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What Is Behind The Market’s Record Liquidity Collapse
What Is Behind The Market’s Record Liquidity Collapse One week ago, when we first previewed this week’s infamous $60 billion pension fund rebalancing out of equities and into bonds which resulted in historic market gyrations, and a violent snapback in the S&P from what was shaping up to be the worst December on record for […]
This Is Exactly The Kind Of Behavior That You Would Expect During A Stock Market Implosion…
This Is Exactly The Kind Of Behavior That You Would Expect During A Stock Market Implosion… If a doctor tells you that his patient’s condition is swinging up and down wildly, is that a good sign or a bad sign? Of course the answer to that question is quite obvious. And if a doctor tells […]
Mother of All Sucker Rallies Sends Dow 1,000 Points Higher
Mother of All Sucker Rallies Sends Dow 1,000 Points Higher Following a brutal four days in a brutal month, stocks staged a massive rally. Alas, it won’t last. The Wall Street Journal reports Dow Industrials Leap More Than 1,000 Points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 1,000 points for the first time in […]
DataTrek: “Healthy” Markets Don’t Rally 1,086 Points On The Dow
DataTrek: “Healthy” Markets Don’t Rally 1,086 Points On The Dow Even with Wednesday’s rally, December’s 11-13% declines (S&P 500, Russell 2000) for US stocks couldn’t have come at a worse time for markets. First, there is the psychological damage of seeing such a swoon in what is a typically good month for domestic equities. Then […]
When Certainty Frays, Capital Gets Skittish
When Certainty Frays, Capital Gets Skittish The net result is capital is impaired in eras of uncertainty. As we look ahead to 2019, what can we be certain of? Maybe your list is long, but mine has only one item: certainty is fraying. Confidence in financial policies intended to eliminate recessions is fraying, confidence in […]
U.S. Stocks Just Had Their Best Day Ever – And Here Is Why That Is A REALLY Bad Sign…
U.S. Stocks Just Had Their Best Day Ever – And Here Is Why That Is A REALLY Bad Sign… The Dow Jones Industrial Average just posted its biggest single day point gain ever. On Wednesday, the Dow shot up 1,086 points, which shattered the old record by a staggering 150 points. It truly was a […]
Mnuchin’s Bizarre Statement Rattles Markets
Mnuchin’s Bizarre Statement Rattles Markets If he thought it would inspire confidence in the markets, his bizarre announcement did just the opposite. Over the weekend, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin issued a statement saying that he “conducted a series of calls today with the CEOS of the nations six largest banks,” which included Bank of […]
Nikkei Tumbles, Sliding Into Bear Market
Nikkei Tumbles, Sliding Into Bear Market A few hours after the S&P tumbled over 2.7%, sliding into a bear market for the first time in a decade, Japan’s Nikkei 225 – which had been sliding gradually for the past week – dropped sharply by over 3.2% at the open… … becoming the latest index to […]
Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, Not Even Stocks
Nothing Goes to Hell in a Straight Line, Not Even Stocks But a whole generation of investors has never been through a Nasdaq-bubble unwind, and they’re shocked. I just dug out my “Dow 20,000” hat, but I might not need it for a while because nothing goes to hell in a straight line. And I […]
Trump Is Considering Firing Fed Chair Powell
Trump Is Considering Firing Fed Chair Powell if amid the barrage of negative news hitting the market this quarter there has been one outstanding item which would have sent it sharply (even) lower, that would be a flashing red headline – or a tweet from the president – announcing that Trump has fired Fed Chair […]
This Was The Worst Week For The Stock Market Since The Financial Crisis Of 2008
This Was The Worst Week For The Stock Market Since The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any worse, they did. During normal times, a Friday before Christmas is an extremely boring trading session, but these are not normal times. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down […]
Weekly Commentary: Powell Federal Reserve Lowers “Fed Put” Strike Price
Weekly Commentary: Powell Federal Reserve Lowers “Fed Put” Strike Price I have little confidence history will get this right. Today’s overwhelming consensus view holds that Powell this week committed a major policy blunder. After his early-October “we’re a long way from neutral” “rookie mistake”, he has followed with a rate increase right in the throes […]
Worst Market Crash In A Decade: The Dow Has Fallen More Than 4000 Points As Stocks Rapidly Approach “The Capitulation Phase”
Worst Market Crash In A Decade: The Dow Has Fallen More Than 4000 Points As Stocks Rapidly Approach “The Capitulation Phase” We have not seen anything like this since the financial crisis of 2008. On Thursday the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost another 464 points, and over the last five trading sessions it has lost […]
These 8 Red Flags Warn Us We’re Speeding Toward an Economic Collapse RIGHT NOW
These 8 Red Flags Warn Us We’re Speeding Toward an Economic Collapse RIGHT NOW This isn’t exactly an article loaded with Christmas cheer, but there’s a very good reason that my family has strictly limited our holiday splurges this year. It’s because all the signs right now seem to indicate the US is hurtling toward […]
