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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 […]
Wolf Richter: Making Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations
PODCAST Wolf Richter: Making Sense Of The Recent Market Gyrations Which triggers are driving the action? What’s next? Every week at PeakProsperity.com, we record a podcast exclusive for our premium subscribers titled Off The Cuff, where Chris and a weekly expert discuss the notable developments of the week. Every once in a while, we’ll share one […]
Has “It” Finally Arrived?
Shutterstock Has “It” Finally Arrived? Is this week’s 6% market drop the start of the Big One? With the recent plunge in the S&P 500 of over 5%, has the long-anticipated (and long-overdue) market correction finally begun? It’s hard to say for certain. But the systemic cracks we’ve been closely monitoring definitely got an awful […]
The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
BLOG imgflip.com The Waiting Is The Hardest Part Tom Petty’s anthem for today’s investors Man, what an awful stretch of events. When I penned last week’s article on tragedy, little did I expect something as horrible as the Las Vegas massacre would immediately follow. And nearly lost in the headlines was the untimely passing of […]
Van Halen, M&Ms, And The Next Market Downturn
Van Halen, M&Ms, And The Next Market Downturn How watching the right indicators will avoid disaster The planet-sized egos of rock & roll performers are legendary. Few things symbolize this better than the outrageous requests they often make when on tour. These requests are referred to as “riders”, and appear in the contract a tour […]
Better A Year Early Than A Day Too Late
livelifehappy.com Better A Year Early Than A Day Too Late Preparation only has value if it’s done in advance He who hesitates is lost. ~proverb Change, especially a collapse scenario, often happens quite fast. So fast that there’s little to no time to react in the short frenzy between “before” and “after”. This is true […]
If Everything’s Doing So Great, How Come I’m Not?÷
If Everything’s Doing So Great, How Come I’m Not? Are you better off than you were 10 years ago? We’re ceaselessly told/sold that the U.S. economy is doing phenomenally well in our current slow-growth world — generating record corporate profits, record highs in the S&P 500 stock index, and historically low unemployment (4.9% in July […]
Grinding In Harms’ Way——The Fed’s Sick Wall Street Puppies Will Self-Destruct
Grinding In Harms’ Way——The Fed’s Sick Wall Street Puppies Will Self-Destruct Whatever is going on in the daily stock market, you can’t call it “price discovery” or even remotely rational. In fact, it amounts to grinding in harms’ way, and measures the degree to which the Fed and other central banks have turned the Wall […]
Worst Case Scenario = 73% Down From Here
WORST CASE SCENARIO = 73% DOWN FROM HERE As the stock market gyrates higher and lower in a fairly narrow range, the spokesmodels and talking heads on CNBC breathlessly regurgitate the standard bullish mantra designed to keep the muppets in the market. They are employees of a massive corporation whose bottom line and stock price […]
David Stockman CNBC Interview: “I don’t Know What The Bulls Are Smoking”
David Stockman CNBC Interview: “I don’t Know What The Bulls Are Smoking” Anyone who believes that the global economy isn’t crashing must be delirious, according to David Stockman. The former director of the Office of Management and Budget argues that a rapidly deteriorating economic environment is going to send stocks and oil prices spiraling even […]
The Recession Isn’t a Few Months Away… It’s Already Started
The Recession Isn’t a Few Months Away… It’s Already Started So the S&P 500 is out of correction for now and the coast is clear. NOT! This is exactly what we’ve been predicting would happen – after reaching new lows, stocks would have to bounce before they inevitably resume their longer-term trend, which is down. But […]
Deranged Central Bankers Blowing Up the World
DERANGED CENTRAL BANKERS BLOWING UP THE WORLD It is now self-evident to any sentient being (excludes CNBC shills, Wall Street shyster economists, and Keynesian loving politicians) the mountainous level of unpayable global debt is about to crash down like an avalanche upon hundreds of millions of willfully ignorant citizens who trusted their politician leaders and […]
Something’s Gone Horribly Awry
Something’s Gone Horribly Awry The S&P 500 has fallen 7.37 percent so far this year. What to make of it… Naturally, some people find falling stock prices to be unpleasant. Others find them distressing. Another way to look at falling stock prices, however, is like a high-fiber diet. The effect is necessary to a healthy […]
