Can Markets Still Drop Sharply… or Is the Fed Invincible?
By Clint Siegner The financial markets feel as if they are totally controlled. ZeroHedge recently made an observation that pretty well sums up the situation,…
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U.S. Stocks Have Fallen For 5 Weeks In A Row – That Is The Worst Stock Market Streak In Almost 8 Years
By Michael Snyder We haven’t seen stock prices slide like this in a long time, and if this keeps up we could soon be looking…
China Has Propped Up Global Markets Since December — Is This About To End?
By Brandon Smith This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group Global stock markets and some treasury markets have…
Wall Street Red Flag: A Bond Market Indicator That Has Predicted Every Recession In The Last 50 Years Just Got Triggered
By Michael Snyder If the bond market is correct, the U.S. economy is definitely heading into a recession. Over the past 50 years, there have…
The OTHER Debt Bubbles: How Private Sector Debt Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis
By Stefan Gleason The $22 trillion official national debt is a much discussed problem, even as politicians exhibit zero motivation to do anything about it….
Investors Brace For Impact As The Cancer That Is Ravaging “The Real Economy” Starts To Spread
By Michael Snyder 2019 sure has been a weird year so far. On Wall Street, everything has been coming up roses for investors up to…
More Evidence that the Bears Have it Dead Right
By David Haggith In my last article, “The Bears Have it Right: Economy went Polar Opposite of Bullish Predictions,” I laid out my first prediction…
The Stock Market Is Back In Idiot-Mode Again
By Dave Kranzler I don’t know if it was the intent of the Fed, but Jerome Powell has managed to trigger a rush into stocks…
As The Fed Reflates The Stock Bubble The Economy Crumbles
By Dave Kranzler I get a kick out of these billionaires and centimillionaires, like Kyle Bass yesterday, who appear on financial television to look the…
Fed Folds Under Pressure, Telegraphs Looser Money Ahead
By Clint Siegner Two big questions have been front and center for Fed watchers in recent months… The first is just how high rates could…
Stock Market Volatility Reflects Systemic Instability
By Dave Kranzler The post-Christmas stock rally extended through Wednesday as the small-cap and tech stocks led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 14.3%…
A Surprise Announcement Has Just Unleashed Another Wave Of Panic On Wall Street
By Michael Snyder Well, that sure didn’t take long. Many had been hoping that 2019 would be a calmer year for Wall Street, but so…
Fake Markets and Return of the “Plunge Protection Team”
By Clint Siegner It’s amazing what passes as a market these days. Stocks rallied during the Christmas week, and the mainstream financial press would like…
It’s Up, It’s Down, It’s Done — a Day in a Year of the Dow.
By David Haggith The market’s last chaotic day closed in a way that befit the entire year. Up, down, up harder, down harder, and done!…