via WSJ: Pfizer Inc. plans to resume its practice of raising drug prices early next year after bowing to pressure from President Trump over the summer when the company rolled back some increases. Pfizer, among the world’s biggest drugmakers by …
by Lance Robert In Tuesday’s technical update, I discussed the breakdown in the major markets both internationally as well as domestically. Of note, was the massive bear market in China which is currently down nearly 50% from its peak. What is …
NEW YORK (AFP) – After years of low, low prices, fed by near-zero interest rates in a convalescing economy, Americans are waking up to costlier consumer living. Everyday household staples like diapers, toothpaste, shampoo and dishwashing liquid — not to mention …
via zerohedge: In late September, we outlined how Bank of Ameria called it: “The Peak In-Home Sales Has Been Reached; Housing No Longer A Tailwind.” Then in October, we noticed how existing home sales data retreated in September, dropping to the lowest level …
By Bob Shanahan Homes sales in the U.S. dropped 5.5 percent in the month of September, recording the fourth straight monthly decline as the housing market continues to show signs of peaking with mortgage rates on the rise. New …
Do you think that housing prices in these major bubble cities like Seattle will continue to go higher in 2019? Or is this at or near the peak of housing right now? Home prices have fallen in countless cities around …
Those people in Australia and New Zealand, let me know what you’re seeing with real estate right now in 2018. Real estate in Australia has once again fallen further down. This is a definitely trend that has not let up. …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Time for some hefty share buybacks. Apple suppliers are talking and filling in some details on demand for iPhones. And shares of Apple dropped another 4% mid-morning, after having dropped 6.6% on Friday, after it had …
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: U.S. dollar weakness to drive gold and silver prices in 2019, silver is a promising investment in 2019, and …
World renowned geopolitical and market cycle expert Charles Nenner predicts gold prices going up during the coming deflation. Nenner says, “It will take a little time to rally, but our target is $2,500 per ounce. People say how can you …
The global economy is diverse. Mining commodities, financial services, manufacturing, construction, and even building empty cities and bridges to nowhere. But most modern countries today are becoming more and more concentrated in what they do. Globalization has diminished the diversity, …
From Livemint: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says that “fear” has made a comeback and gold is benefiting as stocks slide and investors fret more about the possibility that the US economy may tumble back into recession. Bullion’s recent advance “happened on …
by WARREN MOSLER More housing weakness: Highlights Growth in home prices, as it is for home sales, is almost at a standstill, at least on a monthly basis for Case-Shiller’s 20-city adjusted index which inched only 0.1 percent higher in …
via waterfilterdata.org: Water utility prices are rising at an alarming rate, and by 2022, it’s estimated nearly one-third of American households will be unable to afford their monthly water bill. Since 2010, water prices for a family of four have climbed by nearly …
What do you think is happening with real estate right now in the major cities? Mortgage rates continue to climb putting further pressure on homebuyers. Their salvation is always to be able to rent. However, today in most major U.S. …
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by Daendrew 98% of S&P 500 gains come from just 6 companies. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/amazon-netflix-and-microsoft-hold-most-of-the-markets-gain-in-2018.html When you take that into account, it is even more impressive that SFLNX, the Schwab Fundamental US Large Company Index Fund has held up the way it …
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Silver prices are set for a breakout as the dollar falls, gold buyers return after two-quarter absence, and gold …
by Orangutan The power structure is all askew in this population. We need to vote them all out and keep an eye on them along the way. University Investigates Whether Governor’s Daughter Earned Degree https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/us/22heather.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/24/how-a-senators-daughter-became-ceo-of-the-company-at-the-center-of-the-epipen-controversy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b89ce9c3d61c
by Captain Ewave of CaptainEwave Captain Ewave Elliott Wave Counts For Gold, Silver, & SP500 Email: admin@captainewave.com Website: www.captainewave.com GOLD: Short Term Update: Gold moved sideways to lower in yesterday’s day session and that trend continued in the overnight session. We reached a low of …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9Xh1eeW90 “Supply-demand theorists glance at this graph and declare that the trend toward more U.S. oil production caused oil’s price to fall. But the claim does not bear scrutiny.”
by Adam Taggart ittybiz.com This is a revisitation of a report I wrote back in late 2016, predicting the imminent end of zero-bound interest rates and warning of the downward pressure that rising rates, mathematically, must place on today’s elevated asset …
from Jason Hartman’s Creating Wealth Jason Hartman discusses some key aspects for real estate investors. One of the most important, and most visible, components of investing is interest rates, and there are some absolutely critical things you need to remember about …
Authored by Jan Kot via Mingtiandi.com, Hong Kong’s towering home prices took their first dip in nearly two and a half years Hong Kong’s private home prices marked their first decline in 29 months only days after Hong Kong banks …
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by John Ward Geopolitics, planned supply cuts, bourse directionalising, energy wars and refinement cost manipulation are behind an increase in petrol prices. The investigation below shows why media drivel about ‘regional instability’ and ‘Russian blackmail’ as factors as complete hokum. Once …
Beyond prohibition, it’s an ag business with no barriers to entry. By Nick Kelly, Canada, a WOLF STREET commenter. The stocks of cannabis companies have been on a wild ride, with some observers comparing them to the crypto-craze. Canadian based Tilray (TLRY), …
via Martin Pring Nonfarm payrolls are an economic series that is widely followed by the investment community. However, it’s a coincident indicator, meaning it tells you what is going on now, not what might happen in the future. Markets are forward-looking indicators …
by Michael Snyder The primary reason why stock prices have been soaring in recent months is because corporations have been buying back their own stock at an unprecedented pace. In fact, the pace of stock buybacks is nearly double what it …
by mark000 It’s all so bloody predictable. Via the AFR: Selling agents are starting to reveal the truth behind recent listings in Sydney’s west with Belle Property Strathfield’s Jimmy Kang saying up to 50 per cent of his clients were asking …