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If a major financial crisis was approaching, we would expect to see the "smart money" getting out of stocks and pouring into government bonds that are traditionally considered to be "safe" during a crisis.
Something doesn't quite add up when the median price of a new home is just shy of all time highs, while the actual number of new homes sold is just shy of all time lows.
Zero Hedge recently revealed that $5.3 trillion of government debt trades at subzero interest rates.
In The Words Of Silicon Valley's "Poster Child" And World's Youngest Billionaire
After existing home sales sent stocks vertical on great news, so new home sales plunge has sent stocks vertical on bad news.
It is extremely refreshing to see a large, prominent, and historically accurate fund manager lay it on the line.
Publisher: "What she said".
Some JPMorgan Chase customers are receiving letters informing them that the bank will no longer allow cash to be stored in safety deposit boxes.
Last weekend my wife was seized by an unwholesome enthusiasm for tiny houses. She'd read they were featured at something called a Better Living Show and wanted to go.
White House Refutes European Complacency: Warns Grexit Threatens Global Economic Recovery
I had the pleasure of being interviewed once again by Gordon Long as part of his financial repression series. The topic of this interview was "America's Pension Problem".
Bank Of England Exposes US Cronyism: Questions Why Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Is Not Too Big To Fail
Winding up Route 400, a good 40 minutes' north of Atlanta's traffic-snarled freeways, are miles of farmhouses, interspersed with mobile homes, McMansions and thrift shops.
On Sunday, we suggested that the increase in traveling escorts combined with a concurrent drop in spending on alcohol and gambling bodes poorly for consumer spending in the US.
Prison Labor is Industry's "Best Kept Secret in Outsourcing" and What Has Killed Your Job
39 Congressmen pull personal money from U.S. banking system, move cash to surprising location.
Two days ago we highlighted a new study from the St. Louis Fed where someone had the very prudent idea to strip out loans in deferment and forbearance from the denominator of the student debt delinquency rate equation so everyone could get a better i
The school year is winding down. Those ending their junior year are planning summer trips to college campuses and most seniors are gearing up to head off for college this fall.
On Friday we asked if the student debt bubble was about to witness its 2007 moment.
So the fundamental case for a 20 year bull run as BMO is calling for and certainly many other banks seem to be onboard with that is not looking great YTD.
Turns out the book and movie may be an economic fairy tale about America in the late 1800s -- and gold.
Ben "I Didn't See It Coming" Bernanke Hired by Big Hedge Fund
Well that escalated quickly...
A few days ago, when looking at the latest quarterly compendium of humor, aka the IMF's world economic outlook release, we showed the reason why economists are such horrible forecasters: all they do is extrapolate trends.
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Even wealthier Americans are struggling to save enough for retirement, according to a new survey.
Dear young people of America, I’m sorry... You’re entering a world that has condemned you to slavery before you were even born. No, not the full-blown, work-in-the-fields slavery you learned about in school, but something that has most of the sam
...can central banks really buy trillions of dollars of debt securities today with money they didn’t have yesterday without something going very wrong? Can they create money endlessly out of nothing to manipulate interest rates without consequence
The sudden decision to buy EUR and dump USDs (after a slew of Fed speakers spewed their usual spew) has sparked a buy everything trade across markets as bonds, stocks, and crude are surging...
For owners of marijuana businesses, April 15 is one big downer.
