https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/966856733934186498 2. In 2007, prior to the crisis, the following was true: ???? the average yield was 4.6% ???? the #deficit was 1% of #GDP ???? publicly traded #debt was ~ 5 trillion #dollars Due to #ZIRP, if the 10 …
by Martin Armstrong While the stock market crashed as the pundit looked in their bag to try to come up with an excuse, they blamed rising inflation and interest rates. Yet, nobody is really paying attention to the underlying trend. …
Money manager Michael Pento predicts, “For the first time in 40 years, you are going to have bond prices and equity prices in free-fall. That happened in the 1970’s, but it’s going to be worse because in the 1970’s, you …
the bond market is starting to realize that Make America Great Again, really means make debt great again. the debt bomb is being set as UST10Y tags 2.896, what says UST10Y has to stop at 3%? — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February …
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 Shaun Richards So far in 2018 we have seen a move towards higher bond yields across the financial world. This poses more than a few questions not least for the central banks who went to unparalleled efforts in terms …
From Charles Hugh Smith at Of Two Minds: We can do better, and if we don’t, the only possible output of such an unequal system is increasing social disorder. We are in a very peculiar point in history. On the one hand, …
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Volatility remains historically low, but have you noticed the rising tide? Volatility has been rising even as markets have been making new highs. We’ve seen this before in the mid 90’s so it may not necessarily be …
People still don't get it. The only reason the economy "recovered" is that a rising dollar kept interest rates low and consumer prices in check, allowing America to go deeper into debt and consumers to keep spending. As the dollar …
What is going to cause this financial bubble to pop? Economic researcher and futurist Chris Martenson says, “The price of oil is likely going to be the pin that pricks these bubbles. No central banker is going to do it. …
by NorthmanTrader Is anyone paying attention? I don’t know, but the cost of carrying debt has been rising and it’s already showing measurable impacts despite the Fed Funds rate still being very low. My concern of course is that the global …
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 SRSROCCO Some nasty dark clouds are forming on the financial horizon as total world debt is increasing nearly three times as fast as total global wealth. But, that’s okay because no one cares about the debt, only the assets matter …
by howmuch The average cost of private school tuition has grown at a rate that is higher than inflation over the past 20-years. While there are several cost increases that have led to the rise in private school tuition, administrative employee compensation has been …
by howmuch The costs related to senior care continue to climb, but with more options available, the process is becoming more manageable. The trend toward a more customized senior assisted experience is shifting from the nursing home or assisted living …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Until the system implodes–you’re a genius. So you’ve ridden the markets higher–stocks, housing, commercial real estate, bat guano, quatloos, you name it–everything you touch turns to gold. What can we say, bucko, other than you’re a genius! …
By Michael Snyder More than 50 years ago, God showed evangelist Tommy Hicks what the mighty army of the last days would look like. Hicks was best known for his work in South America, and you can see some old …
by Umar Farooq We are quickly approaching to the Fed’s first double-rate-hike-in-3-months since 2006. Investors are focusing on the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting that will kick off today. The Fed will release a statement, along with new economic …
by Umar Farooq 2017 kicked off with a reflationary revival as the consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.5% year-over-year (YoY) growth in January – Its highest reading since early-2012. Inflation has been trending upward since 2015, but its upward slope …
The “atmospheric river” walloping California with drenching rains and gale-force winds prompted daring water rescues Tuesday and kept thousands of residents from flooded or threatened homes. Dozens of people had to be rescued from their flooded homes in San Jose. The city declared …
by Victor Mozambigue A tame stock market and an S&P Index that isn’t posting losses or gains of even 1% for 40 consecutive trading days, present a troublesome picture for the investors. But with tranquil stability, there comes rising …
by Viraj Shah For years, low inflation level kept many economies and central banks on their toes. The environment did not seem very conducive for business. In fact, low inflation had almost become a steady backdrop for any investment. Good …
by Viraj Shah The latest report by the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shows that the number of Americans, aged 60 and more, with some type of student loan increased four times in the decade 2005 to 2015, from …
by Viraj Shah Are you there, @realDonaldTrump? It's us, 100,000 new US jobs at #Amazon https://t.co/YJU8tGCPzP pic.twitter.com/0Zgfu9ZcwJ — CNET (@CNET) January 12, 2017 It appears President Trumps’ ascendency to his office has paid off the unlikeliest of economic dividends. Despite …
by Royston Roche The LIBOR rates have been rising in the past one year. The initial rise was due to the adoption of Money Market Fund Reform Rules which had its deadline of October 14, 2016. But what is more worrying …
Investing in shares is a difficult decision to make for the obvious reason that you want the best for your money. You must always remember that your investments are never guaranteed. The values can increase or decrease and you may …