The Two Charts That Dictate The Future Of The Economy
• by Charles Hugh SmithIf you study these charts closely, you can only conclude that the US economy is doomed to secular stagnation and never-ending recession.
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There Has Been Just One Buyer Of Stocks Since The Financial Crisis
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenWhen discussing Blackrock's latest quarterly earnings (in which the company missed on both the top and bottom line, reporting Adj. EPS of $5.24, below the $5.40 exp), CEO Larry Fink made an interesting observation: "While significant cash remains o
BNP Fined $246MM After Its Traders Were Found To Still Use Chat Rooms To Rig FX Trading
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenTwo months after the Fed fined Deutsche Bank a paltry $157 million for manipulating currency markets after the German bank's traders were found to be using "chat rooms" to rig FX trading, ....
'Investors' Haven't Bought Tech Stocks Like This Since Bernanke Hinted At QE2 In 2010
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenInvestors piled $2.7 billion into QQQ (the benchmark ETF tracking the Nasdaq 100 Index) in the five days through July 14 as shares in the fund posted their biggest advance this year.
Is A Squeeze Forming: SNAP Borrowing Costs Hit 80%
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenAs SNAP plumbs new post-IPO lows - currently down another 8% today to $15.60 - the brave souls who are shorting here (as opposed to the proud Millennials who are just puking their longs) are borrowing stock at extreme rates of interest.
Sornette's Supercomputer Is Betting On A Market Crash
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenOne of the world's most powerful supercomputers, retrofitted for trading the stock market, appears to be betting on a crash in the months ahead.
"Who Moved My Punch Bowl?...
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenSome potentially displeasing "Sunday Start" thoughts to market bulls, from Chetan Ahya, Morgan Stanley's global co-head of economics, who warns that in light of the recent "hawkish tilt" by central banks, the message is clear: "central banks are more
Debacles of Amaranth & MF Global Both Involved Breaking Core Principles
• http://www.valuewalk.com, By Mark MelinHilary Till and Richard Heckinger have seen risk management succeed and fail from the inside.
The Flint Water Disaster Shows Why We Need Markets
• zerohedge.com by Christopher WestleyMany moons ago, I wrote a piece for mises.org introducing Westley's Law, which was my theory for government growth based on its being held to lower expectations, relative to the market.
Ron Paul: "I Would Not Be Shocked" If Stocks Crash 25% In 3 Months
• lewrockwell.com By Tyler DurdenPrecariously overstretched equity valuations and the purportedly "data dependent" Federal Reserve's insistence on raising interest rates could bring about the next market correction as soon as October, former Congressman Ron Paul said during a
Stocks, Dollar, & Bond Yields Pop, Gold Drops After Payrolls 'Positivity'
• http://www.zerohedge.comBonds and Bullion are down.. but following the better than expected payrolls print, stocks and the dollar (JPY and EUR weakness) are jumping higher as markets celebrate The Fed's ability to tighten financial conditions further (and ignore The Fed's f
The $500 Project
• Wish Upon A StockHave you ever done a search for "Best investment with $100"? I have. On rare occasions, when I ended up with extra money from overtime or pay from vacation I didn't take, I often wondered what I could do to take advantage of "extra" money.
O'Reilly Automotive Plummets On Disappointing Sales; Mild Winter, Low Hispanic Spending Blamed
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenO'Reilly Automotive stock crashed as much as 21% on 7 times its average daily volume, its biggest drop since June 2012 dragging the share price to the lowest since October 2014, after the auto-parts retailer said same-store sales misses forecast for
One Trader Warns "Many Assets Are Ripe For A Correction" & Korea Is The Excuse To Sell
• http://insideevs.com, Tyler DurdenWith Emerging Market bonds suffering sudden and large outflows (after reaching record low levels of risk), IPOs collapsing, and 'no brainer' FANG stocks unable to keep a bid, it appears - despite the hype of a 30-component-index heavily weighted towa
Nasdaq Triggers Market-Wide Circuit-Breaker As AMZN "Crashes" 87% After-Hours
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenNasdaq has issued a market-wide trading halt amid what appears to be a "glitch" that sent a number of the largest Nasdaq-listed stocks to crash or spike to exactly $123.47 per share.
