In your opinion, do you think it’s possible for the Fed to increase interest rates without causing a disruption to the U.S. stock market? When we look at interest rates, it’s not just a number. If affects everything in …
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning The Federal Reserve will almost certainly raise its benchmark rate in under two weeks — for the eighth occasion since December 2015. For a market dizzied by the helium of low interest rates, rising rates …
by Adam Taggart Here’s a frightening series of stats I posted on the site three years ago (so you can bump the percentages up a bit): A new report by Bloomberg shows that the average Wall Street trader is 30 years …
Thanks to the tax cuts passed by the Republican House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump, at least 120 utilities across the country are lowering rates for customers, according to a report from Americans for Tax Reform. This …
via @OccupyWisdom : NEGATIVE REAL INTEREST RATES The #inflation rate above the interest rate Wage earners lose Savings deposits lose Cash holders lose Bond/Fixed income investors lose Retirees lose Most equity investors lose …and debtors lose too, bc of course THOSE rates …
by Michael Snyder America is facing a health nightmare unlike anything that we have ever experienced before. According to the CDC, rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia have all skyrocketed to the highest levels on record, and top health professionals …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the most recent news regarding the Canadian economy as inflation hit its highest level since 2011, interest rates skyrocket and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz gives excuses. Poloz …
by Chris Kimble CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE With numerous stock indices hitting all-time highs, is it possible that interest rates could be peaking? It does seem unlikely in my humble opinion. This chart looks at the yield of the 10-year …
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/student-debt-loan-default-college.html Millions of students will arrive on college campuses soon, and they will share a similar burden: college debt. The typical student borrower will take out $6,600 in a single year, averaging $22,000 in debt by graduation, according to the National …
via daily times St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard on Friday raised new alarm bells over the US central bank’s plan to keep raising interest rates, warning that even one more rate hike could set the stage for …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTa6XORDcG8 French police have described the city of Grenoble – near the Alps – as the ‘French Chicago’. Locals expressed grave concern over the rocketing crime rate that has seen even some French politicians try to avoid the place.
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Strong USD, rising rates, chopping stocks beginning to take their toll on US economic data. If this continues, it will force the Fed to show their cards – is this a normal rate hike cycle or will they "shoot the …
by Chris Kimble If you spend time researching market relationships you can better understand money flows, rotation, and reasons why money flows rotate. This can be very helpful in identifying trend changes as well. Today, we’ll look at the relationship between 10 …
via confoundedinterest: Rising interest rates have led to the lowest level of mortgage refinancing applications since December 2000. And compared to the “Go Go” days of the housing bubble, mortgage purchase applications are back to 1997 levels and growing at a …
Credit card rates are now higher than they were at the peak of the last cycle: pic.twitter.com/54RBTFJHGh — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) August 7, 2018 I wonder what this graph would look like if personal loans and line of credit were …
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https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1024871289415188481 Chart: US auto sales continue to slow – pic.twitter.com/TRT0RwVFIl — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) August 2, 2018 Housing demand sees biggest drop in more than 2 years Housing demand fell 9.6 percent in June, compared with June 2017, according …
#STAGFLATION ? 1/ 1969, Nixon followed Johnson, who had spent generously on the “Great Society” & the Vietnam War 2017, Trump followed Obama, who had spent generously: “American Recovery on Reinvestment Act,” Troubled Assets Relief Program, O’Care & many military …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP6M8NZZmuk Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Thanks to President Trump’s tax cuts and reforms 90% of American wage earners have a higher take-home pay this year. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent comments made by The Bank of Canada’s Stephen Poloz regarding the continued rise of interest rates. According to Poloz, if you don’t like interest rates going up, …
Companies are investing as much as they need. Capex is not risng as much as central planners expect, that is all. Not because corporations are evil or stupid or lazy, but because overcapacity and risks outweigh returns. The Rise of …
by Thinker Barclays is facing a court battle over hundreds of millions of taxpayer pounds after 14 local councils filed a mass legal action against the bank. Greater Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool and Leeds are among the local authorities accusing the …
“We don’t see any bubbles (’00, ’07,’18)…It will all trickle down…. QE1 is working, no QE2 is working…no, surely QE3 will work…the Fed is not the cause of inequality….we don’t manipulate markets ($15T glbl QE+0% rates)…inflation is too low!” H/T: …
Despite unprecedented #ZIRP for nearly a decade, personal interest payments remained sky high. Interest payments now exceed previous 2008 peak. Chart from @dlacalle_IA 1/Convince teens they need college (they don’t) 2/Make predatory loans to non-creditworthy young adults 3/Risk only to …
The story is all too familiar: America is facing a historic crime wave, and guns are to blame. With shootings and school violence near all-time highs, it’s time to have a serious talk about the Second Amendment and gun ownership …
Do you think real estate prices will rise into 2019? This is a video I’ve been working on for a while. It was long (as usual) but I hope you appreciate it. Just look at where real estate has gone. …
Doug Noland: The Stage Set Is for the Mother of All Financial Disasters U.S. Home Prices at Least Affordable Level Since Q3 2008 (Home prices rising faster than wages in 64 percent of local markets) Yesterday, I discussed how the median …
