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The Fed Reverse Repo Program rising ominously again even though it’s not quarter-end or even month-end. Excess cash with nowhere else to go. Liquidity in equities continues to evaporate. The speculative garbage has been silently massacred & now broader indices slip

January 21, 2022 6:31 pm

The #Fed #ReverseRepo Program rising ominously again even though it's not quarter-end or even month-end. Excess cash with nowhere else to go. #RRP 📈https://t.co/El00PpRoYr pic.twitter.com/Q2CthffJ0Z — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) January 21, 2022 👀https://t.co/kL4avYwc5B — Menthor Q (@MenthorQpro) January 21, 2022 …

California Governor Gavin Newsom to REFUND the Police With Over a Quarter of a BILLION Dollars to Battle Retail Crime Smash and Grabs

December 21, 2021 10:19 pm

View post on imgur.com Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a new plan to fight and prevent crime in California as the state faces a spike in organized smash-and-grab thefts this holiday season. Called the “Real Public Safety Plan,” the new legislation …

IRS announces interest rates will remain the same for the first quarter of 2022

November 25, 2021 10:23 pm

The Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 2022. The rates are: • Three (3) percent for individual overpayments (refunds) • Three (3) percent for individual underpayments (balance due) …

Most Twitter users are ‘talking to themselves’: Only 25% of Americans use the platform and a quarter of users account for 97% of all tweets

November 23, 2021 9:41 am

Pew study published Monday finds only a quarter of American adults use Twitter Of those on the platform, the most active 25% produce 97% of all tweets Still, highly active tweeters receive little engagement from the rest of Twitter The …

Investors Bought a Record 18% of the U.S. Homes That Sold in the Third Quarter

November 16, 2021 5:29 pm

Source. Investors purchased a record $64 billion worth of homes as growing housing and rental prices boosted prospects for returns. Single-family homes made up nearly three-quarters of investor purchases—an all-time high. Low-priced properties represented 36% of investor purchases, the smallest …

Have we ever seen the Nikkei make a fake out new high that burned gamblers in the 4th quarter?

October 25, 2021 11:58 am

Have we ever seen the Nikkei make a fake out new high that burned gamblers in the 4th quarter? Yes. So far, Chinese stocks, Oil, Tech stocks, Skew, Breadth, Nat Gas, Stock/Bond ratio, GDP, and the Nikkei are all warning …

Supernatural! US Unfunded Liabilities 5.46x National Debt Outstanding (But Treasury Has A New Quarter!)

October 11, 2021 8:12 pm

by confoundedinterest17 As Congress debates their $3.5 trillion spend-a-thon and their human infrastructure bills, we need to bear in mind that while US Treasury debt is at $28.863 trillion (and growing really fast), the US has promised $157.738 TRILLION in unfunded benefits …

Stagflation Light Might Strike as Early as the Third Quarter This Year

October 7, 2021 7:28 pm

via Mish Talk: What is Stagflation? Stagflation is recession coupled with inflation. Great Depression era economist John Maynard Keynes thought the combination of recession and inflation was impossible. That should have ended Keynesian nonsense right then and there. Unfortunately, it …

Fast Food Wages Skyrocketed 10% Last Quarter

August 24, 2021 4:25 pm

Wages for hourly limited-service restaurant workers climbed 10% in the second quarter compared with a year ago, according to a new report from industry tracker Black Box Intelligence and Snagajob. Restaurants have turned to raising wages in response to difficulties …

Fewer Than a Quarter of Voters Trust the Media’s Reporting on Crime… Media Silent Again In Latest Hunter Biden Racism Reveal… Media Back China Over U.S…. Australian Media Mocks CNN…

June 18, 2021 2:35 pmJune 17, 2021 10:58 am

Poll: Less than a Quarter of Voters Trust Media’s Reporting on Crime Less than a quarter of voters trust the media to accurately report on crime, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday found. Rasmussen Reports conducted the survey June 8-9, 2021, among …

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign rakes in over $3.2M in first quarter as a freshman congresswoman – 5 times more than AOC

April 8, 2021 10:57 pm

Marjorie Taylor Greene's campaign rakes in over $3.2M in first quarter as a freshman congresswoman – nearly five times more than AOC raised in her first three months in office https://t.co/7UudZmA5kR — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 8, 2021

Hoisington: Quarterly Review and Outlook, First Quarter 2019

April 12, 2019 11:14 am

A quick reversal could reverse the slide in economic growth, but the lags are long. It appears that history is being repeated – too tight for too long, slower growth, lower rates. http://www.hoisingtonmgt.com/pdf/HIM2019Q1NP.pdf AC

Surely no quarter-end padding here!…Global stocks rallying as quarter comes to a close

March 29, 2019 8:29 am

by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Preview Ahead of the Open Global stocks are rallying, surely not because investors are bidding up stocks to pad the performance of their portfolios for the first quarter, but on optimism a trade deal will get done US stocks index …

Samsung warns first-quarter earnings will fall short of expectations (CNBC)

March 26, 2019 2:31 pm

Samsung Electronics said Tuesday morning it expects first quarter earnings to come below market expectations due to weakness in its display and memory businesses. In a regulatory filing, the world’s largest smartphone maker said it predicted a bigger-than-expected price decline …

Nike’s latest financial quarter, visualised.