French Market Regulator Sees "Brutal Repricing Of Assets";
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenFrench Market Regulator Sees "Brutal Repricing Of Assets"; Valuations, Volatility "Don't Reflect Real Uncertainty"
Nasdaq Triggers Market-Wide Circuit-Breaker As AMZN "Crashes" 87% After-Hours
• http://www.zerohedge.comNasdaq has issued a market-wide trading halt amid what appears to be a "glitch" that sent a number of the largest Nasdaq-listed stocks to crash or spike to exactly $123.47 per share.
Ron Paul: Not a 'total shock' if stocks plummet 25% and gold soars 50% by October
• https://www.infowars.com"If our markets are down 25 percent and gold is up 50 percent it wouldn't be a total shock to me," said Paul
Markets Are Still Dancing To The QE Two-Step...But Is the Music About To Stop?
• zerohedge.com by Chriss HamiltonJust a quick thought about what is driving the US stock market.
Why It's So Difficult To Call The Market Top
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenThought it apropos to re-post given that everyone and their mother is trying to call the top in stocks.
Gold Flash Crashes As "Someone" Dumps $2 Billion, "Fat Finger" Blamed
• http://www.zerohedge.comOne minute after 4am EDT, as the European market was warming up for trading, Gold suddenly plunged $18, or as much as 1,6%, to $1,236 an ounce before bouncing, on a massive surge in volume with over 18k contracts, or just over $2 billion notional, tr
"It'll Be An Avalanche": Hedge Fund CIO Sets The Day When The Next Crash Begins
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenWhile most asset managers have been growing increasingly skeptical and gloomy in recent weeks (despite a few ideological contrarian holdouts), joining the rising chorus of bank analysts including those of Citi, JPM, BofA and Goldman all urging client
GOLDMAN SACHS: Here's how to make a killing this earnings season
• BusinessInsider.com by Joe CiolliYou'd think that investors would have trading on corporate earnings down to a science by now. Think again, says Goldman Sachs.
If BlackRock And Pimco Are Right, "Another Fed Shock Looms"
• zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenDiscussing the market's ongoing reaction to the schizophrenic split between the hawkish Fed and a market which now sees a 50% lower terminal Fed Funds rate than the FOMC, yesterday Jeff Gundlach said that the...
The oldest stock market indicator known to man is flashing a big buy sign
• BusinessInsider.com by Joe CiolliReports on the imminent demise of the eight-year equity bull market have been greatly exaggerated, at least according to a century-old indicator.
Bill Blain Flips Out: "Not Much Surprises Me Any More About Markets, But Really? Really!?"
• http://www.zerohedge.comOn Monday morning, we reported that in a stunning development, chronic defaulter Argentina - which just one year ago emerged from its latest bankruptcy - has found enough willing greater fools to sell 100-year bonds to. One person who especially stun
Oil Plunges To November Lows On Sudden Volume Spike
• http://www.zerohedge.comOil dropped to the lowest in seven months, with both Brent and WTI sliding to prices not seen since November, following a burst of volume just after 6am, amid a revival in output from Libya and rising volumes of fuel held in floating storage, althoug
What Is The Market Telling Us?
• http://www.zerohedge.comThe entire global economy now depends on this stripped-of-information "market" for its stability. Ho-hum, another day, another record high in the S&P 500 (SPX). What is this market telling us? If you're long, the market is screaming "you're a geni
S&P, Dow Hit Record Highs, Nasdaq Lags As VIX Tumbles Near 9 Handle
• http://www.zerohedge.comWhy not...The Dow is up 1.5% since the Thursday close before the FANG Crash (with both S&P and Dow at new record highs this morning), but Nasdaq contonues to lag...
Dow rises 100 points, hits record high as tech stocks bounce
• http://www.cnbc.comU.S. stocks traded higher on Monday as technology stocks recovered from a wobbly performance last week.
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