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Beware the Young Bear!By Syndicated Publisher on December 30, 2018 | No CommentsStock markets are forever cyclical, an endless series of alternating bulls and bears. And after one of the greatest bulls in US history, odds are a young bear is now gathering steam. It is being fueled by record Fed tightening, bubble valuations, trade wars, and mounting political turmoil. Bea...
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Technically Speaking | Major Markets Are All Flashing...By Syndicated Publisher on November 17, 2018 | No CommentsIn this past weekend’s newsletter, I touched on the outcome of the mid-term elections and why it would likely not be as optimistic as the mainstream media was portraying it to be. To wit: “It is likely little will get done as the desire to engage in conflict and positioning between parties wil...
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Is The Long-Anticipated Crash Now Upon Us?By Syndicated Publisher on October 28, 2018 | No CommentsI admit: I’m a permabear. This is no surprise to those who know and have followed me over the years. But I’m publicly proclaiming my ‘bearishness’ because doing so might open up a needed and long overdue dialog. Here’s my fundamental position: Infinite growth on a fi...
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Dumb and Dumber: The Money Keeps Pouring InBy Syndicated Publisher on August 11, 2017 | No CommentsSomeday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, don’t care about (or understand) the prices they’re paying. Millennials, for ...
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The World Is Now $217,000,000,000,000 In Debt.By Syndicated Publisher on July 4, 2017 | No CommentsThe borrower is the servant of the lender, and through the mechanism of government debt virtually the entire planet has become the servants of the global money changers. Politicians love to borrow money, but over time government debt slowly but surely impoverishes a nation. As the elite get gov...
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World Markets UpdateBy Syndicated Publisher on June 28, 2017 | No CommentsAll eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains for 2017 through June 26. The top performer thus far is China’s Hang Seng with a gain of 17.60%, followed by India’s BSE SENSEX not far behind at 16.94%. In third is our own S&P 500 with 8.94%. The Last Four Weeks The table...
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Here Comes Quantitative TighteningBy Syndicated Publisher on June 19, 2017 | No CommentsAll of a sudden the Fed got a little tougher. Perhaps the success of the hit movie Wonder Woman has inspired Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen to discard her prior timidity to show us how much monetary muscle she can flex when the time comes for action. Although the Fed’s decision this week to ...
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The Next Financial Crisis Has Already Arrived In Euro...By Syndicated Publisher on June 19, 2017 | No CommentsDid you know that the sixth largest bank in Spain failed in spectacular fashion just a few days ago? Many are comparing the sudden implosion of Banco Popular to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, and EU regulators hastily arranged a sale of the failed bank to Santander in order to avoid a f...
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How Debt-Asset Bubbles Implode: The Supernova Model o...By Syndicated Publisher on June 5, 2017 | No CommentsGravity eventually overpowers financial fakery. When debt-asset bubbles expand at rates far above the expansion of earnings and real-world productive wealth, their collapse is inevitable. The Supernova model of financial collapse is one way to understand this. As I noted yesterday in Will the Crazy ...
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Time To Add Housing To The Bubble List?By Syndicated Publisher on June 3, 2017 | No CommentsHousing is hot again, but lately it’s been overshadowed by flashier bubbles in government debt, tech stocks and possibly cryptocurrencies. Still, the warning signs are spreading. Today’s Wall Street Journal, for instance, reports that homeowners are back to using their houses as ATMs: Homeowner...
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Soaring Global Debt Sets Stage For Unprecedented Priv...By Syndicated Publisher on April 17, 2017 | No CommentsThe UK’s Telegraph just published an analysis of global debt that pretty much sums up the coming crisis. Here’s an excerpt with a couple of the more hair-raising charts: Global debt explodes at ‘eye-watering’ pace to hit £170 trillion Global debt has climbed at an “eye-watering” pace o...
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Broad Global Economic Expansion Supports Equity Marke...By Syndicated Publisher on March 7, 2017 | No CommentsEconomic data for February provided clear indications that the global economy is experiencing a broad recovery, with the major advanced economies growing close to or even above their estimated potential growth rates. This positive macroeconomic environment is providing a tailwind for equity markets...
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The Coming Great Wealth TransferBy Syndicated Publisher on March 7, 2017 | No CommentsIn the past, I’ve warned about the coming Great Wealth Transfer. But now we need to talk about it in the present tense, because it’s here. And it will only accelerate from here on out. The Rich will get richer at the expense of everybody else. This isn’t personal. It’s simply ...
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It’s Bubble Time!By Syndicated Publisher on February 27, 2017 | No CommentsIt’s impossible to predict with certainty how much more insane our financial markets will get before an inevitable correction. But my personal bet is: A lot! For my reasons why, take a few minutes to watch the chapter on bubbles below from The Crash Course. For those who haven’t seen it ...
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How Many Euro Crises Will This Make? It’s Getting H...By Syndicated Publisher on February 24, 2017 | No CommentsEvery few years, it seems, one or another mismanaged eurozone country falls into one or another kind of crisis. This leads to speculation about the end of the common currency, which in turn spooks the global financial markets. Then the ECB conjures another trillion euros out of thin air, buys up and...
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Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Rates In This World?....By Syndicated Publisher on October 11, 2016 | No CommentsI know it’s bad form to express sympathy for the people running the world’s central banks. But come on, they’re human beings in an impossible spot with no idea how to escape. The pain they feel is both intense and legitimate, and we should respond with at least a bit of empathy. Just kidding....