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The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 1,500 Points From The Peak Of The Market, And Many Believe This “October Panic” Is Just Beginning…
The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 1,500 Points From The Peak Of The Market, And Many Believe This “October Panic” Is Just Beginning… We haven’t had an October like this in a very long time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down another 327 points on Thursday, and overall the Dow is now down close to […]
The Great Depression II
The Great Depression II Whenever a movie has been a huge hit, the film industry tries to follow it up by doing a sequel. The sequel is almost invariably far more costly, as there’s the anticipation by those who create it that it will be an even bigger blockbuster than the original. The Great Depression […]
Ten Years After the Last Meltdown: Is Another One Around the Corner?
Ten Years After the Last Meltdown: Is Another One Around the Corner? September marked a decade since the bursting of the housing bubble, which was followed by the stock market meltdown and the government bailout of the big banks and Wall Street. Last week’s frantic stock market sell-off indicates the failure to learn the lesson […]
Peter Schiff Explains “What Happens Next” In 47 Words
Peter Schiff Explains “What Happens Next” In 47 Words Outspoken critic of The Fed and one of the few that can see through the endless barrage of bullshit to how this really ends, has laid out in a tweet “what happens next”… Likely sequence of events: 1. Bear market; 2. Recession; 3. Deficits explode; 4. […]
‘Ground Zero’ – Will The Dollar Shortage Kick Off The Next Financial Crisis?
‘Ground Zero’ – Will The Dollar Shortage Kick Off The Next Financial Crisis? There’s an old saying. “You can’t fight the dollar.” And what this means is: because the world’s chained to the U.S. dollar (thanks to its reserve status) – everyone’s constantly affected by whichever way the dollar’s value goes. If the dollar declines – […]
We Just Witnessed The Biggest U.S. Bond Crash In Nearly 2 Years – What Does This Mean For The Stock Market?
We Just Witnessed The Biggest U.S. Bond Crash In Nearly 2 Years – What Does This Mean For The Stock Market? U.S. bonds have not fallen like this since Donald Trump’s stunning election victory in November 2016. Could this be a sign that big trouble is on the horizon for the stock market? It seems […]
Weekly Commentary: Portending an Interesting Q4
Weekly Commentary: Portending an Interesting Q4 “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” I’ll add that those that learn the wrong lessons from Bubbles are doomed to face greater future peril. The ten-year anniversary of the financial crisis has generated interesting discussion, interviews and scores of articles. I can’t help but […]
The Stock Market Just Crashed In Italy, And Argentina Has Panic-Raised Interest Rates To 65 Percent
The Stock Market Just Crashed In Italy, And Argentina Has Panic-Raised Interest Rates To 65 Percent In the 9th largest economy in the world, the financial markets are crashing, and in the 21st largest economy in the world the central bank just raised interest rates to 65 percent to support a currency that is completely […]
How the Crisis Caused a Pension Train Wreck
How the Crisis Caused a Pension Train Wreck We’ve been writing for some time that one of the consequences of the protracted super-low interest rate regime of the post crisis era was to create a world of hurt for savers, particularly long-term savers like pension funds, life insurers and retirees. Even though the widespread underfunding […]
Ken Griffin: The Next Financial Crisis Will Hit In 12-24 Month
Ken Griffin: The Next Financial Crisis Will Hit In 12-24 Months With Ray Dalio predicting that the US has about 2 years until the next recession, earlier today the head of hedge fund Citadel, Ken Griffin, echoed the Bridgewater founder and predicted that there are “at least 18-to-24 months left in the market rally”, thanks […]
What Will Trigger The Next Oil Price Crash?
What Will Trigger The Next Oil Price Crash? Are we nearing another financial crisis? The supply-side story for oil prices is heavily skewed to the upside, with production losses from Iran and Venezuela causing a rapid tightening of the market. But the demand side of the equation is much more complex and harder to pin […]
Goldman Warns Of A Default Wave As $1.3 Trillion In Debt Is Set To Mature
Goldman Warns Of A Default Wave As $1.3 Trillion In Debt Is Set To Mature Ten years after the Lehman bankruptcy, the financial elite is obsessed with what will send the world spiraling into the next financial crisis. And with household debt relatively tame by historical standards (excluding student loans, which however will likely be […]
How the Next Downturn Will Surprise Us
How the Next Downturn Will Surprise Us In their campaign to contain the risks that caused the Great Recession, central bankers may have planted the seeds for the next global economic crisis. ImageCreditCreditJi Lee After the fall of Lehman Brothers 10 years ago, there was a public debate about how the leading American banks had […]
“The World Is Sleepwalking Into A Financial Crisis”: Former UK PM Gordon Brown
“The World Is Sleepwalking Into A Financial Crisis”: Former UK PM Gordon Brown Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned that a leaderless world is sleepwalking towards a repeat of its near meltdown of the last significant financial crisis a decade ago. Britain’s former prime minister – during the period when the collapse of Lehman […]
The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis
Carl Court/Getty Images The Makings of a 2020 Recession and Financial Crisis Although the global economy has been undergoing a sustained period of synchronized growth, it will inevitably lose steam as unsustainable fiscal policies in the US start to phase out. Come 2020, the stage will be set for another downturn – and, unlike in […]
