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via CNBC: Genetics testing companies, like Veritas Genetics, Ancestry and 23andMe, are providing consumers with an unprecedented level of access to their personal genome. Privacy risks are not well understood … Read more
via MarketWatch: The 10-year old economic expansion will set a record next month by becoming the longest ever. Great news, right? Maybe not, say strategists at Deutsche Bank. Prolonged expansions … Read more
by Katrina Hamilton via Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – Carrie Lam’s government could squander Hong Kong’s privileged position in the eyes of foreign governments. A bill that would allow extradition … Read more
by visualcapitalist Building an enduring business isn’t easy work. It can take decades to earn trust and respect in a given market, and it only takes one terrible miscue to unravel … Read more
World trade unlikely to grow much in 2019, regardless of any US-China deal. And risks lie to the downside – producers of electronics might reduce output further to reverse record … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 Fed Chair Jerome Powell is singing “Take it easy.’ The Federal Reserve risks stoking the same sort of asset bubbles that Chairman Jerome Powell has linked to the last two … Read more
by Dennis Miller Historically, funds holding investment-grade bonds have been considered a safe investment. Lending money to hundreds of well-known companies had little chance of major default and provided interest income. … Read more
via marketwatch: We believe the housing industry is at risk to face a perfect storm. Demand 1. The rate of household formation remains consistently below its long-term trend of 1.2 million … Read more
by Troy Today’s biggest news was that the Fed predicts no more rate hikes this year. Given that we are extremely late in this economic expansion cycle, this probably means … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Crackdown on lending shenanigans and bank misconduct plus an onslaught of new condos at worst possible time worry the RBA. The Reserve Bank of Australia has … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter On the surface, consumer debt is a smaller risk factor than it was before the Financial Crisis. But the averages conceal the reality that income & … Read more
by Jesse Colombo The OECD recently published a paper called “Corporate Bond Markets in a Time of Unconventional Monetary Policy,” which showed that outstanding global corporate debt has surged over … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But deposit-taking banks have pulled back. Lovingly known as “shadow banks,” nonbanks have come to dominate the mortgage market. And they originate the riskiest mortgages. The … Read more
via dailyreckoning: Since the end of QE and the “taper” in October 2014, the Fed has been trying to “normalize” their balance sheet and interest rates. The balance sheet needed to … Read more
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