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Borrowing against art is surging because art, like all other assets, can’t go down.t.co/zkd2cnuiUr pic.twitter.com/aY5BS7SeR4 — Jonathan Tepper (@jtepper2) July 6, 2019
by Simon Black Last week the price of Bitcoin was double what it was on April 1 of this year. Then it crashed by almost 20% in matter of days. Then … Read more
First two consecutive down weeks since the end of December. $SPX pic.twitter.com/rMEobqlKRm — Market Musings (@AndysCycles) May 18, 2019 no trade deal next month pic.twitter.com/dY9rDKqQk7 — Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) May … Read more
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Preview Ahead of the Open Oil is surging over 2% this morning on news of potentially lower Iranian oil exports and stock futures are lower with front-month Dow Jones minis … Read more
via @TaviCosta: But China CDS is at its lowest level since 2008. How do you square this circle?
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Home prices that rise faster than wages – as they have done for years now – are not a free lunch for the economy. And now … Read more
via @TaviCosta: -% of yield curve inversions surging globally; -15 economies now have 30-yr yields lower than LIBOR overnight rates; -US vs. German 5-year yield spread just broke down from a … Read more
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Bond yields are crashing in major markets all around the world as fears of a global economic slowdown have prompted investors to seek … Read more
by Jesse Colombo U.S. student-loan delinquencies surged in 2018, hitting a record $166.4 billion in the fourth quarter. Bloomberg reports – Delinquencies continued to climb even as the unemployment rate fell below … Read more
by Troy As the S&P 500 makes a sharp upwards reversal towards its 38.2% fibonacci retracement, the U.S. stock market’s breadth is surging and risk-off assets (USD) are falling. This … Read more
by Troy While the U.S. stock market has been trending downwards from December 2018 – present, safe havens (e.g. gold and Yen) have been going up. Go here to understand our … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($453,100 or less) and a 20% down-payment jumped to 4.97% for the week ending … Read more
by Michael Snyder The primary reason why stock prices have been soaring in recent months is because corporations have been buying back their own stock at an unprecedented pace. In fact, … Read more
“How stressed are emerging mkts vs developed mkts? The gap between implied FX vol for EM (surging) and G7 (still subdued) is extreme, only observed a couple other instances in … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The impact on homebuyers and the market, in dollars and cents. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($453,100 or less) … Read more
via Sam Meredith The price of crude has risen over the past two years, from $26 in 2016 to $77 on Monday, as the balance between supply and demand has been … Read more