via visualcapitalist: The real estate market is a location game. While forces like interest rates, demographics, and the economy help drive the housing market as a whole, the strength of your local market depends on other factors closer to home. When …
Another day where spreads rise, market falls, commodities lose steam and dollar creeps up. This is not the Fed, not trade wars, not political. This is the hangover of a decade of global monetary excess. pic.twitter.com/5lPzMg4u5t — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) …
by Kimble Charting Even though stocks have been weak of late, breaks of certain price levels could actually trigger much more selling than stocks have seen so far. This 4-pack applies Fibonacci extension levels to the S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq 100 and Transports. …
These are not merely academic questions, they go right to the heart of the question of history itself Who’s in charge matters a lot more than you think when taking things into context. Studying history is one of independent journalist …
Leveraged loans trading above par…..where were investors brains most of the year prior to October? This is QE cognitive dissonance…. pic.twitter.com/1kACLUv67F — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) December 14, 2018 The $2.53B withdrawal from US #leveragedloan funds this week? The largest on record. …
by Simon Black The anti-terrorism unit suited up. This was an international affair… a deal between the USA and New Zealand, two members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. Helicopters, tactical suits, high caliber firearms—the whole shebang. They busted in the doors …
by Troy With the S&P 500 down so far in December, some investors and traders are asking “where’s the Santa Claus Rally”? But as I explained in our comprehensive guide to the stock market’s seasonality, the stock market doesn’t always go up …
Super expensive Hong Kong tops the global list for super-rich home buyers The world’s super-rich collectively spent $6.6 billion in a recent 12-month period on homes worth $25 million or more, according to new research by Knight Frank, the global real estate …
IMHO:1) Dollar in range of past 5 years2) 2018 was global synchronized growth, now synchronized slowdown3) EM face massive maturity wall in USD 19 and 204) Commodities collapsed All = Run away from EMs into a deflationary slowdown with massive …
The subprime fiasco which nearly unraveled the entire quadrillion dollar derivatives garbage scheme, which almost entirely collapsed the financial system, was not eliminated after the crisis. It was simply swept under the rug. It has been hidden. Well now if …
From Birch Gold Group Looks like the yield curve the Fed swept under the rug back in June continues to prove itself a reliable potential signal for market correction. On Tuesday the Dow Jones continued to trend downward since October 3rd, dropping 800 …
by axolotl_peyotl Although things are allegedly heating up in the Mueller probe, one shouldn’t lose sight of the alleged wrongdoings of the Clintons via their questionable “foundation” that has long been suspected of shady financial dealings. These latest statements from …
via @OddStats: Red years had as many or more than we have had in 2018 so far (does not include today).
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 …
by Kimble Charting While many analysts are talking about the sky falling in stocks, the chart below reflects that the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) may simply be in a sideways trading range. As well, the S&P 500 remains within the uptrend channel (testing the lower …
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Wall Street loves to label stuff. When markets are rising it’s a “bull market.” Conversely, falling prices are a “bear market.” Interestingly, while there are some “rules of thumb” for falling prices such as: A “correction” is defined as …
by Shaun Richards The world of Bitcoin and indeed all the other altcoins has seen quite a reversal as 2018 has progressed. The days of “free money” have gone and they have been replaced by this according to MarketWatch. Bitcoin …
by howmuch Open enrollment for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, will last until December 15, 2018. Unless you get insurance through your employer, you might be in for a surprise. We crunched some numbers from …
by John Ward There’s one thing in Mrs May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement we’re overlooking . It is not the beginning of the end of Britain being bullied by Brussels, it’s merely the end of the beginning. If Farage et al wait …
by howmuch If you are trying to save money, take a look at your electrical usage. That’s the message from a new report detailing average utility costs across five different categories for every state across the country. Researchers at move.org crunched the …
by FxProNews The American dollar has been showing growth during the last four weeks, managing to return to the annual highs area. After all, it had closed the Friday session at the highest level in 16 months. Despite the drawdown at …
BY JOHN MAULDIN Is debt good or bad? The answer is “Yes.” Debt is future spending pulled forward in time. It lets you buy something now for which you otherwise don’t have cash yet. Whether it’s wise or not depends on …
From ZeroHedge: With midterm election polls opening in less than 48 hours, candidates across the country are in their final push to convince Americans to vote for them – using sophisticated advertising schemes to appeal to their constituents, which vary greatly …
via usatoday: Regardless of marital status or age, households in every city on this list are less likely than most to have children. In the cities with the most people living alone, the share of households with at least one resident …
by Egon von Greyerz Where the gold is going is certainly no secret. Whilst the West has not got a clue of the strategic significance of physical gold, the East’s accumulation of the yellow metal continues unabated. Since 2008 just China …
Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqmUt2YX4AApk7W.jpg According to @MerrillLynch Fund Manager Survey, a record 85% of respondents think that the global economy is at a late cycle. The reading is 11% higher than the December 2007 peak. $SPY $EFA $EEM $SPX …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital You can’t say I didn’t warn you. In August I wrote the following: On that note, our proprietary Crash Trigger recorded a signal yesterday morning. This means the odds of a market meltdown are higher …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter When will the Fed buckle? In this podcast, I ask: Where are interest rates headed, when will the Fed buckle, and who are the new winners and losers? (10 minutes)
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by Michael Snyder The modern tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween can be traced back more than 2000 years to the Celts of ancient Britain. During a Druidic festival known as Samhain, which is still celebrated by Wiccans and other modern pagans, …