by Matthew Levy, CFA March Madness started on Thursday (Mar. 18), but stocks got the jump on their own brackets this week. Let’s dive in. Although Wednesday (Mar. 17) saw the indices have a nice St. Patrick’s day green reversal thanks …
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 …
Chart: US grains – pic.twitter.com/ywbhcIDvQ0 — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) April 25, 2019 Chart: The JPM EM Currency Index – pic.twitter.com/R2itYVqQ5m — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) April 25, 2019 Chart: Argentina CDS spread – pic.twitter.com/NuuHb1FFCc — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) …
From Birch Gold Group Long-term Social Security has a shortfall of $43 trillion (officially reported by the Board of Trustees), and an imminent benefit cut of 25% by 2034. Despite these sobering facts, Social Security raised benefits for 8 million recipients by 2.8%, effective January …
Can team Trump keep the economy going until after the 2020 election? Journalist and book author Charles Hugh Smith says, “I think you are pushing a little bit on a string to get a 10 year long expansion to stretch …
via @TaviCosta: These rates tend to converge as we approach the end of economic cycles. Just like the tech & housing bubble peaks! Classic head-and-shoulders pattern. Look out. New video & letter out soon.
by FS We spoke with Reshma Kapadia, a senior writer at Barron’s, about her recent article “How Your Kids Can Ruin Your Retirement, and How to Make Sure They Don’t,” to understand how parents can protect their retirement in the face of rising …
from Zero Hedge Almost five years ago, in May 2014, when he was setting the scene for the biggest asset bubble trap in history – trap because his own policies made it impossible to undo the Fed’s monetary policies without bringing …
Rising risk of US and China housing slump causing recession – IMF https://www.theguardian.com/business/…
But, but, but, there’s no inflation I’ve been told by Federal Reserve douchebags. Via MSN In 2018, property taxes on the nation’s 87 million U.S. single-family homes rose 4 percent to $293.4 billion, reaching an average of $3,498 per home, …
via Yahoo: A rising number American households are grappling with rising borrowing costs and consumer loan delinquencies — a worrying trend that could indicate an economic slowdown is at hand, Deutsche Bank warned on Wednesday. As U.S. consumers rack up a record …
Ilhan Omars’ Remarks Deepening the Democratic Party Schism at the Worst Possible Time http://archive.is/0SONl House Democrats erupted in fury Wednesday, challenging leaders over indirectly sanctioning freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar for alleged anti-Semitic remarks amid an outcry over party inaction to …
via CNBC: The U.S. trade deficit in goods rose 12.8 percent in December, according to an advanced estimate from the Census Bureau. The move comes amid trade hostilities between the U.S. and China, and a White House effort to narrow …
By Lance Gaitan It’s probably a good thing the government partially shut down in December. It delayed the exposure of some dreary economic updates in the face of a falling stock market. Retail sales figures for the important holiday month …
by Martin Armstrong The Make America Great Again was actually a slogan used by Ronald Reagan who became one of the more popular presidents in postwar history. A Tennessee man is in jail after being accused of pulling a gun on a …
Debt continues to get worse as time goes on, there’s no denying that. What we have seen recently is that mortgages are not in the same situation they were during the subprime crisis but nearly every other form of debt …
by TrailDust Eurocrat Suggests Brexiteers Could ’End up on the Guillotine’ The European Parliament’s Brexit Coordinator Guy Verhofstadt has suggested that Tory Brexiteers who reject a soft Brexit deal will be sent to the guillotine like the leaders of the French revolution. …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global markets are rising on news that Congressional negotiators have come to a final deal to avert a government shutdown, with “an agreement in principle” having been reached US stocks index futures are rising with …
President Trump is in the process of building a wall on the southern border to fend off caravans, drug dealers and human trafficking. Is Congress going to give the President the money he wants to secure the border and America? …
by Shaun Richards This feels like one of those days where there has been an epoch shift or to be more specific the morning after the night before. It is not as if we have been caught by surprise, as …
By The Phoenix Yesterday’s article caused quite a stir. I wish that represented the worst of what’s to come, but it doesn’t. Prepare to be taxed. The growing mantra from the political class is that “the wealthy aren’t paying their fair …
via Reuters: The Bank of Japan cut its inflation forecasts on Wednesday but maintained its massive stimulus program, with Governor Haruhiko Kuroda warning of growing risks to the economy from trade protectionism and faltering global demand. Rising pressure from the trade …
by Michael Snyder Could it be possible that a full-blown eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano is not too far away? All over the world seismic activity has been increasing in recent years, and this process seems to have accelerated during the …
by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Hello Martin, thanks a lot for your awesome work. I am from Germany and just wanted to let you know that the political situation here is more and more becoming like 1933. Last week, there was a …
Millennials up 420% in congress, while Silents and Boomers step aside. https://www.businessinsider.com/changes-in-gender-racial-diversity-between-the-115th-and-116th-house-2018-12 h/t Jim
by NaturalHedgehog Each day I go through the top rising and falling stocks today, and look for (a) what the company actually does, and (b) why the stock is moving so much. Hopefully this saves you some digging! Below …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Marty I read your daily newsletters as the only source of real news ‘out there’ Fascinated by the report that Canadians are discovering thickening ice cover How do I convince reporters for the much respected ‘Wired’ magazine …
via visualcapitalist: The real estate market is a location game. While forces like interest rates, demographics, and the economy help drive the housing market as a whole, the strength of your local market depends on other factors closer to home. When …
by NaturalHedgehog 18% | [Fidelity Southern Corporation (LION)](https://bravos.co/LION) | Merging with Ameris Bancorp (Bank holding company) 13% | [Coeur Mining, Inc. (CDE)](https://bravos.co/CDE) | Mining stocks are rising on relief that the U.S./China trade war is not escalating (Mining) 11% …
by NaturalHedgehog Each day I go through the top rising and falling stocks today, and look for (a) what the company actually does, and (b) why the stock is moving so much. Hopefully this saves you some digging! Below are …