Simon Black recently said this: pic.twitter.com/G1xegPRCSF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 16, 2018 President Trump's winning strategy crushing the dollar and expanding the trade deficit. Didn't candidate Trump say the opposite? pic.twitter.com/URjkhOdaLO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 15, 2018 The bad times …
Eating processed food significantly raises the risk of cancer, experts have said The disease is claiming more lives because of the popularity of ready meals Sugary cereals and fizzy drinks also dangerous, the wide-ranging study found Families are told to …
by northmantrader Have they all lost their collective minds? Look I get that some people are leaning Democrat versus Republican and vice versa and that’s fine, but what exactly are voters getting? If, on the one hand, you think Democrats tax …
by WARREN MOSLER It’s been decelerating all year with a year end move up that’s likely to be reversed as personal income growth continues to be very low: Highlights Consumer borrowing increased in December, up $18.4 billion vs an upwardly revised …
by Dana Lyons The yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond is (again) threatening to break out of its ultra low-rate environment. Among the most important developments in a busy few weeks in the financial markets has been the rise …
h/t @StockBoardAsset Market momentum has never been higher but the risk of a crash is high I wouldn’t want to scare you but have you seen a chart of the Dow Jones or the S&P 500 index recently? The RSI or …
BY SRSROCCO The U.S. Government is in serious trouble when interest rates rise. As interest rates rise, so will the amount of money the U.S. Government will have to pay out to service its rapidly rising debt. Unfortunately, interest rates don’t …
by Anthony B Sanders Deutsche Bank AG strategist Binky Chadha (a disturbing name since my Basset Hound’s name was Binky) thinks that Contagion Risk (correlation among asset classes) is bad news. (Bloomberg) The concerted selloff that landed on stocks and …
by Anthony B Sanders US Real GDP seems to be booming (see yesterday’s Atlanta Fed GDPNow Report for 4.2% growth) while The Fed continues to raise their target rate and unwinding its $4.4 trillion balance sheet. The result? The US …
EVERY SINGLE TIME! But will people ignore that this time? Or is this time different? The global economic collapse is already underway. With consistent evidence mounting that the only positive indicator remaining is equity prices, we have lost the ability …
by Egon von Greyerz 2018 is starting right on cue. Inflationary pressures have been latent for quite some time but have recently shown the world what is to come in the next few years. How could anyone believe the propaganda …
by Anthony B Sanders Freddie Mac’s 30 year committment rate keeps rising and … The Federal Reserve has an 88.7% probability of raising rates AGAIN in March. (Mortgage Orb) Mortgage rates increased significantly during the week ended Jan. 25, with …
Do you think that central banks will truly be able to reduce their balance sheets and begin the taper? Or is that just a fairy tale we are told to make the markets calm? Interest rates are the catalyst. Interest …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about a story that really should be hitting the front pages throughout Canada. Several Canadian banks have been accused of rigging rates to boost profit. According a class action suit …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Oops, they’re already rising. The US government bond market has further soured this week, with Treasuries selling off across the spectrum. When bond prices fall, yields rise. For example, the two-year Treasury yield rose to 2.06% …
by Anthony B Sanders This sounds like a clip from “Austin Powers in Goldmember.” (Bloomberg) Gold’s outperformed most major assets since the U.S Federal Reserve last month raised interest rates — even bitcoin. Metal outperformed major assets since day before …
Do you think debt is ONE of the reasons why interest rates remain low for all these years, despite the constant propaganda that the economy is doing well? Global debt has been rising. Is that a surprise to anyone? There …
From Brett Eversole, Analyst, True Wealth Systems: Exciting news… Economists have come out with their predictions for interest rates this year. They’re all expecting long-term interest rates to rise. It’s the same default setting they’ve been stuck on for decades. And …
The Federal Reserve is good at one thing: Keeping their actions a big secret. Some of their data gets released and we can piece it together. Interest rates have been persistently low for a long period of time. Even with …
Here’s a summary from the report which succinctly explains the potential debt crisis and how the world’s central banks have painted themselves into a “monetary policy corner”: “Otherwise, over long horizons, failing to constrain financial booms but easing aggressively and …
by Mark Angelides One of the greatest political oddities is that across European nations, the first and last solution to diminishing birth rates is to decide that the next generation of Europeans should be a completely different race. There is …
by Chris Hamilton As the Fed is in the midst of a rate hike cycle, it is important to remember why this cycle is like no previous rate hike cycle. The mechanics of this hiking cycle are completely unique and …
by Victor Mozambigue Rising household debt is not the only concern for US homeowners. A rising rate of delinquencies is making the credit situation even worse. The Dodd-Drank regulations have helped in tightening the loan bandwagon but the lending crisis …
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Will the Fed meet the challenge and put its money where its mouth is? An astute ZeroHedge poster named Cowdiddly wants to know. Cowdiddly dares Federal Reserve members, who talk incessantly about raising interest …