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Black Monday: Dow Futures Down 800, Europe Crashes Most In Four Years; Gold, VIX Soars
Black Monday: Dow Futures Down 800, Europe Crashes Most In Four Years; Gold, VIX Soars And just like that the complacency is gone with a bang. With traders having learned to ignore coronavirus news thanks to manipulated and fabricated new case “data” out of China showing the pandemic was easing, on Monday markets got a […]
Adapting to a Fast-Forward World
Adapting to a Fast-Forward World The world is going through a period of accelerating change, as four secular developments illustrate. Firms and governments must make timely adjustments, not only to their business models and operational approaches, but also to both their tactical and strategic mindsets. LONDON – Firms and governments must increasingly internalize the possibility […]
Supply Chain Disruptions Impact on Global Growth
Supply Chain Disruptions Impact on Global Growth In a previous post, we mentioned that stagflation is a risk that central planners are ignoring. However, this risk is not just an isolated challenge focused on economies like Mexico, India or Argentina. Even in countries like Germany and Japan the trend of inflation, particularly in non-replicable goods, […]
The Turn?
The Turn? Did markets just hit a key wall and are ready for a much overdue turn? That’s the question we want to explore from a technical perspective following the sudden reversal action on Thursday and Friday as action at a key technical juncture may suggest a shift in character. Let me make perhaps a […]
Mapping out the Banking Elite’s Goal for a Cashless Monetary System – Part Two
Mapping out the Banking Elite’s Goal for a Cashless Monetary System – Part Two In the first part of this article we traced the development of the ‘Utility Settlement Coin‘ – a project that began in 2015 and which has now evolved through the inception of a consortium called Fnality International. Fnality are comprised of a number […]
The Cost of Covid-19 Quarantine: Would You Be Financially Prepared?
The Cost of Covid-19 Quarantine: Would You Be Financially Prepared? As the world tries frantically to contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of Covid-19, schools, public venues, tourist attractions, and workplaces are being closed in an attempt to keep even more people from contracting the illness. Quarantines and self-isolation protocols are also being instituted across the […]
When Bubbles Pop, Only the First Sellers Escape Being Bagholders
When Bubbles Pop, Only the First Sellers Escape Being Bagholders Hapless bagholders have two options: buy the dip and be destroyed, or hang on hoping for a reversal and be destroyed. One often overlooked characteristic of the current stock market bubble is the extremely small exit for sellers trying to avoid becoming hapless bagholders. Bubbles always […]
The Collapse Of This Historic Correlation Suggests A Major Crisis Is Imminent
The Collapse Of This Historic Correlation Suggests A Major Crisis Is Imminent A lot of digital ink has been spilled in recent days over the perplexing reversal of the Yen, which for years was seen by the market as a “flight to safety” trade (as unexpected crisis events would prompt capital repatriation into Japan or […]
Peter Schiff: Gold Is Your Only Alternative
Peter Schiff: Gold Is Your Only Alternative Which will outperform in 2020? Gold? Or Equities? Peter Schiff joined a moderated debate on the subject at the Orlando Money Show. Peter teamed up with Rick Rule to argue for gold, against Louis Navellier and Jeffrey Saut, who contend the stock market is still the place to […]
‘Weak Start To The Year’ – Maersk Warns Paralyzed Chinese Factories To Damage Global Economy
‘Weak Start To The Year’ – Maersk Warns Paralyzed Chinese Factories To Damage Global Economy A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container shipping company, warned Thursday that the Covid-19 outbreak in China, and quickly spreading across the world, would hit earnings this year. Maersk said factories in China are currently operating at 50-60% of capacity because the economy has ground […]
Covid-19: Global Retrenchment Will Obliterate Sales, Profits and Yes, Big Tech
Covid-19: Global Retrenchment Will Obliterate Sales, Profits and Yes, Big Tech If you think global demand will rebound as global debt and confidence implode, you better not be making consequential decisions based on Euphorestra-addled magical thinking. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the global economy was slowing for two reasons: 1) everybody who can afford it already […]
China Injects A Record 5 Trillion Yuan In New Debt To Arrest Economic Crash
China Injects A Record 5 Trillion Yuan In New Debt To Arrest Economic Crash There was a palpable sense of disappointment last night when instead of cutting its benchmark overnight interest rates, Loan Prime Rate, as some – notably Goldman Sachs – had speculated might happen, the PBOC announced that it would only lower its […]
Kolanovic: The Tech Bubble Is Driven By Central Banks And Will Collapse; “This Time Is Not Different”
Kolanovic: The Tech Bubble Is Driven By Central Banks And Will Collapse; “This Time Is Not Different” Having been a must-read voice of contrarian originality and market structure insight especially in the arcane realm of quant finance and derivatives for much of 2013-2016, about 3 years ago something flipped and JPM’s head quant, Marko Kolanovic […]
The stages of the collapse
The stages of the collapse Could the coronavirus act as a catalyst for a new global economic crisis? It certainly has that potential—but how would the crisis proceed? In the December 2018 issue of our Q-Review, we laid out the likely scenarios of an approaching global economic collapse. But, like most things in life, such a dramatic event is […]
