Stock investors are rejoicing about stock markets making new highs in many countries, totally oblivious of the risks or the reasons. It seems that this is an unstoppable rally in a "new normal" market paradigm. No major increase is expected in th
With much of the investing world preparing to take the next two weeks off for vacation right after Friday's payrolls number hits, one question being thrown around by traders is "what could possibly go wrong" in the immediate future?
Answering this
The USD is off to its worst start since 1985, down about 9%. In the chart below (courtesy of Bianco Research), it appears the USD is tracing its performance in 1985 quite closely. Of course, 1985 was the worst year for the USD in almost 40 years, so
As part of its historical revision to GDP, the BEA also had to adjust personal income and spending, with the full results released in today's July report.
Day after day... another sabre rattled somewhere in the world, another policy-reform hype-destroying debacle in Washington, or another slump in 'hard' economic reality data... and another record high for stocks.
Having dismissed the "big, fat, ugly bubble" during his campaign, President Trump seems more than willing - in his apparently desperate search for a win - to embrace the bubble now. Continuing the trend over the weekend, Trump's first tweet of the mo
Amazon reviews can be enlightening and entertaining, and sometimes--as author Rachel Sharp revealed on Twitter this weekend--concerning. On Sunday, Sharp tweeted some reviews left on Amazon listings for antibiotics intended for pet fish, and they r
Equity bears hunting for excess in the stock market might be better off worrying about bond prices, Alan Greenspan says. That's where the actual bubble is, and when it pops, it'll be bad for everyone.
The Dow hit another record high and closed in on 22,000
The Dow, along with the Nasdaq and the S&P, posted strong monthly gains in July as corporate quarterly results have mostly topped expectations
The ideas of protectionism and mercantilism are as old as the hills. When implemented, they distort the market and create tremendous economic problems.
If there's one myth -and there are many- that we should invalidate in the crossover world of politics and economics, it's that central banks have saved us from a financial crisis. It's a carefully construed myth, but it's as false as can be.
After dropping to an all time low 62.9% in Q2 of 2016, the US homeownership rate rebounded modestly in the subsequent two quarters, then dropped again at the start of the year, before once again rising fractionally to 63.7% in Q2 of 2017 ....
As first reported yesterday, in his latest nearly-30 page memo, a distinctly less optimistic Howard Marks - hardly known for his extreme positions - "sounded the alarm" on markets by laying out a plethora of reasons why investors should be turning fa
When it comes to state of our economy and the corruption of our government, most of us are on the outside looking in. We see the results of our government's collusion with corporations and banks, but we don't really know what goes on behind close
America is open for business again! President Donald Trump just capped off his first six months in office with a SWEEPING plan to wipe out job-killing overregulation and boost productivity - and it's getting Americans back to work.
Is it folly to hold cash right now? Or brilliant? Have you moved a material percentage of your financial portfolio to cash? Have you become so concerned about the meteoric ramp upwards in asset prices that you find it wiser instead to move to the sid
American statists are convinced that the modern-day United States is immune from an economic catastrophe arising from its welfare-state, regulated-economy way of life. They say that out-of-control federal spending and debt is nothing to be concerned
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Supply-Side economics burst onto the economic policy scene in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 1975 in the Sunday Washington Star in an article I had written for US Representative Jack Kemp that provided a supply-side economic basis for his capital
Algorithms can dictate whether you get a mortgage or how much you pay for insurance. But sometimes they're wrong - and sometimes they are designed to deceive.
(Natural News) The Hawaii legislature recently passed a bill to explore the concept of implementing a universal basic income, or UBI, for its residents. The purpose, as its name implies, is to offer people who are seeking job retraining or who are on
This week, Rick Perry suggested an economic principle, specifically Say's Law on Markets. Was Perry's thinking sound? Did he deserve many of the criticisms that he received? Ron Paul weighs in on today's Myth-Busters.
One month after we reported that the "restaurant industry hasn't reported a positive month since February 2016", we can add one more month to the running total...
Since the Fed began raising interest rates in December 2015, financial market liquidity conditions have loosened considerably. Recall our post, Orwellian Monetary Policy, which we wrote in May.