Global stock markets plunged Friday as tensions between the US and China spiral out of control. Stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China tumbled after Beijing ordered Washington to cease all operations at its consulate in the city of Chengdu. This came days after Washington ordered the Chinese consulate…
Bubbles are far more dangerous when they are fueled by debt” “This time it’s different”, is one of the most dangerous beliefs in financial markets. This time, things are different – but for a reason. Global Central Banks have pumped…
Oil prices are lower overnight after a surprisingly large crude inventory build reported by API. The energy complex was not helped by comments by President Trump that the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. will probably worsen before improving. “Everything seemed to rise in…
For many years after the financial crisis, US commercial banks were mocked when instead of generating earnings the old-fashioned way, by collecting the interest arb on loans they had made, or even by frontrunning the Fed with their prop (and…
One by one the world’s legendary deflationists are taking one look at the following chart of the global money supply (as shown most recently by DB’s Jim Reid) and after seeing the clear determination of central banks to spark a global…
Recently, gold bug and investor Doug Casey sat down with Kenneth Ameduri of Crush the Street. Casey jumped right in saying the breakdown of the United States under the boot of tyranny is “actually predictable.” Casey says Western civilization peaked around…
Make It So! Back in the 1980s, there was a lot of discussion at my college about “post-modernism”. At that point, it was in a strictly cultural sphere. It meant different things to different people, but I personally found enlightenment…
By Tyler Durden More reporting on the Wirecard situation has emerged over the long weekend in the US, and none of it is flattering. As a court-appointed administrator begins the process of managing what’s left of Wirecard through the insolvency process, while…
Chicago corn futures surged 8% in the last two sessions after a massive reduction to the U.S. government’s acreage estimate reported Reuters. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) crop report on Tuesday showed farmers planted 92 million acres of corn in 1H20, which was…
When it comes to bearish market flow red flags, aggressive selling of stock by corporate insiders is traditionally viewed as the biggest red flag – after all, nobody knows the prospects for their companies better than the people who run…
