Category Archives: Market Conditions
David Stockman Lashes Out At Mainstream Media’s “Peak Fantasy Time”
Authored by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, If you want to know why both Wall Street and Washington are so delusional about America's baleful economic predicament, just consider this morsel from yesterday's Wall Street Journal on the purportedly awesome November jobs report. Wages rose just 2.5% from a year earlier in November – near the same lackluster […]
Watch Live: Janet Yellen Makes Final Appearance Before Congress
With only three weeks left until her final meeting as chairwoman of the FOMC, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen today will make what's expected to be her final appearance before Congress when she delivers testimony to the Joint Economic Committee. The Fed was already widely expected to raise interest rates next month, but in case there […]
1MDB Scandal Resurfaces As Singapore Cops Investigate Goldman’s Lucrative Bond Issues
We have another instalment in the investigation into the mind-boggling level of corruption at 1MDB, (1Malaysia Development Berhad), the Malaysian state-owned investment fund. Members of the Singapore police’s economic crime unit have interviewed current and former Goldman employees with respect to the 1MDB bond offerings arranged by the bank. By way of a recap into […]
Liquidity Provider Signals Collapse In Global ETF Trading
Trading in low cost, passive investment products might be more vulnerable than some thought. Global ETF trading collapsed by 14% in Q3 2017 versus Q2 2017 – and was described as “unusually slow”. Global ETF trading in September 2017 was 24% lower than the same month a year ago. For those unfamiliar, Flow Traders NV […]
Advice from the trader who made $1+ billion in 1929…
Via Soveriegnman.com [Editor’s note: This letter was co-written with Tim Price, co-founder of the VT Price Value portfolio and editor of Price Value International.] In the late spring of 1720, Sir Isaac Newton decided to sell his stocks. Newton had been an investor in the South Sea Company, a famous enterprise which effectively commanded a […]
Hertz – The Final Nail In The Coffin
Authored by Daniel Ruiz via Blinders Off blog, As a disciplinarian in the automotive sector, my focal point is concentrated on the study of used vehicle values and how they affect the automotive industry as a whole. Measure the Cause to Predict the Effect There are several subcategories that help predict the trajectory of used […]