Stocks Spinning Their Wheels, Loudly

by Dana Lyons Despite extreme daily volatility, the stock market has been mired in a historically tight range. If it seems as though the stock market has been crazy volatile lately without really going anywhere, you’re not imagining things. Over the …

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Bitcoin has bust, FANG stocks are FUBAR

#Bitcoin has bust, #FANG stocks are FUBAR, but #SNB stock keeps accelerating. Watch the real bubble in fin mkts. https://t.co/Dji9StIG7a pic.twitter.com/QVwJ9CDO9p — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) April 2, 2018 Tesla bonds keep falling. pic.twitter.com/sdcZaGDRWc — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) April 2, 2018 …

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Do Stocks Really Like Higher Rates?

by Lance Roberts LPL Research recently penned an interesting post entitled “Why Stocks Like Higher Rates.”  “What does it mean for equities if rates and yields do indeed go higher? Fortunately, to the surprise of many, stocks historically do very well …

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Stocks in 2018 have spent a significant amount of time hitting a brick wall, financial conditions worsening, history suggests U.S. recession is close

Stocks in 2018 have spent a significant amount of time hitting a brick wall. pic.twitter.com/Xu6oLLf36W — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 27, 2018 Coincident Economic Indicators: History Suggests U.S. Recession is Close: https://t.co/f08B1Tq8BW by @MishGEA $SPY $DIA pic.twitter.com/WAVjB8EUTF — Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble) …

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Are Stocks for Suckers?

by BILL BONNER GUALFIN, ARGENTINA – Stormy Daniels has gone public… No big deal. Gary Cohn has left the White House… No big deal. The big deal is that the Fed is raising interest rates. Dow 10,000 Even this wouldn’t be …

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Euro-Stocks Trashed

by Dana Lyons European equity indices are testing key levels of bull market support. The recent (ongoing?) equity correction has not merely been a U.S. event. Most stock markets around the globe have also suffered drawdowns in concert with the U.S., …

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Is Fed Pumping Stocks To Keep Pensions Solvent? With pensions now 50% or more invested in stocks, it seems pretty obvious that one way to inflate away the looming pension catastrophe is for the Fed to inflate the stock market.

via investmentresearchdynamics: The pension crisis is inching closer by the day. @CalPERS just voted to increase the amount cities must pay to the agency. Cities point to possible insolvency if payments keep rising but CalPERS is near insolvency itself. It may …

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