Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But the crash-insurance policy is a one-time deal. And then what? The 85% of S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings so far disclosed they’d bought back $158 billion of their own shares in Q1, according …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Fortunately for Bulls, none of this matters. A relatively reliable measure of complacency/euphoria in the stock market just hit levels last seen in late January, just before stocks reversed in a massive meltdown, surprising all the complacent/euphoric Bulls. …
Jason Burack did a short video talking about how oil’s strong price rally continues. How long will it last? What could potentially crash the oil price? The oil price has rallied strongly since the summer of 2017. Where’s the Oil …
BY JOHN MAULDIN People often ask what I do on my travels and what it’s like to sit in dinners with serious market thinkers. So, let me tell you about my recent meetings with… Art Cashin of UBS and CNBC fame, …
Please join Jay Taylor and David Stockman. In this Interview David explains why the current market bubbles are approaching an implosion.
Guest post by joeyaa for example. The other big cost, which historically is extremely high, is the implied interest rate it takes to leverage. I’ll talk about slippage cost first though. The slippage cost is magnified or actually inverted depending on …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics I strongly believe that labeling the condition of the stock market based on arbitrary “percentage changes” up or down is absurd. But then again most attributes of the current stock market are sublimely ridiculous, if not …
via BBG Its gains for the year, the voices saying it may be the start of a deeper selloff are growing louder. “Risk factors such as the Iran deal have emerged on top of an already weak environment for emerging …
Bill Holter interviewed on Portfolio Wealth Group Bill pulls no punches in this must listen, hard hitting interview. Bill is estimating a drop in the stock market of 40% to 50%, but as Bill puts it, if we’re talking about the drop …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter They’re hot, price inflation is building up. Wholesale used vehicle prices jumped 6.3% in April from a year ago, according to the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index. At 132.5, the index is at the highest level …
via Michael Selby-Green JPMorgan CEO says investors should prepare for the possibility of 4% yields and increased market volatility. US borrowing could jump to $400 billion per quarter which is “a lot,” he warned. But he added that: “At the moment …
via Zero Hedge The past month has seen a flurry of dramatic correlation shifts and changes across key US and global assets – traditionally an indication that a major market transition is upon us – with the most notable move …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Thanks for the update. So it looks like the Vertical Market in the Dow will extend into the end of this cycle 2032 as you warned it could do. Correct? EK ANSWER: It appears to be shaping up …
Will the next crash be worse than the last one? Prins says, “Yes, it will because we will be falling from a higher height. The idea here is you are sinking on the Titanic as opposed to sinking on a …
by John Rubino The past few months have seen some unusual, maybe even unique, developments in the gold and silver futures markets, with gold becoming extremely bearish and silver almost ridiculously bullish. Neither imbalance has amounted to much in terms …
By Harry Dent What’s the difference between a bull stock market crash like 1987 or 2000 to 2002 or 2008 to 2009 and a bear-market bubble crash? After the latter, stocks and most financial assets don’t get back to their previous highs …
by Daniel Carter In February, stocks took the most dramatic tumble in years after surging to unprecedented heights. The bull market continues to age. It has been almost ten years since the start of the current bull market, which is the …
Investors use margin WAY TOO AGGRESSIVELY. It’s a big mistake. They will pay the price. On the other hand with real estate, you see people all the time putting their 20% down, essentially using leverage to buy the home. As …
Amid a blossoming backlash against mass tourism. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Spain’s eighth largest city by population, Palma, made history this week by becoming the first Spanish city to impose a blanket ban on all …
David Morgan of The Morgan Report interviewed by Silver Doctors Gold and silver are still in consolidation. However, the gold/silver ratio is coming down. And both metals continue to make higher lows. Morgan expects a move to the upside. Is silver in a …
via the Felder Report It seems everyone is talking about the yield curve right now. It also seems most economists and investors are quick to dismiss what would typically signal a clear economic warning as nothing worth worrying about. But …
by visualcapitalist The idea of using modern tech to transform the multi-trillion dollar healthcare industry has been around for a long time. In 1996, legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jim Clark launched his third startup, Healtheon, which was focused on what he …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Wow, that was fast and huge. After announcing this morning that an investor call was scheduled to try sell a “drive-by” issue of $1.5 billion in 10.5-year bonds that S&P rates four notches into junk (B+) …
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders We are constantly amazed that our Advanced Dynamic Learning (ADL) price modeling system has been incredibly accurate over the past 7+ months. Our researchers, at www.TheTechnicalTraders.com, called the early 2018 rally weeks in advance. We called …
Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog, René Magritte La trahison des images 1929 “[Price discovery] is the process of determining the price of an asset in the marketplace through the interactions of buyers and sellers”, says Wikipedia. Perhaps …
by Lance Roberts At the end of February, I discussed the impact of the tax cut and reform legislation as it related to corporate profits. “In October of 2017, the estimates for REPORTED earnings for Q4, 2017 and Q1, 2018 were $116.50 …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter That would be a first, but it might be happening. Everything in slow motion, even market declines? There is nothing like a good shot of leverage to fire up the stock market. How much leverage …
by Phil The Futures are up, of course. The Futures are always up on Monday morning as it’s a low-volume event and “THEY” can start the week off on a good note. Since lat night, at 6pm, the Dow was …
by jchang23 It can but its tricky. I will give you one example. Say company XYZ is due to announce earnings in a few days. Suddenly, you see a significant rise in call (or put) options that expire in a week. …
