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Disaster Awaits: National Debt Will Be 6 Times The Size Of The Economy
Disaster Awaits: National Debt Will Be 6 Times The Size Of The Economy Even without changes to the current spending policy, the government’s spending is on an unsustainable path. By the time a child born in 2018 reaches retirement age, the United States national debt will be six times the size of the economy according to […]
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing Will we someday look back on October 2018 as the turning point? As the month began, people were generally feeling pretty good about things, and the U.S. stock market quickly set a new all-time high. But from that point on, the wheels fell off for Wall Street. We just witnessed […]
Why Public Debt Is a Problem — And Trade Deficits Aren’t
Why Public Debt Is a Problem — And Trade Deficits Aren’t As the U.S. trade deficit has been widening for the fourth month running, markets and business experts appear once again bewildered by the events and unsure how to react to them. On the one hand, they had vehemently opposed the increase in trade tariffs […]
Stock Market Plunges Again – Global Stocks Down 5 Weeks In A Row – 8 Trillion Dollars In Wealth Wiped Out
Stock Market Plunges Again – Global Stocks Down 5 Weeks In A Row – 8 Trillion Dollars In Wealth Wiped Out It’s not over. The worst October stock market crash since 2008 got even worse on Friday. The Dow was down another 296 points, the S&P 500 briefly dipped into correction territory, and it was […]
Is The Long-Anticipated Crash Now Upon Us?
Shutterstock Is The Long-Anticipated Crash Now Upon Us? Is this the market’s breaking point? I admit: I’m a permabear. This is no surprise to those who know and have followed me over the years. But I’m publicly proclaiming my ‘bearishness’ because doing so might open up a needed and long overdue dialog. Here’s my fundamental […]
Eurozone will Collapse – There is No Other Choice Economically
Eurozone will Collapse – There is No Other Choice Economically QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I can see what you have been arguing about the faulty design of the euro. After the EU rejected Italy’s budget, is there any hope left for Italy? RS, Rome ANSWER: For those who do not follow Europe closely, the European Union […]
The Establishment Must Undermine Alternative Economists As Crisis Unfolds
The Establishment Must Undermine Alternative Economists As Crisis Unfolds There is a notion within the mainstream media that certain economic indicators are unassailable; they never stop being reliable. The way they look at and report on the system is rather outdated and extremely limited in scope; showcasing and cherry picking only net-positive statistics, even if […]
Stock Market Crash! The Dow Has Now Plunged 2,368 Points From The Peak Of The Market
Stock Market Crash! The Dow Has Now Plunged 2,368 Points From The Peak Of The Market The level of panic that we witnessed on Wall Street on Wednesday was breathtaking. After a promising start to the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started plunging, and at the close it was down another 608 points. Since […]
Teetering On The Brink Of Disaster: 14 Of 19 Bear Market Signals Have Now Been Triggered
Teetering On The Brink Of Disaster: 14 Of 19 Bear Market Signals Have Now Been Triggered October 2018 is turning out to be a lot like October 2008. The S&P 500 has now fallen for 12 of the last 14 trading days, and it is on pace for its worst October since the last financial […]
Defiant Energy Policy of Mexico’s President-Elect Rattles Moody’s and Fitch
Defiant Energy Policy of Mexico’s President-Elect Rattles Moody’s and Fitch But it’s going to be tough; he’ll need more than luck to pull it off. Moody’s has rated the $2 billion of senior unsecured notes due 2029 that Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex is in the process of issuing one notch above junk. Pemex is offering […]
U.S. SHALE OIL INDUSTRY: Catastrophic Failure Ahead
U.S. SHALE OIL INDUSTRY: Catastrophic Failure Ahead While the U.S. Shale Industry produces a record amount of oil, it continues to be plagued by massive oil decline rates and debt. Moreover, even as the companies brag about lowering the break-even cost to produce shale oil, the industry still spends more than it makes. When we add […]
Blain: “We Are Finally Approaching The End Phase Of The 2008 Global Financial Crisis”
Blain: “We Are Finally Approaching The End Phase Of The 2008 Global Financial Crisis” Blain’s Morning Porridge, Submitted by Bill Blain “I found Rome a City of Bricks and left it a City of Marble.” In the Headlights this morning – see www.morningporridge.com for some of the stories I’m watching: Debt Leverage: Interesting quote I […]
Roman Republic’s Debt Crisis & Led to it’s Collapse
Roman Republic’s Debt Crisis & Led to it’s Collapse QUESTION: You said that Imperial Rome did not have a national debt nor central banks. Did Rome ever have debts that were not private? JY ANSWER: Yes. In all honesty, it was the Debt Crisis that ended the Roman Republic. There was a Sovereign Debt Crisis […]
End Of The Financial World?
End Of The Financial World? Predicting the end of the world, physical or financial, is seldom helpful. If the prediction is correct, how do you profit from the insight? If the prediction is wrong and the “end of the world” is delayed (typical), you lose credibility. An estimate of risk versus reward based on an […]
