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Fiat Chrysler To Shut Serbia Plant As Covid-19-Shock Paralyzes Global Supply Chains
Fiat Chrysler To Shut Serbia Plant As Covid-19-Shock Paralyzes Global Supply Chains It’s certainly plausible that the global economy is in the early stages of grinding to a halt. Already, we’ve noted that two-thirds of China’s economy is offline, with major industrial hubs idle and 400 million people quarantined. The next phase of the supply chain […]
Silver Prices Likely To Go “Exponential” – Guggenheim Co-Founder
Silver Prices Likely To Go “Exponential” – Guggenheim Co-Founder ◆ Silver prices are likely to go “exponential again” according to Guggenheim Partners co-founder Scott Minerd, in an interview with Bloomberg at Davos (see silver chart and interview below) ◆ Silver is “the number one conviction trade in 2020” Minerd, who is also the Guggenheim Global […]
The Fed “Just Let The Cat Out Of The Bag”, Admits Being Forced To Fuel Asset Bubble
The Fed “Just Let The Cat Out Of The Bag”, Admits Being Forced To Fuel Asset Bubble Well the cat’s out of the bag… The worst kept secret in the financial world is now not only accepted orthodoxy, but finally being discussed openly by, at least some, authorities. Central bank policies are directly driving asset […]
Protests Banned Across India After All Hell Breaks Loose
Protests Banned Across India After All Hell Breaks Loose Tens of thousands of people in at least 15 cities across India Thursday defied a government ban on protests after violent demonstrations last week sent the country into chaos following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), reported Bloomberg. CAA is a measure that the Modi government passed […]
How Surveillance and Propaganda Work in ‘the Free World’
How Surveillance and Propaganda Work in ‘the Free World’ A Bloomberg report of October 22 was concise and uncompromising in declaring Russia to be a surveillance state. Harking back to the good old days of the Cold War, as is increasingly the practice in much of the Western media, Bloomberg recounted that “The fourth of 10 basic […]
Historic Typhoon Devastates Japan; Millions Told To Evacuate Amid Flooding, Widespread Outages
Historic Typhoon Devastates Japan; Millions Told To Evacuate Amid Flooding, Widespread Outages The largest typhoon in recorded history of Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture caused widespread flooding, power outages and destruction on Saturday, as local authorities warned over 7 million people to evacuate, according to Bloomberg (with other sources quoting figures ranging from 1-4 million). ✔ Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall on Japan’s Izu Peninsula […]
US To Send ‘Thousands’ More Troops To Saudi Arabia
US To Send ‘Thousands’ More Troops To Saudi Arabia Reuters reports, citing defense or administration sources, that the US is set to send thousands of additional troops to Saudi Arabia in the wake of last month’s Aramco attacks. “The United States is planning to send a large number of additional forces to Saudi Arabia following the Sept. 14 attack on […]
Capital Flight Is Killing The US Shale Boom
Capital Flight Is Killing The US Shale Boom The growth in U.S. shale production is grinding to a halt as low prices put drillers in a financial vice. The slowdown has been unfolding for much of 2019, but the latest slide in oil prices is another blow to cash-strapped companies. Share prices for many E&Ps […]
Panic In Emerging Markets: South African Stocks On Track For Worst 3Q Since 2011
Panic In Emerging Markets: South African Stocks On Track For Worst 3Q Since 2011 The world is on the cusp of an economic storm, and most global investors haven’t strapped on their rain boots nor deployed their umbrellas for what is coming in 2020. As we note in this piece, the most vulnerable fall first, […]
Negative Interest Rates Threaten the Financial System
Negative Interest Rates Threaten the Financial System Markets may need to be rebuilt on a new set of assumptions, but we don’t know what those should be or how they would work. Jim Bianco is the President and founder of Bianco Research, a provider of data-driven insights into the global economy and financial markets. He may have […]
“Big Short” Investor Michael Burry Explains How Index Funds Will Trigger The Next Crash
“Big Short” Investor Michael Burry Explains How Index Funds Will Trigger The Next Crash After years of radio silence, Dr. Michael Burry – the small-time stockpicker who rose to fame for his bets against subprime mortgage bonds featured in the book (and later film) “the Big Short” – is once again doing the media rounds, […]
Burgundy’s Vineyards Haven’t Been This Hot And Dry Since “The Black Death” In The 14th Century
Burgundy’s Vineyards Haven’t Been This Hot And Dry Since “The Black Death” In The 14th Century Vintners in France haven’t seen such a succession of hot weather and dry harvest since the 14th century, during a time called “the Black Death”, according to Bloomberg. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Though these weather extremes may seem […]
Bangladesh’s Central Bank Offers Amnesty To Delinquent Borrowers, Prompting Mass Default
Bangladesh’s Central Bank Offers Amnesty To Delinquent Borrowers, Prompting Mass Default Bangladesh’s Central Bank in May introduced an amnesty program that allowed delinquent borrowers to make a small upfront payment and then pay off the rest of their debt over 10 years at favorable interest rates, according to Bloomberg. However, the plan also triggered a rush by healthy […]
Economic Collapse Imminent: Zimbabwe At ‘Tipping Point’ With ‘Wheels Coming Off’
Economic Collapse Imminent: Zimbabwe At ‘Tipping Point’ With ‘Wheels Coming Off’ Zimbabwe’s economic situation will continue to sour in 2H19 due to unfavorable weather conditions, foreign currency shortages and widespread power cuts, its finance minister said, as he responded to a deteriorating economic outlook by blacking out inflation statistics through the second half, and finally […]
$1.6 Trillion Fund Spots A New, Ticking Time Bomb In The Market
$1.6 Trillion Fund Spots A New, Ticking Time Bomb In The Market First it was the shocking junk bond fiasco at Third Avenue which led to a premature end for the asset manager, then the three largest UK property funds suddenly froze over $12 billion in assets in the aftermath of the Brexit vote; two years later the Swiss […]
