by stylishskunk Yes inflation is higher than it has been in 40 years. The Fed’s actions will determine if we will continue inflation, start deflation, or cause stagflation. There are a lot of similarities to the 70s and the Fed …
by confoundedinterest17 Inflation is roaring along caused by government spending and energy policies, hurting the American middle class and lower-income groups. Now we see the US Treasury 10Y-2Y flattening towards zero and the10Y-5Y curve slipping deeper into inversion as Q1 …
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report Inflation is caused by the Fed counterfeiting dollars. No counterfeiter, No inflation. This “system” is unconstitutional and a recipe for severe economic disaster. Money must be sound and counterfeiting must never be legal for anyone. …
by Michael Snyder Why are so many earthquake swarms suddenly happening all along the Ring of Fire? For those that don’t know, the Ring of Fire is a series of fault zones that run roughly along the perimeter of the …
Stock Market Risks Pile Up After Record-Setting Earnings Season (Bloomberg) — Delta cases. Inflation. Fed tapering. China’s crackdown. These are among the reasons why investors could soon get more nervous about this stock market. The S&P 500 hit another record …
(Bloomberg) — It’s been two decades since Wall Street analysts were this upbeat. About 56% of all recommendations on S&P 500 firms are listed as buys, the most since 2002. It’s one more data point that shows the extent of …
ROARING 20S: Wall St Blowout Profits… After closing the books on the second quarter, executives are the most positive they have ever been about the profits their companies are generating, according to data from FactSet. And that might be a good …
Americans’ inflation fears reach another high as consumer prices surge Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com Americans’ inflation fears reached a fever pitch in June, rising to the highest level since June 2013 as the price of consumer goods continued …
Real Vision, Released on 6/21/21 As economies around the world reopen, Axel Merk, president & CIO of Merk Investments, shares his insights on central bank monetary policy, currencies, and equity valuations. Merk argues that the dollar will weaken as global …
IN PHOTOS: Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Tahoe Vacation Compound Up For Sale, Asking Price: $41 Million TAHOE CITY (CBS13) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has put her picturesque Lake Tahoe vacation property up for sale. The pristine lake views will cost …
ROARING 20S: Aspen Mansion Sells for Record $72.5 Million… A mansion overlooking downtown Aspen has sold for $72.5 million, according to two people familiar with the deal. Appraiser Jonathan Miller said the transaction sets a price record for a single-family …
Homeowners got $2 trillion richer during the first three months of the year Homeowners with mortgages saw their equity jump by 20% in the first quarter from a year earlier. This represents a collective cash gain of close to $2 …
Traders taking excessive risk in the bitcoin market being forced to sell when the price goes down were the bigger culprits for last week’s 30% drop in bitcoin prices, according to analysts. Bitcoin traders liquidated roughly $12 billion in levered …
It may take more than a much-weaker-than-expected April jobs report to kill the U.S. stock market rally, analysts said, though the popular reflation trade — bets that stocks more sensitive to the economic cycle will outperform their peers — saw …
by Suspicious_Tension82 Nice example of a contrarian research note from David Rosenberg here. Excerpt: The economy did collapse back then, but the government did not blow its brains out on fiscal largesse. So, we went into the 1920s with tremendous pent-up demand …
by Jesse Colombo As seen on Forbes by RealInvestmentAdvice.com’s Jesse Colombo: “America’s Wealth Inequality Is At Roaring Twenties Levels.” With the 2020 presidential race kicking off and the election of a new crop of radical politicians, U.S. economic inequality and …
Wealth concentration near ‘levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties,’ study finds The shift is eroding security from families in the lower and middle classes, who rely on their small stores to finance retirement and to smooth over shocks like …
Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels “U.S. corporate debt has climbed to roughly 46% of GDP, the highest level on record. Observers worry that highly leveraged companies could pose a threat to the global economy, especially if growth slows and …
by John Rubino Google “labor shortage” or “wage hikes” and the result is a picture of an overheating economy. Some examples from August 10: 911 Emergency: Call Centers Can’t Find Workers Why Disneyland’s $15-an-hour labor deal is a win for …
by Charles Hugh-Smith The stability of America’s status quo is illusory. One of the enduring mysteries of the past decade is why inflation has remained tame while the central bank and government have pumped trillions of dollars of newly created …
By Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics …Only this time around they are sponsored by the U.S. Government and guaranteed explicitly by the Taxpayers. I say “explicitly” because Government agency-issued mortgages are directly guaranteed. In 2008, the Government bailed out the banks who …
VIX at 38 Is Waterloo for the Beloved Short Volatility Trade Of all the harrowing things seen in the stock market Monday, one was a special nightmare for investors in what has become one of the stock market’s favorite strategies. It’s short …
by Chris For 10 years [during the Roaring Twenties], between the destruction of World War I and the misery of the Great Depression, people in North America were actually happy. With money in their pockets and a renewed sense of …
