In a Friday release, the Commerce Department announced that the top five states with the highest unemployment rates in April were Hawaii (8.5 percent), followed by California (8.3 percent), New Mexico and New York (8.2 percent each), and Connecticut (8.1 …
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-shrinking.html All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation and a fertility bust, a dizzying reversal unmatched in recorded history that will make first-birthday parties a rarer sight than funerals, and empty homes a common eyesore. Maternity wards are …
George Gammon, Released on 3/19/21 George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging from conventions to advertising. …
by howmuch President Joe Biden needs to either raise taxes or add to the national debt to fund his new programs. He points to global corporate tax rates as one way to raise a lot of new money. And he often …
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stocks-extend-losses-after-yellen-says-rates-will-have-rise Update (1315ET): Just as we predicted – but even sooner than we expected – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has not just walked back her earlier statement but has entirely reversed it. “Let me be clear it’s not something I’m …
Just under 8,000 drivers have 10 points while 4,313 have 11 points on their licence. This means simple driving mistakes such as judgment errors could see road users pushed over the 12 point threshold for a ban. Simple issues such …
by confoundedinterest17 Much to no one’s surprise, The Fed has left interest rates at near historic lows. (Bloomberg) — One large option bet built up over the past week is aiming for a surprise at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s …
by confoundedinterest17 Mortgage applications increased 8.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 16, 2021. The Refinance Index increased 10 percent from the previous week and …
In comes the flood of money. More money moving into the stock market. Value stocks have seen more inflows and tech stocks and other growth stocks are also performing well. More money is being pumped in from all sides, creating …
by confoundedinterest17 The US economy is now forecast to grow at a rate of 8.33% following the massive Covid lockdown. And the US Treasury 10Y-3M curve fell along with GDP forecast growth. Over a longer period, you can see that the …
by Shaun Richards Yesterday brought news that there is plenty of work ahead for the European Central Bank or ECB. It came from the European Commission and the emphasis is mine. The Commission has today taken steps to ensure that …
by Michael Snyder From coast to coast, major U.S. cities are being transformed into war zones, and our politicians seem powerless to stop the carnage. If we can’t even feel safe walking down the street anymore, what does that say …
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by confoundedinterest17 Gee, I thought The Fed already had control over short-term rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stands ready to pull some of the central bank’s policy levers in between regularly scheduled meetings, if that’s what it takes to keep short-term interest …
Feds’s low-interest rates are subsidizing hedgies gamble implosions The full postmortem on Archegos Capital won’t be written for a while, but one thing is already clear: This little-known hedge fund run by a trader named Bill Hwang has become the latest lightning …
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. More money moving into the stock market. Value stocks have seen more inflows and tech stocks and other growth stocks are also performing well. More money is being pumped in from all sides, creating a …
by confoundedinterest17 Well, the data for pending home sales is for February (the dead of winter). But US pending home sales MoM fell -10.60% and -2.70% on a YoY basis. As mortgage rates start their long-predicted rise. Let’s hope that March …
by confoundedinterest17 Trying to get a cash-out refi? With home prices rising at lightning speeds, even a slight up-tick in mortgage rates can’t stop the CASH-OUT WAVE! With home price growth now faster than at the peak of the housing bubble …
by howmuch After Obamacare was passed in 2010, the rate of uninsured people steadily declined for several years. But then, a couple years ago the trend reversed, and the number of uninsured Americans started to rise. Our latest map breaks down …
Jim Caron, managing director & portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, joins Yahoo Finance to discuss the increase in yields and the path of reflation trade.
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1375373449456185348 🔘Mutual Funds & ETF equity fund Flow on record in 2021. Brutal. #contrarianMost in the basket🧐 pic.twitter.com/X3jwGATiSj — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) March 25, 2021 Just a few of the times the Fed told us QE was 'temporary' or that …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors For the past 20 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been the busiest seaport in the Western Hemisphere, responsible for exporting commodities such as soybeans and raw cotton and importing everything from …
Jay Taylor Media, Released on 3/24/21 John Rubino discusses how much more of this debt-based money can be produced before we face a hyper inflationary end of the momentary system as we know it. John Rubino is the founder and …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiWLafW3zU4 An extreme housing crash is ahead! In face of highly inflated home prices, rising mortgage rates, shortages of construction materials, an anemic inventory, and the coming expiration of the mortgage forbearance period, consumer confidence hit record lows. Even though …
This could get ugly fast. Ten year yield just hit 1.75% This could be the end of a 40 year bull market in bonds/40 year bear market in rates. View post on imgur.com https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=BONDS&p=d1 Philly Fed Explodes To Highest Since …
From Birch Gold Group Since the pandemic began a year ago, the term “new normal” has become part of the American lexicon. Not “new” as in better or improved. But rather “new” as in contrast to the way things used to …
As equities surge to all-time highs, volatility has all but vanished. Hedge funds are betting the calm will last, shorting the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, at rates not seen in at least 15 years. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-26/hedge-funds-are-shorting-the-vix-at-a-rate-never-seen-before?srnd=premium
Americans getting more inactive, computers partly to blame Americans are becoming increasingly sedentary, spending almost a third of their waking hours sitting down, and computer use is partly to blame, a new study found. Over almost a decade, average daily …
