MONEY ANXIETY INDEX – US economy topped out in 2018. The markets will soon realize this.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1095279587406299136 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1095123331089645569 commodities fade, when macro backdrop is deteriorating, it is kind of hard to hold a cheerful narrative pic.twitter.com/a388Rrdmaa — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 12, 2019 Investors with $515 billion surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch aren’t convinced by …

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Forget earnings or macro. This is why markets have rallied.

Since Powell backtracked and the PBOC stepped up liquidity injections, global money supply has roundtripped to March 18 levels. Forget earnings or macro. This is why markets have rallied. pic.twitter.com/ANxj0EcdD1 — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 5, 2019 https://twitter.com/BrentCarlileFX/status/1092754783402905605 global euphoria …

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Markets Cheer a Recession?

by Martin Armstrong The rally in gold and the stock market together is demonstrating that eventually, we will see the alignment as it transforms from Public to Private assets. The most deranged reaction to the Federal Reserve saying they will …

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GLOBAL MARKETS weekly recap

via @MacroTechnicals: wk4 1/n • RiskON continued • hope on FED total pause, PBoC, remain dovish ECB/BoJ • 76%/24% indices breadth • FX 81% vs USD, 71% vs JPY • most of EM bonds rallied • creditspreads tighter • VIX lower …

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Should Retirees Worry About Bear Markets?

by Lance Roberts Mark Hulbert recently wrote a piece suggesting “Retirees Should Not Fear A Bear Market.” To Wit: “Don’t give up hope. I’m referring to what many retirees are most afraid of: Running out of money before they die. An Allianz Life survey …

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Mish Shedlock and Max Keiser discuss where the Fed is leading the markets

via sputniknews: https://video.img.ria.ru/Out/MP3/20190109/2019_01_09_DOUBLEDOWN146080119_nezkf5p0.j3o.mp3 As financial markets begin the year with huge volatile swings and job numbers surprise to the upside, Double Down talks to Mish Shedlock of MishTalk.com about what the Federal Reserve will do now that investors had priced in a rate cut in March: can the Fed …

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Markets Are in a Tizzy. So What Will the Fed Do?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Investors are waking up after years of somnolent money-making.   Markets are in a tizzy. They’re finally reacting to the Fed’s rate-hike cycle, the slowest rate-hike cycle in history. It took three years to nudge up …

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