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Stockman: US Fiscal Path Will Rattle the Rafters of the Casino

By silveristhenew | Published December 26, 2017

schiffgold.com / BY SCHIFFGOLD  / DECEMBER 26, 2017 As we’ve reported, the US government is spending money like a drunken sailor. But nobody really seems to care. Since Nov. 8, the US national debt has risen $1 trillion. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 (a small-cap stock market index) has risen by 30%. Former Reagan budget director David Stockman said this makes […]

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Stockman: “Bitcoin Is The Poster-Boy For An Unhinged Financial System”

By silveristhenew | Published November 30, 2017

Authored by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, The lemmings are now in full stampede toward the cliffs. You can literally hear the cold waters churning, foaming and crashing on the boulders far below. From bitcoin to Amazon, the financials, the Russell 2000 and most everything else in between, the casinos are digesting no information except the price […]

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Small-Caps Seeing Historic Squeeze

By silveristhenew | Published October 18, 2017

For the last month we have been noting a dramatic divergence between Small Cap stock prices and their implied risk… We can only remember one such lengthy decoupling in recent history, and that did not end well… And of course this is all occurring as Small Cap earnings expectations plunge…   But now, as Dana […]

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Record High Stocks, Record Low VIX But Bitcoin, Bonds, & Bullion Bid

By silveristhenew | Published October 13, 2017

Buy it all… On the week – Stocks are up, Treasury Bonds are up, Corporate Bonds are up, Gold is up, Bitcoin is up, and WTI Crude is up…   Before we get started – consider the following…   And perhaps this will help explain last week's action compared to this week's? Everything reversed trend […]

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These U.S. Companies Have The Most Cash Parked Overseas

By silveristhenew | Published October 5, 2017

While many US companies, especially those in the Russell 2000, have seen their stocks surge in recent days on renewed hopes that Trump tax reform may pass in the coming months (Goldman assigned a 65% probability of Trump tax passing), the reality is that for a vast majority of US corporations a tax cut to […]

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SocGen: “Global Earnings Are Back To 2014 Levels; Stocks Are 15% Higher”

By silveristhenew | Published October 2, 2017

Is it QE or is it earnings? With the Dow starting off the final quarter with a bang, surging to new all time highs alongside the S&P, few care what is prompting the latest surge in risk assets, which is a problem because as One River CIO Eric Peters noted yesterday, we have gotten to […]

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Stocks Up, Bonds Up, Gold Up, & Dollar Down But ‘Middle-Class-Miracle’ Fades

By silveristhenew | Published September 28, 2017

Odd day. Low volume, small range in stocks. Good macro. Some questions over just how 'miraculous' Trump's tax plan will be for the middle-class… but the day's trend across FX, bond, and commodities was set early on when Asia closed and dollar-sellers, bond-buyers, and precious-metal-purchasers came back to play…   Risk is "Contained"…   Tech […]

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Global Bond Rout Accelerates Even As Dollar Rally Fizzles

By silveristhenew | Published September 28, 2017

In a continuation of trading patterns observed over the previous two days, on Thursday the global bond rout deepened in the aftermath of the release of President Trump’s tax-cut plan, Janet Yellen’s recent hawkish comments and renewed optimism over the health of the U.S. economy. While global stocks were mostly mixed as investors tried to […]

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“Get Totally Out Of Stocks” – Charles Nenner Warns “US Social Unrest Is Bigger Problem Than North Korea”

By silveristhenew | Published August 31, 2017

In this extensive interview with USAWatchdog.com's Greg Hunter, Charles Nenner, renowned financial and geopolitical analyst, has been saying for a few years that “there would be no market crash until the end of 2017,” and “if people were not positioned correctly, they could lose everything.” It’s nearing the end of 2017, and Nenner says, “I […]

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Are You Prepared For These Potentially Disruptive Economic Storms?

By silveristhenew | Published August 29, 2017

Authored by Frank Holmes via StockBoardAsset.com, Summary Are government inflation numbers more “fake news”? A falling dollar is good for U.S. trade. Are you ready for a big fight? Here in San Antonio, grocery stores were packed with families stocking up on water and canned food in preparation for Hurricane Harvey, which has devastated Houston […]

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