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Here’s Why Housing Must be Propped Up
Here’s Why Housing Must be Propped Up If housing tanks, the last prop under the veneer of middle class wealth collapses. The Powers That Be have gone to extraordinary lengths to prop up housing by whatever means are necessary since the collapse of the housing bubble in 2008: the Federal Reserve has pushed mortgages rates down […]
Waiting to be SKEWered?
Waiting to be SKEWered? SKEW Goes Pear-Shaped Back in 1998, at the height of the Russian crisis, the CBOE SKEW Index reached its all time high of 146.88. Previously very high values were seen on the eve of the 1990 recession, and in March 2006 it spiked again when sudden worries about the housing bubble […]
Bubbles and Backlashes
Bubbles and Backlashes Image: trialsanderrors/Flickr CC. Financial markets have been turbulent as of late with no end in sight. A sagging global economy could overwhelm America’s recovery efforts with toxic effects on key climate change and clean energy initiatives now underway. The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to postpone an interest rate hike is but one reflection […]
The Peak in Government? A Low in Interest Rates?
The Peak in Government? A Low in Interest Rates? We have warned that capital is in a flight to quality, therefore creating the bubble in government paper. We also warned that the bond market on the long-term peaked in April/May and that we should expect a further rally in the short-end. This significant move has unfolded right […]
This Bubble’s Days Are Numbered—–Market Tops Are Sprouting Up Everywhere
This Bubble’s Days Are Numbered—–Market Tops Are Sprouting Up Everywhere I have an important update regarding how far we could see the market drop in the short days and weeks ahead… I’ve been warning for months that it looks like this bubble may finally be peaking. I’ve warned that it’s best to get out of […]
History Doesn’t Go In a Straight Line
History Doesn’t Go In a Straight Line Noam Chomsky on Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn, and the potential for ordinary people to make radical change. Noam Chomsky in 2011. Andrew Rusk / Flickr Throughout his illustrious career, one of Noam Chomsky’s chief preoccupations has been questioning — and urging us to question — the assumptions and […]
Bubble Bubble Where is the Bubble
Bubble Bubble Where is the Bubble It is fascinating that when I warn of anything using the word “CRASH” newspapers immediate report it as I am forecasting a crash in the stock market. This demonstrates that there is no consideration that government can also crash and burn – the perfect example of 100% confidence. Yes, if […]
4 Charts Show Why This Rally Will Become a Rout!
4 Charts Show Why This Rally Will Become a Rout! There’s a reason why I warn you to get out of a bubble a little early rather than a little late. It’s because the first wave down tends to happen in a matter of a few weeks or months, sometimes days. It’s fast and furious. […]
Blame the Federal Reserve, Not China, for Stock Market Crash
Blame the Federal Reserve, Not China, for Stock Market Crash Following Monday’s historic stock market downturn, many politicians and so-called economic experts rushed to the microphones to explain why the market crashed and to propose “solutions” to our economic woes. Not surprisingly, most of those commenting not only failed to give the right answers, they […]
China Is Pushing On A String Ensemble
China Is Pushing On A String Ensemble Look, it’s very clear where I stand on China; I’ve written a lot about it. And not just recently. Nicole Foss, who fully shares my views on the topic, reminded me the other day of a piece I wrote in July 2012, named Meet China’s New Leader : Pon […]
First the Miners, now the Banks, then Property? Going to be a Hard Landing for… Australia
First the Miners, now the Banks, then Property? Going to be a Hard Landing for… Australia A housing market set for the mother of all corrections. “I think it’s important that people don’t hyperventilate about these type of things.” With these words, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott tried to soothe the world’s rattled nerves today about the ongoing […]
It’s easy to deny a bubble but impossible to deny its implosion.
It’s easy to deny a bubble but impossible to deny its implosion. We’re having the kind of day when the New York Stock Exchange felt compelled toannounce very encouragingly before markets opened that it would halt trading for 15 minutes if the S&P 500 drops 7% to 1,833 before 3:25 p.m. Once trading restarts and the index plunges 13% […]
Making Sense Of The Sudden Market Plunge
Making Sense Of The Sudden Market Plunge Are you prepared for further turmoil? The global deflationary wave we have been tracking since last fall is picking up steam. This is the natural and unavoidable aftereffect of a global liquidity bubble brought to you courtesy of the world’s main central banks. What goes up must come […]
Approaching a Global Deflationary Crisis?
Approaching a Global Deflationary Crisis? Anyone with any sense for global economic trends ought to be worried. The signs are everywhere of a serious deflationary crisis. It is obvious that Chinese growth is falling. The prices for energy and the raw materials that feed the growth economy keep falling. The demand for Chinese exports is […]
