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Albert Edwards: “Equity Investors Are Facing The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse”
Albert Edwards: “Equity Investors Are Facing The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse” Even SocGen’s Albert Edwards was surprised at how quickly his latest predication was validated. Recall that 3 weeks ago with the 10Y yield at 3.10%, with Edwards looking at the surge higher in 10Y Yields the SocGen strategist pointed out that the break […]
“This Is The Tipping Point”: One Bank Is Calling For A 30% Market Correction
“This Is The Tipping Point”: One Bank Is Calling For A 30% Market Correction While some believe that it is the level (or stock) of the 10Y yield during a rate rout that determines the resulting revulsion toward equities, while others claim that it it speed of the sell off (the “flow” angle) that matters, […]
Rising Interest Rates Start Popping Bubbles — The End Of This Expansion Is Now In Sight
Rising Interest Rates Start Popping Bubbles — The End Of This Expansion Is Now In Sight Towards the end of economic expansions, interest rates usually start to rise as strong loan demand bumps up against central bank tightening. At first the effect on the broader economy is minimal, so consumers, companies and governments don’t let […]
IMF Slashes US Growth Outlook, Blames Rates & Trade; Sees Venezuelan Inflation 10-Million-Percent
IMF Slashes US Growth Outlook, Blames Rates & Trade; Sees Venezuelan Inflation 10-Million-Percent Confirming Director Lagarde’s warning that “clouds on the horizon have materialized,” The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade. The IMF said Monday that the global economy will grow […]
Ron Paul Is Warning That A 50% Stock Market Decline Is Coming – And That There Is No Way To Stop It
Ron Paul Is Warning That A 50% Stock Market Decline Is Coming – And That There Is No Way To Stop It Is Ron Paul about to be proven right once again? For a very long time, Ron Paul has been one of my political heroes. His willingness to stand up for true constitutional values […]
The Global Distortions of Doom Part 1: Hyper-Indebted Zombie Corporations
The Global Distortions of Doom Part 1: Hyper-Indebted Zombie Corporations The defaults and currency crises in the periphery will then move into the core. It’s funny how unintended consequences so rarely turn out to be good. The intended consequences of central banks’ unprecedented tsunami of stimulus (quantitative easing, super-low interest rates and easy credit / […]
“Waiting For The World To End” – Bond Rout Bodes Badly For Exuberant Equity Investors
“Waiting For The World To End” – Bond Rout Bodes Badly For Exuberant Equity Investors It was a tough week for stock market investors but the primary driver of the chaotic crumble in small caps and tech stocks was not one of the usual suspects and even for those who consider themselves ‘hedged’ or balanced […]
The Federal Reserve’s Rising Interest Rates Are A Ticking Time-bomb For U.S. Economy
The Federal Reserve’s Rising Interest Rates Are A Ticking Time-bomb For U.S. Economy One of the worst things for an over-heated and extremely leveraged economy is rising interest rates. So, with the recent 2-2.25% interest rate, big trouble is on the horizon, Also, with higher interest rates, the U.S. Treasury will have to fork out […]
The “VaR Shock” Is Back: Global Bonds Lose $880 Billion In One Week
The “VaR Shock” Is Back: Global Bonds Lose $880 Billion In One Week Markets were in turmoil, S&P futures were locked limit down as traders panicked, the establishment political system was in chaos and global bond portfolios were about to suffer a near record $1.2 trillion in losses in just a few days. All this […]
Weekly Commentary: Contemporary Finance’s Defect
Weekly Commentary: Contemporary Finance’s Defect October 3 – CNBC (Jeff Cox): “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank has a ways to go yet before it gets interest rates to where they are neither restrictive nor accommodative. In a question and answer session Wednesday with Judy Woodruff of PBS, Powell said the Fed […]
Loans Sour in Turkey, Inflation Hits 25%, Interest Rates Spike, Fears of Contagion Rise
Loans Sour in Turkey, Inflation Hits 25%, Interest Rates Spike, Fears of Contagion Rise The economic miracle fueled by foreign-currency debt. The Bank of Turkey’s decision mid-September to hike its policy rate from 17.75% to 24% may have temporarily stemmed the rout in the Turkish lira, but the hiatus is now over. This week, the […]
We Have Entered The Zone When Yields Trigger Market Selloffs
We Have Entered The Zone When Yields Trigger Market Selloffs With payrolls now in the rearview mirror and nothing too outlandish revealed in the generally goldilocks data, traders have resumed contemplating the one question that is on everyone’s mind: how much higher (and at what pace) will rates rise before stocks are slammed? To be […]
World’s Most Important Bank Issues Urgent “Zombie Alert”
World’s Most Important Bank Issues Urgent “Zombie Alert” It’s been a decade since the world’s major central banks reacted to the financial crisis by cheapening the value of money through record low, zero or negative rates. What my research for my book Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World revealed was how central bankers and […]
People Will Be Dumping Dollars & Buying Gold – Peter Schiff
People Will Be Dumping Dollars & Buying Gold – Peter Schiff Money manager Peter Schiff was in a small group warning of a coming financial meltdown that happened in 2008. Schiff says, “I was kind of a fixture on financial cable TV giving these warnings. My thought was the bubble would burst, and I knew […]
“Monster Move” In Treasuries Unleashes Global Market Rout
“Monster Move” In Treasuries Unleashes Global Market Rout A sea of red has greeted stock traders across the world this morning after what one analyst called “monster moves” in U.S. Treasury yields. The bond rout that sent 10Y Treasury yields to the highest since May 2011 promoted by stronger than expected US economic data, and which […]
