via @OccupyWisdom : 1/ The majority of “professionals” have not operated in increasing an #interestrate environment 2/ Many “professionals” are just #algos programmed only for the last 30 years of data; all during declining interest rates and “modest” #inflation 3/ Many …
by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen emerging market currencies crash like this in over a decade, and analysts are warning that if this continues we could witness a devastating global debt crisis. Over the past decade, there has been an …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The inflection point was in June. This is how inflection points show up at the subcutaneous level in all housing markets. The first obvious sign that something was up, that something wasn’t going the right way, …
by Michael Snyder So many top professionals in the financial industry are sounding the alarm about a coming stock market crash right now. And there certainly have been rumblings in 2018 – not too long ago we had a three day …
by FS Source: Vermilion Research In a recent podcast, Stocks in a 1994-Style Congestive Phase, Dave Nicoski of Vermilion Research said there are a number of striking parallels between our market today and 1994, just prior to a major breakout and the …
Once the market finishes off Turkey, they'll move on to the next countries. Note that the BIS recently flagged Australia, Canada, Norway, Japan and South Africa in its early banking crisis indicator review. You never know. — SolidusMax (@SolidusMax) August …
by Nomi Prins via Daily Reckoning In the Fed’s July report to Congress, Jerome Powell unleashed what was likely the most important statement to the Trump administration. Powell said that interest rate hikes, which had been forecast to include two more hikes this …
Stocks are moving out of step with each other the most they have since just before the end of the tech bubble, and the significant lack of correlation is possibly due to Fed rate hiking, trade wars or the aging …
by Tom McClellan We all know about the factor of seasonality, and especially about how it is distilled into the bit of TV news wisdom, “Sell In May and go away”. That phrase has been around for decades, originally supposedly referring …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter As “affordability challenges” hit new vehicles, consumers switch to used, prices spike to record, inflation psychology sets in. For a brain-twisting phenomenon, amuse yourself for a moment with the Consumer Price Index for used cars and …
via @DowdEdward: The stock market is in the process of topping. The Growth Factor vs the Value factor is flipping. There is not enough market cap in value to to offset this rotation and keep the indices up. It started a …
China‘s YuanArgentine pesoTurkish LiraIran Rial ….and now Ruble The pain in emerging market currencies pic.twitter.com/GRQFM6v3xk — Russian Market (@runews) August 8, 2018 Emerging Markets: "The spreads of corporate bonds with the worst credit ratings in particular have hardly ever been …
The Forex market continues to be the hottest story Trump warns that those who do business with Iran will not do business with the US – pay attention to the Indian rupeeAn impressive pattern of cup and handle in recent …
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the latest news involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: A massive comeback in gold could be right around the corner, the stock market is on its way to the …
by Avi Gilburt of Elliott Wave Trader Last week, I wrote an article about how I view the potential effects of an economic collapse on American society. Unfortunately, many of our readers took it as an opportunity to post their perspectives on Trump …
by Brian Maher via Daily Reckoning The calendar has rolled to August… The “dog star” Sirius is prominent in the predawn sky. And the canine days of summer are upon us. In The Iliad, Homer depicts the rise of Sirius as an …
by Dana Lyons These are the most impactful trendlines to monitor among the major asset classes. Every week on Twitter (in a feature we creatively call #TrendlineWednesday), we post some of the more intriguing and relevant trendlines that are in play …
via marketwatch: So far this year, the 30-year-fixed has averaged 4.43% Rates for home loans surged along with the broader fixed-income market, pressuring mortgage affordability again even as housing market growth falters. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.60% in the August …
From Birch Gold Group Following the “rising tide lifts all boats” line of thinking, “FAANG” companies (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) have propped up the stock market for the last decade. However, this period of “rising tides” looks to be coming …
by stockboardasset Last Friday’s report on US economic growth drove President Donald Trump to Twitter for yet, another victory lap after it showed gross domestic product grew at a 4.1 percent annual rate — the quickest in nearly four years. However, …
Aug 2 – FS Insider welcomes real estate expert Rick Sharga for an update on the US housing market. Rick discusses the recent double-digit decline in Southern California home sales, whether this is a leading indicator for…
h/t @SoberLook $AAPL propping up the market pic.twitter.com/Z5H3ZjtNN3 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 2, 2018
anyone remember the last time #USDCNH erupted & stock market tanked? pic.twitter.com/5msUdSkn58 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 2, 2018 CHINA PANIC: "Chinese stocks are extending losses.#Shanghai Composite -2.5% #Shenzhen Component -3.1% to the lowest since Nov'14.#Chinext -2.5% to NEW LOW in …
by Chris Tesla is up more than 9% yesterday on the news yesterday after the market close that TSLA loses more money by selling more cars. They are literally making it down on volume, so to speak. You just cannot …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH32XLiPkTk The whole u.s. economy is an illusion and been falling into the abyss since 2008/2009 DH
by Michael Snyder Warren Buffett’s favorite indicator is telling us that stocks are more overvalued right now than they have ever been before in American history. That doesn’t mean that a stock market crash is imminent. In fact, this indicator …
via G, P, & C Is the Bank of Japan Finally Losing Control? While we like to focus on the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) because it controls the global reserve currency (the US dollar) and therefore is the most …
via Sue Chang John Hussman, president of Hussman Investment Trust, describes himself as an economist, a philanthropist, and a “realist optimist often viewed as a prophet of doom” on his Twitter profile. That last bit may be the one investors care …
h/t @michaellebowitz The market is all air. Not a fundamental in sight h/t @OccupyWisdom The #economic “expansion” feels like a #depression because a depression is sub trend #GDP growth for a sustained period of time. The expansion has been below trend …
by Michael Snyder Is the United States heading for another absolutely devastating housing crash? It has been 10 years since the last one, and so many of the exact same signs that immediately preceded the last one are starting to appear …