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U.S. Fixed Income Calendar: The Week Ahead
By Steven Levine Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine provides some highlights for what to look for in the week beginning September 17.
GBP/USD Breaks Bearish Barrier On Bout Of Bullish Brexit Buzz
We’ve been tracking the regular drumbeat of Brexit headlines and as we noted last week (see “GBP/USD Back Above 1.30 as Barnier says Brexit Deal “Realistic” in 6-8 Weeks” for more), the tone of the public comments has suggested that a deal is growing more and more likely as the talks enter crunch time. Today, UK Finance […]
We Are All Speculators Now
When the herd thunders off the cliff, most participants are trapped in the stampede… One of the most perverse consequences of the central banks “saving the world” (i.e. saving banks and the super-wealthy) is the destruction of low-risk investments: we’re all speculators now, whether we know it or acknowledge it. The problem is very few of […]
Why You Should Not Be Surprised To See Higher Yields
(Audio length 00:14:59) Chris Temple joins me today to address the 10-year opening up over 3% (albeit it pulled back pretty quickly after the open). The fact is yields have been trending higher and there are a number of reasons why we think this trend will continue.
Learning The Right Lessons From 2008
Learning the right lessons from financial crises is tough. The 1929 stock market crash was blamed for all the ills of the Great Depression that succeeded it and led to two decades of regulation and socialism. In 1720, the British tried to stop all new company formations while the French gave up on finance altogether […]
Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All At Risk
Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market. To say they are buying up the planet may be an exaggeration, but they could. They can create money at will, and they have declared their “independence” from government. They have become rogue players in a game of their own. Excluding institutions such as Blackrock and […]
Helios And Matheson Plunges Amid Plans To Seek Approval For Reverse Stock Split
Shares of MoviePass parent Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) continued their plunge on Monday after a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed that the company will seek approval for an up to 1-for-500 reverse stock split. The filing follows Helios and Matheson’s 1-for-250 reverse stock split in July and comes amid the financial […]
Reality Check Now In Progress
The long-awaited dose of reality from the massive and unprecedented financialization of the global economy has finally begun. Of course, those of us who understood from the start how healthy economies and markets naturally function, knew that a viable recovery from the fiscal and monetary excesses–which caused the great recession and financial crisis of 2008–was […]
The Big Four Economic Indicators: August Real Retail Sales
Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague about the specific indicators on which they base their decisions. This committee statement is about as close as they get to identifying their method. There is, however, a general belief that there are four big indicators that the committee weighs […]
4 Top-Ranked Stocks To Cash In On High Consumer Sentiment
Consumers’ optimistic assessment of future economic growth and job market conditions helped September’s preliminary consumer sentiment reach its second-strongest level since 2004. Lower inflation expectations coupled with confidence in the country’s growing economy drove the sentiment higher, as was reflected across major socioeconomic factions. Consumer optimism prevailed despite worsening living standards in the country and […]
