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Volatility, oil and stock markets
Volatility, oil and stock markets “Down” is such a downer word. That’s why when prices fall for practically anything Wall Street wants to sell you, Wall Streeters talk about volatility instead. Volatility allows for the possibility that prices will recover soon and go to new highs. Any setback is just temporary. The market turbulence, it […]
Betting on the Wall Street Crash
Betting on the Wall Street Crash Exclusive: The 2008 Wall Street crash resulted from a combination of unrestrained greed and political contempt for government regulators who might have prevented the devastation. In The Big Short, the tale is told from the perspective of a few players who saw the inevitable and made money on the crash, […]
New Harbor: A Time For Staying Out Of Harms Way
New Harbor: A Time For Staying Out Of Harms Way Preserving your financial capital Given the brutal start to the markets in the first three weeks of 2016, we thought it a good time to check in with the team at New Harbor Financial. We have had them on our podcast periodically over the past […]
Central Banks Are Out of Tricks
Central Banks Are Out of Tricks Once the power to manage expectations has been lost, the central bank bag of tricks is empty. No one knows precisely how and when the global unraveling will impact their corner of the planet, but we do know one thing with absolute certainty: central banks are out of tricks. […]
Like sheep to slaughter: You still aren’t grasping the systemic risk in the stock market (or else you would have sold everything already)
Like sheep to slaughter: You still aren’t grasping the systemic risk in the stock market (or else you would have sold everything already) (NaturalNews) If you still own stocks and mutual fund shares, you still aren’t grasping the systemic risk in the stock market. No matter what you claim to BELIEVE, it is your ACTIONS […]
Central Banks Are Out of Tricks
Central Banks Are Out of Tricks Once the power to manage expectations has been lost, the central bank bag of tricks is empty. No one knows precisely how and when the global unraveling will impact their corner of the planet, but we do know one thing with absolute certainty: central banks are out of tricks. […]
To Hell in a Handcart
To Hell in a Handcart $5 Trillion up in Smoke POITOU, France – Pessimism is a sin against God, said money manager Charles Gave. It suggests ingratitude. And a lack of faith. After all, this is God’s world. What, not good enough for you? That’s why we are always optimistic at the Diary. Things don’t always […]
Why We Need a Recession
Why We Need a Recession According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a recession is defined as a “significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.” Often, this is understood as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth as measured by a country’s GDP. Public opinion is generally […]
A Glimpse Of Things To Come: Bankrupt Shale Producers “Can’t Give Their Assets Away”
A Glimpse Of Things To Come: Bankrupt Shale Producers “Can’t Give Their Assets Away” Over the course of the last several weeks, we’ve spent quite a bit of time sounding the alarm bells on America’s growing list of bankrupt oil and gas drillers. We’ve also been keen to point out that the long list of […]
Bear Necessities
BEAR NECESSITIES “At first sign of crisis, the ignorant don’t panic because they don’t know what’s going on. Then later they panic precisely because they don’t know what’s going on.” – Jarod Kintz. In a crisis, it helps to have good counsel. Investment strategist Mike Tyson is pretty good at summing up the problem: “Everyone […]
Another Reason Why the Middle Class and the Velocity of Money Are in Terminal Decline
Another Reason Why the Middle Class and the Velocity of Money Are in Terminal Decline This has three extremely negative consequences. In response to a recent post on the structural decline in the velocity of money, correspondent Mike Fasano described a key dynamic in both the decline of money velocity and the middle class. “There […]
The Fed’s Phony Boom Is Becoming a Real Bust …
The Fed’s Phony Boom Is Becoming a Real Bust … No More Juice Friday’s 391-point drop in the Dow – a nearly 2.5% fall – ended the worst 10-day start to a year in U.S. market history. The average stock in the S&P 1500 – which includes about 90% of all stocks in listed in the […]
US Bank Counterparty Risk Soars After Energy MTM Debacle
US Bank Counterparty Risk Soars After Energy MTM Debacle A few dots are starting to be connected now that we have exposed the debacle of The Fed’s decision to allow banks to mark-to-unicorn their energy loans. “Something” was wrong in recent weeks as the TED-Spread surged (implying rising counterparty uncertainty among banks) and then the last week – since The […]
Weekly Commentary: Cracks at the Core of the Core
Weekly Commentary: Cracks at the Core of the Core January 15 – Bloomberg (Matthew Boesler): “The U.S. economy should continue to grow faster than its potential this year, supporting further interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve, New York Fed President William C. Dudley said. ‘In terms of the economic outlook, the situation does not appear […]
