In this global economy, a sniffle in Venezuela can cause a sneeze in Brazil, and the flu in credit markets…and high yield bonds and notes in NY money center banks from their loans to oil producers in North Dakota, and an hospitalization for high yield bond holders of packaged loans backed by oil through out the USA. All is connected. […]
Is this time different? Is oil down because we just have a shit load of it, or is it because the global economies are sucking at growth so badly that we”ll never have to fire up another factory again? Does this action portend a vicious black swan that only few can see? Crude has just about been cut in half […]
This article originally appeared on the Independent Observer Blog.I recently took a look at housing for the first time in six months or so, and I thought it was time to examine the stock market in similar fashion to see where we are.In my market commentaries and videos, I have continued to discuss the positive trends and healthy fundamentals-which are […]
‘Near Perfect’ Indicator That Precedes Almost Every Stock Market Correction Is Flashing A Warning Signal
By Michael Snyder, on December 4th, 2014Are we about to see U.S. stocks take a significant tumble? If you are looking for a “canary in the coal mine” for the U.S. stock market, just look at high yield bonds. In recent years, almost every single […]
China overtakes Japan to become world’s second largest stock marketPublished time: November 29, 2014 14:21Get short URLReuters/Carlos BarriaTagsBanking, China, Investment, Japan, MarketsThe capitalization of the Chinese stock market increased 33 percent in 2014 reaching $4.48 trillion, which makes the market second only to the US.Japan’s stock market declined 3.2 percent to $4.46 trillion in 2013, according to Bloomberg analysts.The Chinese […]
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