We are constantly fighting an uphill battle. The central bankers have designed the system that way and they won’t give it up. They have created an inflationary debt based monetary system and we need to stay on top of everything …
via Wolf Richter The sixth month of the QE-Unwind ended on March 31, which is reflected in the Fed’s balance sheet, released this afternoon, for the week ending April 4. The QE-Unwind appears to be on automatic pilot, clicking along at the pace …
In your opinion, will the Fed persist in increasing interest rates this year if the market continues to see increased volatility? Many investors and analysts are starting to believe that the financial system is looking weak and that a market …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics A subscriber from Canada emailed me last night about the Canadian housing market: “Toronto and Vancouver sales down 40% and 30% YoY respectively. Prices are still up in Vancouver but down 14% in Toronto. I don’t …
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, After rallying on Friday, stocks tanked on Monday, dropping over 450 points. In fact, it was the worst first day of the second quarter since the Great Depression. Stocks dove Wednesday as well on the heels …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the dramatic fall of the stock market as euphoria bubbles the markets at an epic scale. The stock market is currently having its worst second quarter since 1929, soon …
by John Rubino Real estate tends to ride an emotional rollercoaster, as anyone who made it through the 2000s can attest. But in some ways the current market is even stranger than those of past cycles. Consider: Home buying market …
by FS Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here. “Many retirees and pre-retirees worry about market losses derailing their retirement yet pursue aggressive investment strategies,” notes a recent comprehensive survey by MassMutual. Financial Sense Newshour’s …
by Simon Black The most powerful banker in the world, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, just released his annual letter to shareholders. Behind Warren Buffett’s annual missive, Dimon’s letter is probably the most read and deliberated executive report out there. For one, …
via Jill Mislinski Here is a summary of the four market valuation indicators we update on a monthly basis. The Crestmont Research P/E Ratio (more) The cyclical P/E ratio using the trailing 10-year earnings as the divisor (more) The Q Ratio, …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Condo price volatility causes whiplash. But the single-family house price surge is just crazy. Get this: The median price of a single family house in San Francisco in March soared by 25% year-over-year, or by $337,500, …
by Doug Kass “The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you’ll be.” – Ray Dalio Investment vision (and wisdom) is always 20/20 when seen in the rear view mirror. Resultingly. it’s easy to explain Monday’s market drop and …
by stockboardasset Market Cap to GDP is a long-term valuation indicator that has become popular in recent years, thanks to Warren Buffett. Back in 2001, he remarked in a Fortune Magazine interview that “it is probably the best single measure of where …
by Kimble Charting The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked at 26,616 on January 26th. Those highs set the stage for the stock market correction that investors are facing right now. How and Why? We’ve been warning since early this year that stocks were getting ahead of …
Do subprime loans continuously increasing give you cause for concern? Or is this time different? Watch out for the subprime disaster waiting to happen. You would think that banks learned their lesson last time around. Of course not! They have …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It’ll take many more sell-offs and the collapse of many more iffy stocks before this hyper-enthusiasm, after nine years of central bank nurturing, is finally wrung out of the market. Shares of “blockchain” company LongFin (LFIN) …
by SpontaneousDisorder Short term (initial economic crisis) The US stock market has started its largest bear market ever lasting 2-5 years. A bull market in all interest rates will start (after perhaps an initial flight to quality) A debt crisis much …
BY SRSROCCO As the BLOOD continues to run on Wall Street, gold and silver were the few assets trading in the green today. As I have mentioned in past articles and interviews, investors need to get used to this sort of …
by Illadelphmilk This is my take on the state of the US stock market. This is my theory and prediction as to why it’s happening and how it will shake out in the coming months/years. Enjoy! Yes, the economy is …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent news of Federal government “market debt” in Canada reaching 1 trillion dollars. Now, as John explains, this isn’t just “market debt” this is debt owed and debt …
Investing in stocks can be tricky. Except if you invested into tech stocks in our current bull market. You didn’t need to study the business. You didn’t need to address whether the valuations were appropriate. All you needed to do …
by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Since the lows in 2009 the S&P has gained around 250%. During the same time frame, Semiconductors (SMH) has gained nearly 520%. The chart above looks at SMH since inception and highlights bearish reversal patterns (Bearish …
by jessefelder I have been calculating DeMark Sequential signals by hand for over a decade now. It’s one tool in my technical toolbox that I have found to be very helpful in identifying major trend changes. Last year I noticed we …
by Graham Summers of Gains Pains & Capital Sentiment is a strange thing. Investors are human beings. And human beings are irrational, particularly when it comes to money related issues. The notion that the market, as a collection of irrational people, is somehow …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: There is an exception to a previous post, which explained that a stock market crash would have only minor economic effects on America. Just as an oil crash hurts oil producing regions (e.g., Texas), a stock market crash …
Image by iStock.com/simonkr From Elena Popina and Kamaron Leach at Bloomberg: Move over, Facebook. U.S. investors have a new punching bag among the FAANGs: Amazon.com, Inc. Facebook Inc. gave up the top loser spot to Amazon.com, which lost $53 billion in market value on Wednesday …
China Is About to Shake Up the Oil Futures Market Yuan-denominated contract begins trading in Shanghai Monday Domestic futures start 25 years after idea was first mooted It’s taken a quarter of a century, but China finally has its …
100% of the time, it ends badly. The Fed existed in 2008. The Fed existed in 2000. The Fed existed in every previous crash I discussed in this video. Yet, it still happened. Why? Did they not have control? Or …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/977569376256823296 GREAT DEPRESSION 2.0 ?Is a perfect storm coming? A picture says more than a thousand words. History never repeats itself, but always rhymes. Scientifically substantiated: https://t.co/WeCRG5czX7 pic.twitter.com/eSnyp6R50Z — Wim Grommen (@wimgrommen) March 24, 2018 EU & US Banks cannot …
