near record highs. But they forget that we are still recovering from two huge bear markets. …
via canonicalized: Built the visualization in Tableau as a part of the #SWDchallenge Interactive version on Tableau Public Data source: http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/s/DATA-for-Sept18-SWDchallenge.xlsx
by John Rubino This is the last emerging market crisis story for a while, promise. But one angle – exactly how a plunging currency in a far-off place affects supposedly stable markets like the US – is worth exploring because …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1038772764306563075 Markets are just losing the "easy money" froth…. Fed balance sheet shrinks $260bn, market corrects $1.6 trillion. Sounds about right. https://t.co/uSgE3WJwYb — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) September 9, 2018 "Mission Accomplished" -10 yrs later the bubble today makes the prior …
by stockboardasset A series of African Swine Fever outbreaks in China is “here to stay,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday, adding that it could spread to neighboring countries in Asia. The FAO assembled an emergency meeting in Bangkok …
From Birch Gold Group Lakshman Achuthan, a Wall Street veteran at the ECRI (Economic Cycle Research Institute), doesn’t share in the optimism of a strong U.S. market. In fact, he criticized Wall Street last year on “the quality spread between junk bonds and …
by JayFig_The_Trader Will midterm elections sink the stock market? Here’s what history says – https://on.mktw.net/2PsfPxG Here is a summary of my current positioning and trades. Closed Positions Today 9/5/18 Sold XOP Calls September-21st-41 Strike Bought at 1.01 Sold at 1.25 (+23.76% …
via 720 Global Despite the volatility and brief correction earlier this year, the U.S. stock market is back to making record highs in the past couple weeks. To many observers, this market now seems downright bulletproof as it keeps going higher …
