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Credit Card And Auto Loan Delinquencies Surge In The Second Quarter

Credit Card And Auto Loan Delinquencies Surge In The Second Quarter

Over ten percent of credit card outstanding debt is over 90 days delinquent. Banks will be curtailing credit.This a second look at some interesting charts from the New York Fed Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit.Over 10 Percent of Credit Card Debt is Seriously DelinquentSerious Delinquency for Auto Loans by AgeSerious Delinquency for Credit Cards […]
USD/CHF Analysis Ahead Of US Inflation, Retail Sales Data

USD/CHF Analysis Ahead Of US Inflation, Retail Sales Data

Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash   The Swiss franc has strengthened significantly against the US dollar and the euro. Economists expect the Swiss National Bank to cut rates 1 more time this year. The US will publish the latest inflation report on Wednesday. The USD/CHF exchange rate has crawled back in the past few days as focus […]
The Final Countdown For Tesla 
                    
 
 
 
 
 

The Final Countdown For Tesla          

Elon Musk, “Menace To Democracy” depositphotos Two weeks ago in Southport, England, there was a Taylor Swift-themed dance party for little girls at a community center. A 17-year-old young man named Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, the son of Rwandan immigrants, stabbed three of the girls to death, Bebe King (6 years old), Elsie Stancombe (7), and Alice da Silva Aguiar (9). This […]
FX Daily: US Prices And Activity In The Spotlight

FX Daily: US Prices And Activity In The Spotlight

It is a calmer start to the week in financial markets, where equities are stabilizing and volatility is falling. This week will focus on US price (PPI and CPI) and activity data (retail sales). Consensus expects a combination of data that will allow the Federal Reserve to cut in September. We’re mildly bearish on the dollar. depositphotos USD: Dollar […]
Why Private Debt?

Why Private Debt?

It’s not complicated.  Allocators are formulating return and risk assumptions for private debt that compare favorably to other asset classes, in turn recommending new or higher private debt allocations using traditional asset allocation models. depositphotos Allocators universally direct monies to asset classes based upon long-term expected returns, risk, and correlations, collectively known as capital market assumptions, or […]
VeChain Crypto Technical Analysis

VeChain Crypto Technical Analysis

VETUSD Elliott Wave Technical Analysis Daily ChartFunction: Counter trendMode: CorrectiveStructure: Double CorrectivePosition: Wave ((Y))Direction Next higher Degrees: wave II of ImpulseWave Cancel invalid Level: Details: Wave II May is complete and the price increase again in Wave III.VETUSD Trading Strategy: VeChain’s trend seems to be over as the price action in Wave 1 is likely to be over. […]
What? I Can’t Hear You For All The Noise!

What? I Can’t Hear You For All The Noise!

Last Monday the stock market (SPX) fell by nearly 3%. We don’t really know why it fell although there are plenty of people who are ready, willing and able to provide you with an “explanation”.  depositphotos I can calculate the movements of the heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.Sir Isaac Newton, upon losing a fortune […]
The Meaningless Top

The Meaningless Top

This is a great example of how a stock has a personality by way of how it has behaved in the past. Take Costco (COST) as an example. See the nice, neat topping pattern on the leftmost side of the chart? Notice how it didn’t amount to anything? Well, that’s precisely what just happened again. I had puts on it but […]
BlackRock Ethereum ETF on track to hit $1B net inflows

BlackRock Ethereum ETF on track to hit $1B net inflows

Key Takeaways BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF has accumulated $901 million since its launch and may soon hit $1 billion in net inflows. Grayscale’s Ethereum ETF remains the dominant player in the market despite intense outflows. BlackRock’s Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF), the iShares Ethereum Trust, could become the first US spot Ethereum fund to hit $1 billion […]
Market Briefing For Monday, August 12

Market Briefing For Monday, August 12

Lingering neutrality – not because of fears the Carry-Trade liquidations could slam stocks again (though it’s not inconceivable), but mostly a carry-on set of ‘risks’ in what is and should be a relatively defensive and erratic time.Action sees a tick-up in volatility (and I don’t mean the VIX as such) as jitters dominate, and they should. […]