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The Cruel Injustice Of The Fed’s Bubbles In Housing
As the generational war heats up, we should all remember the source of all the bubbles and all the policies that could only result in generational poverty: the Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen recently treated the nation to an astonishing lecture on the solution to rising wealth inequality–according to Yellen, low-income households should […]
Hones Abe
Shinzo Abe didn’t fool any of the people any of the time. Japan is now in a recession by the standard definition of two quarters of declining GDP in a row. The timing leaves little doubt that this recession was caused by the 3% increase in the consumption tax this April fools day. Japan’s GDP […]
How To Handle An Environment Of “Low Returns”
First off, if you are expecting to achieve historical average rates of return from stocks or bonds from current prices please go read, “How To Time The Market Like Warren Buffett.” The bottom line is a 10-year treasury note pays you little more than 2% per year and stocks are likely to earn you even […]
A Glance At Startup Acquisitions In Southeast Asia
Photo Credit: Rafael Matsunaga As startups, we are always looking for our next exit. One interesting region of startup exits lately has been Southeast Asia, an area whose wide range of countries and markets has made it quite intriguing. Here, we look at why Southeast Asia could be the next growth area for tech startups. Infographic courtesy […]
Small, But Growing, Reasons To Be Concerned Here – Weekly Market Outlook
Stocks may have technically made a fourth straight weekly gain last week, but the real story was the incredibly quiet, flat market action. We’ll delve into overall stock market index analysis, and some factors that have us concerned despite the overall bullish trend momentum picture, after we take a look at the recent and upcoming economic releases. Economic […]
Social Security And Paid-Up Workers
Americans are living longer and retiring earlier. But how, as an individual or as a country, can you finance a 30-year retirement with a 40-year career? Stanford Professor John Shoven recently visited UCSD and presented some interesting policy suggestions. Probability that a 65-year-old male will live to the age indicated on the horizontal axis as of […]
USD Dollar Play
Time to review the USD dollar. NOTE: readtheticker.com does allow users to load objects and text on charts, however some annotations are by a free third party image tool named Paint.net Investing Quote… ..”Without specific, clear, and tested rules, speculators do not have any real chance of success”.. Jesse Livermore ..“I buy on the assumption […]
ATAC Week In Review: Fear Lower Oil
“Never be afraid to sit a while and think.” – Lorraine Hansberry Large-cap stocks held on to moderate gains as the average stock was flat to down in a week that on the surface looked uneventful, but from a sector standpoint had important movements take place. The Utilities sector, perhaps the most predictive sector of […]
What’s On The Radar Screen In The Week Ahead
The investment climate rests on three legs: the divergence that is characterized by the de-synchronized business cycle, the decline in commodity prices and a slowing of China. Data that underscores these factors appear to have stopped having much significance for investors. At the same time, small changes to perceptions, like the downtick in the University of […]
What The Fed Has Wrought
The chart below might be the most powerful indictment of the Federal Reserve and our corporate fascist empire of debt ever created. Some people don’t get charts. Charts tell a story. This chart tells the story of elitist bankers supporting the agenda of a corporate fascist state, resulting in the gutting of the middle class. […]
