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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Since the Christmas Eve selloff-low, the S&P 500 has risen 13%, including a 5% jump on December 26. But last week, the rally petered out and … Read more
via thestreet: How bad is sentiment in the Hong Kong property market? Bad enough that one residential buyer has just walked away from a house purchase and lost a $4.6 million … Read more
hedge funds are getting crushed pic.twitter.com/OH4eV4k4CP — Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) November 5, 2018 pic.twitter.com/ZOFfXC0v3e — M/I_Investments (@MI_Investments) November 5, 2018 “The ETF structure isn’t really designed for a large market … Read more
By John Murphy JP MORGAN CHASE SUFFERS DOWNSIDE REVERSAL ON FRIDAY… Friday had to be a very discouraging day for investors in bank stocks. After reporting first quarter earnings that were … Read more
Many have speculated that this this tariff issue will crash the stock market and it will be Trump who takes the blame. What do you think? The last time tariffs … Read more
Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, On October 19, 1987, the Dow experienced its biggest one-day percentage loss in history – plunging 22.6%. It was “Black Monday.” The selloff was … Read more
Are the Trump tax cuts going to help the economy or hurt it? The answer is both. Economist John Williams explains, “The tax cuts are generally positive. Anytime you cut … Read more
Chart of the Night: Who says UST10Y has to stop at 3%? Bond market sees what's coming and its a whole lot of supply from Trump admin. pic.twitter.com/yaIcpieLZ3 — Alastair … Read more
by John Ward If you’re wondering what on Earth really happened in the stock markets earlier this week, the bad news is that nobody else knows either. Whether the answer be … Read more
by John Ward CARNAGE OVERNIGHT IN ASIA Just before yesterday’s global stock slide, there was a trailer pointing out the fundamental problem with increasingly jobless/lowage neoliberal “economics”. I’m not sure many … Read more
In your opinion, what kind of impact will interest rates have on the stock market? The market fell. And then it fell some more. Eventually the DOW dropped 666 points. … Read more
Shiller on Stock Investors: ‘People Don’t Expect the Moon Anymore’ Robert Shiller, professor of economics at Yale University, discusses investor sentiment, valuations and more with Eric Chemi. Robert Shiller on … Read more
by Umar Farooq “Global economic policy uncertainty is near 20-year highs while the VIX is nearing 20-year lows. This is an odd configuration for these two series. Usually as economic … Read more
by Viraj Shah While the stock markets thrive on uncertainty, investors are mostly unhappy with uncertain political and economic scenarios. As Trump presidency was confirmed, the world market went … Read more
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 … Read more