
Citi: "There Is A Massive Problem" With The Bond Market
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenIs the global economic recovery over?
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Is the global economic recovery over?
Record student loan balances? Check. Trillion dollar credit card debt? Check. Six tech stocks dominating the Nasdaq? Check. Subprime auto loans at record levels? Check.
Earlier this week, when commenting on the latest CBO budget forecast, which now expects the US deficit will soar over 40% in 2019, and surpass $1 trillion by 2020 (in reality it may surpass $1TN by September
At Mauldin's latest conference, Gavekal's Louis-Vincent Gave stated "The deflationary period we've been in has come to an end." He produced this chart.
There were more signs of a retail apocalypse in the first quarter of this year. Defaults by retail companies rated by Moody's hit an all-time high in Q1. There were a total of nine defaults among Moody's-rated retail corporates. According to W
Opinion is nearly unanimous. Inflation is coming and it won't be short-lived.
I am admittedly a budget hawk when it comes to our burgeoning debt and runaway spending. However, I remain astonished that there was not more of an uproar over the massive budget just passed after lifting debt ceilings by both parties.
It looks like the subprime auto loan bubble has popped.
Wholesale inventories rose 1.0% nearly matching the consensus 1.1% estimate.
The stock market continued its yo-yo ways on Friday. After three straight days of healthy gains, the Dow Jones Industrials fell 572 points to end the week, closing below 24,000. The Nasdaq also plunged, dropping 161 points.
While unlike a month ago, when the US Treasury had a record amount of Bills, Notes and Bonds for sale, the selling calendar is not quite as busy, there is still a deluge of paper for sale over the next few days, and ....
I'm writing you today from a cruise ship, on my way to Puerto Rico. Every year, I get together with some of the smartest guys in finance and investing for my friends, the Real Estate Guys, Investor Summit at Sea.
Last week was a busy one for economic news, what with a looming tariff war and a job report that is nothing to write home about.
The Congressional Budget Office has hit President Trump with a double whammy in its latest report, calculating that the U.S. budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion by 2020, two years sooner than previously estimated, as tax cuts and spending increas
Americans are spending more at the pump than they have in years. Prices could rise even higher just as drivers hit the road for family vacations.
The most powerful banker in the world, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, just released his annual letter to shareholders.
Fears of a trade war between the US and China have cast a shadow over Wall Street and spurred the buying of gold as a safe haven. Investor Peter Schiff is convinced that gold is on the verge of a breakthrough.
In the tit-for-tat trade war, China struck back with tariffs on Soybeans and other items. Trump imposed another $50 billion tariffs on China, as noted yesterday. Today, Beijing Hit Back at the U.S. with tariffs on an equivalent $50 billion of g
The Commerce Department said on Thursday the trade gap rose 1.6 percent to $57.6 billion. That was the highest level since October 2008 and followed a slightly downwardly revised $56.7 billion shortfall in January.
The crypto economy can't get here fast enough...In addition to writing, I manage businesses. And as I review the financial records of these businesses every year, I see corporate parasitism biting them worse and worse. But if pushed, the bosses of
Retail vacancies at regional shopping malls have reached a six-year high - jumping to 8.4% in Q1 2018, the highest level since Q4 2012, according to real-estate data firm Reis Inc. which studies 77 metropolitan areas.
After rallying on Friday, stocks tanked on Monday, dropping over 450 points. In fact, it was the worst first day of the second quarter since the Great Depression.
The S&P 500 closed down more than 2.4% Monday and the broad market index posted its worst April start since 1929. This slide in the markets caused the worst start since the Great Depression, sparking fears we are on the same path.
Credit-card spending has surged 9.4% as delinquencies rise Fewer U.S. consumers using ARMs than before financial crisis
The Federal Reserve recently increased interest rates to 1.75 percent. This is the highest interest rates have been since 2008, but it still leaves rates at historic lows. While the Fed says economic growth justifies future rate increases, an honest
The Governments Odds of Financial Success is ZERO!
In the first quarter of 2018, the financial and investing industry went into overdrive detailing the upside of the 2018 tax cuts and the positive impacts of a "business friendly" executive and congressional branch on business in America.
"Every time you get late-cycle going into the front-end of a recession, you have a massive rally in commodities."
Economists expected a jump of 0.5% in construction spending. Instead, spending came in at 0.1%.
Renowned global investor Marc Faber predicts that more money will be made in Indian stock markets in the next 10 years that equities in the United States. In an interview to ET Now, Dr Doom on Monday said that Indian markets are still attractive as c