March 3, 2019 9:11 am

by chartr Made this in response to the generally positive feedback on the Apple one I did previously. Thought Nike was an interesting company to visualise. Hilariously, in their SEC filing they spent $900m on what they called “Demand …

IRS Interest rates remain the same for the second quarter of 2019

February 26, 2019 11:06 am

by these-things-happen The Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2019. The rates are: • six (6) percent for individual overpayments (refunds) • six (6) percent for individual …

$6T Away From One Quarter Quadrillion: Global Debt Swells to $244T

January 15, 2019 5:58 pm

via Bloomberg: Key Insights Total government debt exceeded $65 trillion in 2018, up from $37 trillion a decade ago, and rose faster in mature markets Non-financial corporate debt rose to over $72 trillion last year, now near an all-time high …

REUTERS: Apple cuts first-quarter production plan for new iPhones by 10 percent: Nikkei

January 9, 2019 10:55 am

Apple Inc is cutting planned production for its three new iPhone models by about 10 percent for the March quarter, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday, a week after the company slashed its quarterly sales forecast. That rare step …

Samsung says fourth-quarter earnings likely fell sharply on weak memory demand

January 8, 2019 9:18 am

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings likely decreased sharply due to lackluster demand in its memory chip business as well growing competition in the smartphone segment. The South Korean tech giant predicted operating profit for the three …

Fed hikes rates by a quarter-point

December 19, 2018 2:20 pm

The Federal Open Market Committee, which makes monetary policy for the Federal Reserve, finished its two-day meeting Wednesday. Markets expected the central bank to approve a quarter-point interest rate increase. The Federal Open Market Committee, which makes monetary policy for …

Each time the #SP500 $SPX dropped over -13% in fourth quarter:

December 18, 2018 4:21 pm

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1074999208338472961 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1075063005052891141 The last time the S&P 500 Index fell this much in the period between two policy gatherings was the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008.: https://t.co/Xt1lihhnZv via @jeffkearns pic.twitter.com/GDysPZ4KM6 — Alister Bull (@alisterbull1) December …

Q4 2018 US GDP Expected to Fall 25%-30% Quarter-Over-Quarter From Q3 2018

November 27, 2018 8:53 am

via calculatedriskblog: From Merrill Lynch: We look for 3Q GDP growth to be revised slightly lower to 3.4% qoq saar in the second release next week. We continue to track 2.7% for 4Q. [Nov 21 estimate]. emphasis added From Goldman Sachs: [W]e lowered …

For the 17th Straight Quarter, US Household Debt Increases; Delinquencies at 7-Year High… First Auto, Then Credit, Now Student Debt Delinquencies Tick Up

November 16, 2018 1:57 pm

via calculatedriskblog: From the NY Fed: Total Household Debt Rises for 17th Straight Quarter The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today issued its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, which shows that total household debt increased …

This could be the first quarter since Q4 2016 in which the revenues beat rate is below 50% and 64% of companies guiding down.

November 7, 2018 10:40 am

After 239 companies have reported, the revenues beat rate is at 47%. If current results hold, this could be the first quarter since Q4 2016 in which the revenues beat rate is below 50%. pic.twitter.com/yimtX9EQKg — Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) November …

What do you know: Dick’s Sporting Goods misses 2nd quarter sales expectations

August 30, 2018 3:02 pm

by DCG Shocker, not. Pandering to the social justice warriors doesn’t guarantee they’ll boost your profits. From CNBC: Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods plunged by more than 9 percent Wednesday morning after the retailer said it sold less merchandise during the second quarter than …

Global debt Ttopped $247 Trillion in the first quarter; Liquidity crunch is the new bubble gripping credit investors

August 11, 2018 10:29 am

Global Debt Topped $247 Trillion in the First Quarter, IIF Says Global debt rose to a record $247 trillion in the first quarter, more than $29 trillion higher than the end of 2016, according to an analysis by the Institute …

Streaming TV Doubles During Second Quarter, Report Says

August 5, 2018 7:10 am

by stockboardasset As a result of the larger cord-cutting trend, streaming TV increased in the second quarter, according to a new report from Conviva, a real-time measurement and intelligence platform for many of the world’s largest streaming TV publishers, which found content …

We Are About To See A Great, Big Debt-Fueled GDP Number For The 2nd Quarter, But There Is A Catch…

July 28, 2018 5:50 pmJuly 27, 2018 7:22 am

by Michael Snyder What kind of number for GDP growth in the 2nd quarter will we get on Friday? The market consensus is somewhere around 4 percent, but there are many out there that are expecting a number above 5 percent. …

A strong quarter. Good news. For the time being. Profits growing faster than the long-run trend now. A reversion to the mean is likely to come in a few quarters.

July 26, 2018 7:44 amJuly 25, 2018 11:26 am

Pavel Kohout: Daniel Lacalle: The Federal Reserve balance sheet expansion created a massive financial asset bull market. Now, market participants need to adjust their expectations. So far we have only seen a minuscule balance sheet reduction… and investor mindset has …

Manhattan real estate has worst second quarter since financial crisis

July 3, 2018 3:11 pm

via CNBC: Manhattan real estate had its worst second quarter since the financial crisis, according to a report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers and Consultants. Average sales prices fell 5 percent to $2.1 million. Total sales …