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The Next Financial Crisis Is Right On Schedule (2019)
Neither small business nor the bottom 90% of households can afford this “best economy ever”. After 10 years of unprecedented goosing, some of the real economy is finally overheating: costs are heating up, unemployment is at historic lows, small business optimism is high, and so on–all classic indicators that the top of this cycle is in. […]
USD/CAD Drops Back Below 1.30 As NAFTA Optimism Abounds
What a difference a week makes! A little over a week ago, we noted that USD/CAD could continue to gain ground because “there had been little in the way of progress on a new NAFTA deal with negotiations entering ‘crunch time’ a mere 63 days until the US midterm elections” (see “USD/CAD’s Big Breakout Has Bulls Eyeing June’s […]
Fed’s Beige Book Shows Tariff Concerns, Agricultural Weakness, Price Pressures
The Beige Book word of the day is “tariff”. It was mentioned 37 times and not in a good sense. The Federal Reserve “Beige Book” is a compilation of economic activity produced by each of the Fed’s 12 districts. Despite the impressive-sounding name, there is typically not much in it that has not been reported […]
Millennials And The Labor Force: A Look At The Trends – Wednesday, Sept. 12
Millennials make up the largest percentage of our population today, yet have seen some of the lowest labor force participation growth and highest unemployment out of all age groups since the turn of the century. This has larger implications when coupled with slow wage growth, high home prices, and mounting student debt. The general consensus […]
It Feels Like 2007 All Over Again…
We turned on the news this morning… What we discovered was a very delighted young man, explaining why the economy is running red-hot. The number of new job offers, he said, is greater than the number of new job applicants. This hasn’t happened for 10 years. The number of people quitting jobs is also going […]
An Extreme To Consider In The Recent Job Data
After the recent job data last week where we saw wage growth start to accelerate there was another point that caught John Rubino’s attention. That is the fact the there are more job openings than individuals “in the job market” looking for a job. Besides this topic, we also look at the continued extreme positions […]
Warren Buffett Explains Bubbles: But He Doesn’t Know We Are In One
Buffet explains bubbles: “People see neighbors ‘dumber than they are’ getting rich”. Warren Buffett explains Why Bubbles Happen Buffett was asked by CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin if he is worried another crisis will happen again. “Well there will be one sometime”, Buffett said in an interview for CNBC’s “Crisis on Wall Street: The Week That Shook […]
Baby Boomer Employment Across Time – Wednesday, Sept. 12
With the release of the March employment report, let’s review the status of the 20th century Baby Boom, which was one of the most powerful demographic events in the history of the United States. The chart below illustrates the 19-year surge in births following World War II that stretched from 1946 through 1964. The boom […]
Baby Boomer Employment Across Time – Wednesday, September 12
With the release of the March employment report, let’s review the status of the 20th century Baby Boom, which was one of the most powerful demographic events in the history of the United States. The chart below illustrates the 19-year surge in births following World War II that stretched from 1946 through 1964. The boom […]
Comments On Cannabis, Oil, Natural Gas, And Gold
Sean Brodrick, Natural Resource Analysts at Weiss Group joins me today to discuss his outlook for the cannabis, oil, natural gas and gold sectors. In some (cannabis and energy) he sees opportunity but warns of some dates where he is planning on selling. In terms of metals, he is still seeing some support being held. (Audio […]
