Terrible China data overnight — however, anyone follow SKEG Collapse? pic.twitter.com/3k1eTwU5kh — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 14, 2018 Brazil and Turkey Bonds continue falling, as emerging markets face the sudden stop pic.twitter.com/TyZkvix1At — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) June 14, 2018 Bitcoin and …
Which domino will fall first? Will it be the U.S? An EU country? China? Somewhere in South America? When you look at the statistics, you will see massive debt, countless example of central bank desperation, ultra low interest rates, and …
by Jesse “This means that the Government is following through on Treasury Secretary James A. Baker 3d’s comments on Thursday implying that the United States might let the dollar fall in reaction to higher interest rates in West Germany. Mr. …
via Phoenix The Fed’s plan of withdrawing $1 trillion in liquidity this year via QT has slammed into a BRIC wall. Year to date, the Fed has shrunken its balance sheet by $116 billion. This sounds like a lot of money …
The Biggest Risk To Markets? The Eurozone and Emerging Economies. Watch The Biggest Risk To Markets? The Eurozone and Emerging Economies. Watch@TressisSV pic.twitter.com/iPEt9a74sV — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) June 11, 2018 The Citi Eurozone Eco Surprise Index is about the lowest …
"Emerging Markets in May Saw Biggest Outflows in 18 Months," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/mZYpqZZZA8 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 9, 2018 do not be shocked, but mainstream fin media is not telling you that .@NewYorkFed is causing the next emerging market crisis… …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The “waterbed effect” of money flows. Top residential real estate brokerages in the US have been promoting US homes to investors in China for years. Brokerage firms in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries have …
BY JARED DILLIAN Everyone knows that Toys “R” Us went bankrupt. Very sad. And largely preventable. But that’s not the story I’m interested in. I don’t care that Toys “R” Us went bankrupt—I care how they went bankrupt. One day the bonds were …
Do you believe the Fed is going to be able to continue to reduce the balance sheet for the next few years? It’s quite refreshing to open the news and see central bankers finally acknowledge what you’ve been saying for …
by Thinker Lynette Zang Interviews Gerald Celente on why he does this work, and how you can protect your future wealth right now. They discuss everything from the US economy, stock markets, central banks, bitcoin, governments, global currencies, gold and …
Do you believe that markets are all out of whack because of central bank intervention? Look at any particular asset class or market around the world. You would think everything was calm and peaceful. You would think that there weren’t …
by John Ward It does exactly what it says on the tin. “Funny I fort, I fort funny”. From our fake news correspondent Joe Blob ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ The invasion of the Earth by giant Tampax-wielding scorpions from the Alpha Centauri star …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaxvpGd1Tgk As far as we know at EWI, bear markets have not been banned. And, unless history stops repeating itself, another one is inevitable. Yet, even after a nine-year upturn, some market observers continue to anticipate only temporary dips.
Crush The Street, Released on 5/28/18 TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW: 00:30 Dead cat bounce for the US Dollar? 07:45 “The FED is creating a financial Frankenstein!” 11:25 Global shift in purchasing power 15:00 Cryptocurrency hype aftermath 24:00 Precious Metals still …
via BI Financial markets are providing clear clues about where we are in the cycle, according to Michael Hartnett, the chief investment strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. For example, commodities are having a strong year and are the …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent bond bloodbath in Italy as we see a chain reaction throughout Europe and the United States. Italian 2 year yields spiked most since October 2014 and Italian …
via Credit Bubble Bulletin: The dissonance between the reality of emerging market financial forest fires breaking out all over the world and the US investor’s overwhelming confidence is staggering. This is how a global crisis starts. The weakest fault lines …
Here’s One Reason to Worry About Emerging Markets A lot has changed since the late 1990s, when a period of credit-fueled growth ended in a wave of defaults and devaluations that swept from Asia through Russia and all the way …
by John Coumarianos The most recent quarterly letter from Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo (GMO) contains an interesting argument about bonds. Over the past five years, bonds have provided great performance, but also more diversification from stocks than they have since the Great …
Do you see the NARROWING BAND I am referring to? Slowly we see less and less options which are actually producing a return. That’s smells like trouble. What’s your opinion? The global economic collapse is underway. There’s no reason to …
via Mauldin Economics: Market makers are banks that are active in trading markets like stocks and bonds, providing everyday trading liquidity. Combine a drastically curtailed market making function in the wake of Dodd Frank with fund bidders who have no …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Prices boil over in some cities and hot air hisses out of others. So how is the luxury housing market doing in the top cities around the world, as they’re facing “significant risks ahead in the …
via Daniel Lacalle: As global fiat flareups continue to intensify, worries are growing that we’re about to hear a ‘whoosh’ of capital fleeing emerging markets. If these riskiest outposts of yield-chasing fall prey to a mass exodus of capital back to …
by chak2005 Money market funds are reasonably expected to protect the value of nominal principal. They are not FDIC insured and can loose money. However, scenarios in which they loose money would probably be major scandals – of the kind that …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opl-epMVQyk Forbes reports, Bitcoin and other coins are more than a new reality, a new market trend. They are new currencies and methods of payment.
by Phil $134 BILLION! That’s what Jeff Bezos is worth this morning as Amazon (AMZN) crushed earnings last night with $51Bn in sales for Q1, up 43% ($16Bn) from Q1 last year. And Q1 is usually AMZN’s slowest quarter so we’re taking about possibly a …
by Martin Armstrong The Singapore WEC is being held as we now approach the timing for the markets to make their decision. This WEC will be focused on Asia, including Japan, China, Hong Kong Peg, Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and …
A small but growing number of countries are stepping up efforts to wean themselves off the dollar, aiming to chip away at the U.S. currency’s decadeslong dominance. Iran last week became the latest when it pledged to replace the dollar …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Bitcoin and its cousins are the latest symptom of the cancerous growth of our financial system. Once useful markets have become casinos. Now we are literally burning resources to create nothing of value to society. But we …
