Oil Outputs Cut! Energy Prices Explode!

by Chris Black When Putin met with Xi last month in Moscow, they did a toast “to Biden, for bringing us together.”  This appears to be applying to every country outside of the direct control of the United States. Russia …

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Case-Shiller January Home Prices Slow To 3.79% YoY As Fed Retreats (All 20 Metro Areas Decline MoM With Seattle And Las Vegas Declining The Fastest)

by confoundedinterest17 The Federal Reserve is in retreat and housing prices reflect the retreat. Case-Shiller’s national home price index slowed to 3.79% YoY in January as The Fed slows its money printing. All 20 cities were down MoM in January with Seatlle declining …

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Gold prices could notch an all-time high soon — and stay there:Gold’s all-time high was $2,075 in August 2020, according to Refinitiv data.Tina Tenge from financial services company CMC Markets,xpects gold will trade between $2,500 to $2,600 an ounce.

Gold prices have more room to rise and could go as high as $2,600 per ounce. Investors have been turning to gold and Treasurys after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse’s struggles. Gold’s all-time high was $2,075 …

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Where next for house prices?

by Shaun Richards The ebb and flow of economic events gives us the opportunity to update ourselves on the central bankers favourite topic. We will probably never know how much fears about house price falls influenced the way they dithered, …

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Fed Economist: Home Prices Could Plunge 20%

via Fox Business U.S. home prices could tumble as much as 20% as the highest mortgage rates in two decades threaten to trigger a “deep global housing slide,” according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The global housing market has become increasingly …

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“Many clients are generally bearish on stocks at current prices given the earnings risk, but they are unwilling to sell into the strength for fear of missing out on a further rally” –MS

"Many clients are generally bearish on stocks at current prices given the earnings risk, but they are unwilling to sell into the strength for fear of missing out on a further rally" –MS pic.twitter.com/7FVxfVYz9N — Gunjan Banerji (@GunjanJS) February 13, …

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Home Builders reporting 40% CRASH in Sales. Yet their stock prices are increasing. Near all-time highs. Might be the biggest Stock Bubble out there right now.

1) Homebuyer Demand for Builders (measured by Buyer Traffic) is hovering near the lowest levels EVER right now. Comparable to 2007-12 Housing Crash. And April 2020 when lockdowns meant no one could tour building sites. pic.twitter.com/HJzx91Akzx — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) …

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Gas Prices Set To Soar As Crack Spread Jumps On Tightening Fuel Supplies (Gasoline Prices UP 45% Under Biden, Diesel Prices UP 77%, Strategic Petroleum Reserve DOWN -47%)

by confoundedinterest17 U.S. oil refining margins, also known as the 3-2-1 crack spread, jumped to a three-month high on Tuesday — and that’s an indication the country faces an ongoing product shortage that might lead to higher gasoline and diesel …

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