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Wolf Richter: Making Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations
PODCAST Wolf Richter: Making Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations Which triggers are driving the action? What’s next? Every week at PeakProsperity.com, we record a podcast exclusive for our premium subscribers titled Off The Cuff, where Chris and a weekly expert discuss the notable developments of the week. Every once in a while, we’ll share one […]
Has “It” Finally Arrived?
Shutterstock Has “It” Finally Arrived? Is this week’s 6% market drop the start of the Big One? With the recent plunge in the S&P 500 of over 5%, has the long-anticipated (and long-overdue) market correction finally begun? It’s hard to say for certain. But the systemic cracks we’ve been closely monitoring definitely got an awful […]
Louis Gave On Corporate Debt And The Next Liquidity Crisis
Louis Gave On Corporate Debt And The Next Liquidity Crisis This has been a good year for the stock market so far, at least in the U.S., yet many investors are wondering when the other shoe will drop. We spoke with Louis-Vincent Gave, founding partner and CEO at Gavekal Research, about the explosion in near […]
We Are All Lab Rats In The Largest-Ever Monetary Experiment In Human History
We Are All Lab Rats In The Largest-Ever Monetary Experiment In Human History And how do things usually work out for the rat? There are ample warning signs that another serious financial crisis is on the way. These warning signs are being soundly ignored by the majority, though. Perhaps understandably so. After 10 years of […]
Italian Bond Market Crisis Coming Up
Italian Bond Market Crisis Coming Up Italy’s 10-Year bond yield surged around the Italian election. There’s heavy issuance in Sept and ECB tapering in Oct. The yield on Italian bonds surged in May on the victory of the League- and Five Star in the national election. The alliance does not intend to follow EU budget […]
Weekly Commentary: Intimidate Nobody
Weekly Commentary: Intimidate Nobody Strangely perhaps, but late in the week my thoughts returned to James Carville’s 1992 comment: “I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the […]
China Launches Quasi QE To Support Banks And Sliding Bond Market
China Launches Quasi QE To Support Banks And Sliding Bond Market With the ECB’s QE coming to an end at the end of the year (absent some shock to the market or economy), some traders have already been voicing concerns which central bank will step in and provide a backstop to the global fixed income […]
Argentina Hikes Rates To 40% To Stall Currency, Bond Market Collapse
Argentina Hikes Rates To 40% To Stall Currency, Bond Market Collapse It may be time to cry for Argentina… The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) just hiked its 7-day repo reference rate to 40.00% – up a stunning 1275bps in a week – in a desperate attempt to stall the collapse of the peso (and […]
Peter Schiff: ‘The Fed Is Like Mr. Magoo! We Are Headed For A Massive Financial Crisis’
Peter Schiff: ‘The Fed Is Like Mr. Magoo! We Are Headed For A Massive Financial Crisis’ Peter Schiff has been saying that even though the stock market is on a slow downward slide, the biggest problem is actually in the bond market. Last week, Schiff warned us to be wary of the calm before the […]
Danielle DiMartino Booth: Don’t Count On The Powell Fed To Rescue The Markets
Danielle DiMartino Booth: Don’t Count On The Powell Fed To Rescue The Markets The new Fed Chair may break from his predecessors The recent gut-wrenching drop in asset prices began on the first day of the job for new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. How is Mr. Powell likely to react to a suddenly sick-looking market? […]
Bond Market Smells Inflation, Begins to React
Bond Market Smells Inflation, Begins to React Inflation expectations now exceed the Fed’s target. The 10-year US Treasury yield breached 2.5% on January 9 and hasn’t looked back since, closing on Friday at 2.55%. The three year yield closed at 2.12%, the highest since October 2008. The two year yield, after breaching 2% on Friday […]
Gold Only Safe Asset Left – David Stockman
Gold Only Safe Asset Left – David Stockman Record high stock and bond prices are flashing danger signs to former Reagan White House Budget Director David Stockman. Stockman contends, “I don’t think we are going to have a liquidity crisis. I think it’s going to be a value reset. I think there is going to […]
Stephen Poloz Right To Be Worried
Stephen Poloz Right To Be Worried Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz cited numerous worries plaguing the economy during his speech to Toronto’s financial elites yesterday at the prestigious Canadian Club. However, the title of Poloz’s presentation, “Three things keeping me awake at night” seemed odd, given positive recent Canadian employment, GDP and other data. […]
Market Red Flag: Stocks May Be About To Tank: “If There’s One Thing That You Need To Pay Attention To It’s This…”
Market Red Flag: Stocks May Be About To Tank: “If There’s One Thing That You Need To Pay Attention To It’s This…” Stock and bond markets may be teetering on the edge of a widespread crash following a stellar year that has seen all-time highs across just about every major asset class. Earlier today Zero […]
The Endgame of Financialization: Stealth Nationalization
The Endgame of Financialization: Stealth Nationalization This is the new model of nationalization: central banks control the valuation of private-sector assets without actually having to own them lock, stock and barrel. As you no doubt know, central banks don’t actually print money and toss it out of helicopters; they create a digital liability and use […]
