by Chris The air gap between the real value added and the credit cycle top in equity valuations, coupled with rising interest rates, suggest that the WACC is about to spike as both equity and debt become more expensive. When …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan President Donald Trump’s trade war is making things even worse than before for businesses in the United States. The trade war has been dragging on for four long months now, and the pain is being felt financially. Companies’ …
Close to 40 percent of individuals polled by Bankrate.com say their personal financial situations have improved since President Trump was elected. Among households earning less than $30,000 a year, 78 percent say that their financial situation hasn’t improved since 2016. …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan As politicians continue to point to a booming economy with a low unemployment rate, the real evidence that those surface numbers aren’t reflecting reality are becoming more apparent. The student loan crisis in the United States is about …
Lots of news stories are being blamed for today's sell-off in stocks. The reality is the market likely would have sold off today even if none of those stories took place. Bear markets don't need excuses to fall, but investors …
by WARREN MOSLER Gone from bad to worse: Highlights The highest interest rates in over 7 years took their toll on mortgage activity in the October 12 week, with purchase applications for home mortgages falling a seasonally adjusted 6 percent …
Last week Mike Maloney unveiled his new indicator, the Market Fragility Index, to the public. Today he shows us a recent discovery that helps explain why the cracks in the financial system are growing larger every day, and why the next …
by mormengil Reasons are: Margin loans, unlike mortgages, are not fixed in duration, are not fixed in interest rate, are secured on assets at a certain market value (or range) rather than secured on an asset disregarding it’s future fluctuations in …
LONDON — The rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled since September after rebel violence in northeastern Congo caused response efforts to be briefly suspended, health officials said Thursday. In a statement, the International Rescue Committee said it …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Xe9QClQBk Pete Saunders for Forbes reports, Thirteen months into the international derby that is the Amazon HQ2 selection process, it seems the end of the sweepstakes is near. It’s been a dizzying year-plus for the giant online retailer. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: …
by Michael Snyder The mood of the mainstream media is really starting to shift dramatically. At one time they seemed determined to convince all of us that happy days were here again for the U.S. economy, but now some mainstream …
by FogDucker CPI in January 1970 was 37.9; January 1980 was 78. So the price level essentially doubled. (78/37.9).1 = 1.074 so inflation averaged about 7.4% a year throughout the 70s. The worst years were 1974 (~12%) and 1979 (~13%). Compared to …
This is an embarrassment! All that welfare and nothing to show for it . “But but we are the 5th largest economy “ “But but tech companies !” — Were California a Country It’d be the 17th Most Unequal Nation …
40% of all multinational profits and 50% of US ones are in tax havens, US companies report more profits in Ireland than China, Japan, Germany, France and Mexico combined. 10% of global GDP is being held inside tax havens ~ …
by Thinker Well, when you’ve lied to rob the people of almost everything they have, what would you do to keep the rest of the world from knowing??? Words and actions are continuing to show the people who has the …
via nationalreview: Before I get started, let me clarify something. Groupthink, mob behavior, panic, etc. have a powerful capacity to make smart people dumb. This is the moral of every witch-hunt story and is about as well documented as any phenomena …
Do you think we are experiencing similarities with the “Roaring 20’s”? Let me know what you think. When a market behaves according to fundamentals, it’s easy to track. When there is euphoria and manipulation, it becomes quite difficult. Today we …
via yahoo: With little prospect of a restart for U.S.-China trade talks, JPMorgan Chase & Co. now expects an escalation in tensions that will see higher American tariffs on all Chinese imports, sending the yuan sliding to its weakest against …
Renowned trends researcher Gerald Celente is making a big change to his 2018-2019 economic forecast. What is the timeline for this coming market meltdown? Celente says, “The timeline is tough, but look . . . all you need is one …
via NYPOST: Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247 trillion that causes the next crash. After a decade of escalating US household debt brought …
Friends from all over the world, I need your input! Please let me know what country you’re from and what debt situation is. Are people taking on MASSIVE mortgages and credit card debt? Or does everyone pay for everything in …
by Daniel Carter The crash of 2008 is now a distant memory for most people. The economy is seemingly on a roll and stock prices are near all-time highs. However, what we learn from history is that we do not learn …
From Jim Rickards, Editor, the Daily Reckoning: Several years ago, I began warning my readers that a global trade war was likely in the wake of the currency wars. This forecast did not seem like a stretch. It would simply be …
via thefederalist: “That is is not my recollection of the eight years under President Obama,” Hemingway said. “He blamed many bad things in the country on people watching Fox News. He claimed it was on every bar in the country why …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBdL8IcovPM Joseph Curl for the Daily Wire reports, Jon Kyl, once the second-highest ranked Republican in the Senate, has been named to succeed the late Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republic reported Tuesday. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35415/…
LATE-STAGE SOCIALISM: The exodus from Venezuela threatens to descend into chaos. Threatens? EVER since Nicolás Maduro became president of Venezuela, the plight of the country’s citizens has gone from bad to worse. On August 19th 1,000 Venezuelan migrants fled from the …
Update: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air Alert for the Bay Area for Thursday and Friday. Read the full story here. End of update. The gray haze over San Francisco isn’t just summer fog. It’s also …
via frontpagemag: New York City will be spending $2.06 billion on its Department of Homeless Services. There are 61,421 homeless people in the city which is spending $33,539 per homeless person. That’s only a little short of the starting salary of an FDNY firefighter at …
