Fed comments, Trump watching stocks

by WARREN MOSLER A falling stock market will get the Fed’s attention and trigger real economic weakness and aggressive rate cuts. But those rate cuts remove interest income from the macro economy, which doesn’t recover until after net deficit spending …

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2018 Is the First Year Since Dot Com Bust Where “BTFD” Has Failed; JPM Says Cash Better Than Stocks for First Time in Decade

2018 is the first year since Dot Com bust where "BTFD" has failed pic.twitter.com/vaGKmrdI9a — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 4, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1069990045925470208 pic.twitter.com/k5F1aTaqTV — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 4, 2018 Yesterday's U.S. yield-curve inversions do not appear to be a fluke, as …

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Stocks on December 3, 2018: fundamental outlook

by Troy The economy and stock market move in the same direction in the medium-long term. Hence, leading economic indicators are also leading indicators for the stock market. Thoughts Inflation-adjusted personal consumption expenditures are trending sideways. Suggests that the current decline is …

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Cumulative return for FAANG stocks in 2018

by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsvCoreUcAA1AIE.jpg FANG got wrecked this year – so far. Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google parent Alphabet plummeted during 2018, compounding weakness that has plagued the broader tech space. At least one of those names could …

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One After The Other, Individual Stocks Are Getting Crushed…. Why I Think This Sell-Off Is Just One Step In Methodical Unwind Of Stock Prices

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It was an ugly Monday and Tuesday followed by a Wednesday that at first look like a real bounce but ended with the indices giving up their gains. This was followed, mercifully, by Thursday when markets …

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