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The Fed Just Admitted It Won’t Stop Printing Money For YEARS… Here’s How to Profit From This
The Fed Just Admitted It Won’t Stop Printing Money For YEARS… Here’s How to Profit From This The Fed will soon be buying stocks. Earlier this week, the Fed announced that it will begin buying corporate bonds from individual companies. Before this announcement, the Fed was already involved in the: The Treasury markets (US sovereign […]
Here Is The Stunning Chart That Blows Up All Of Modern Central Banking
Here Is The Stunning Chart That Blows Up All Of Modern Central Banking Several years ago, when conventional wisdom dictated that to push inflation higher and jumpstart lethargic economies, central banks have to push rates so low as to make saving punitive and force consumers to go out and spend their hard earned savings, several […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – November 11th 2019
BLAIN’S FINANCIAL PORRIDGE – NOV 11TH 2019 “Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well. He rained us with bullets and showered us with shell. In five minutes flat he’d blown us all to hell. . ” Last week stock markets staged a spectacular rally off the back of the “improved” trade outlook. Bonds […]
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken
The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken I say these things because: Money is free for those who are creditworthy because the investors who are giving it to them are willing to get back less than they give. More specifically investors lending to those who are creditworthy will accept very low or negative […]
“Past Is Not Prologue” But Over The Long-Run, We’re All Skeptical
“Past Is Not Prologue” But Over The Long-Run, We’re All Skeptical The last 20 years have been the toughest stretch for US stocks since the Great Depression into World War II. The next 5 years will either confirm investors’ worst fears that stocks are no longer “for the long term” or begin to re-instill confidence in […]
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 […]
Saxo Q4 Outlook: A New Easing Cycle Based on Ugly Realities
Saxo Q4 Outlook: A New Easing Cycle Based on Ugly Realities Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has today published its Q4 2018 Quarterly Outlook for global markets, including trading ideas covering equities, FX, currencies, commodities, and bonds, as well as a range of macro themes impacting client portfolios. “We are clearly at […]
Bank of Japan Buys Record Amount of Equity ETFs: Once Upon a Time
Bank of Japan Buys Record Amount of Equity ETFs: Once Upon a Time The Japanese stock market fell, so the Bank of Japan bought more equity funds. After cornering the bond market, the Bank of Japan has its sight on the stock market with a Record Buying Binge in March. The Bank of Japan spent […]
Stock Market Leverage Spikes. Sparks Already Flew. Brokerage Regulator “Concerned.” But Hey, Nothing’s Going to Happen.
Stock Market Leverage Spikes. Sparks Already Flew. Brokerage Regulator “Concerned.” But Hey, Nothing’s Going to Happen. Resting Happily on Smoldering Powder Keg. There is nothing like a big shot of leverage to fire up the stock market. And that’s what the market got in 2017, when the S&P 500 surged 26%, and in January 2018, […]
Find The Sentence That Dooms Pension Funds (Don’t Worry, It’s Highlighted)
Find The Sentence That Dooms Pension Funds (Don’t Worry, It’s Highlighted) The “pension crisis” is one of those things — like electric cars and nuclear fusion — that’s definitely coming but never seems to actually arrive. However, for pension funds the reason a crisis hasn’t yet happened is also the reason that it will happen, […]
The End of (Artificial) Stability
The End of (Artificial) Stability The central banks’/states’ power to maintain a permanent bull market in stocks and bonds is eroding. There is nothing natural about the stability of the past 9 years. The bullish trends in risk assets are artificial constructs of central bank/state policies. As these policies are reduced or lose their effectiveness, the […]
This Year’s Stock Buybacks Are Already Bigger Than All Of 2009’s
This Year’s Stock Buybacks Are Already Bigger Than All Of 2009’s While there is still some fringe debate what companies will do with the hundreds of billions in offshore funds repatriated to the US as part of the recently passed Trump tax reform, the discussion is largely over, especially after last week’s Cisco results. The […]
China’s Plunge Protection Team Arrives: Urges Companies To Boost Stocks, “Avoid Selling”
China’s Plunge Protection Team Arrives: Urges Companies To Boost Stocks, “Avoid Selling” Over the weekend, we along with Bank of America and probably most carbon-based traders wondered if any central bank or government official would step up on Monday and intervene in the markets, either verbally or directly. The answer emerged overnight, when China officially […]
Jim Rogers: “Next Bear Market Will Be Worst In My Lifetime”
Jim Rogers: “Next Bear Market Will Be Worst In My Lifetime” For months now, Jim Rogers has been talking to anybody (who cares to listen) about the coming equity crash, which he said would be the “worst in his lifetime” – and he’s a spry 75 years old. Today, in his latest pessimistic prognostication, the […]
