Stocks swooned again in the morning, and caught algo-driven dead cat bounce, lacking somewhat in conviction of volumes, in the afternoon. Stocks globally are in a bear trend, and I do not think we hav...
It’s been a wild month, and a busy one. It’s convention season in Vancouver and elsewhere. I’m finishing this issue at conference number four for me in the past 10 days. That will be it ...
What Does the Current Stock Market Plunge Tell Lenders? The global stock markets have been on a vicious decline since the turn of the year. This comes following several indicators which suggested that...
At a meeting with Congress on Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen reiterated the Fed’s plan to raise interest rates in the months ahead. But her words seemed to come with a...
The fuse has been lit. The world economy is in serious trouble and we have the worst possible people at the helm. You have Obama who wants to double the funding for the SEC and CFTC to go after the ba...
Introduction From reading the media, one gets the impression that bailing out its banks is the most serious economic problem the Eurozone faces. This problem could easily be avoided. As I have explain...
HCP (HCP) released its 4th quarter and full year results on February 9th. The market did not like the results. HCP stock fell from $34/share down to $28/share in one day. The company’s stock has ...
We have made no secret of the fact that the entirety of the Japanese Prime Minister Abe economic recovery program is predicated on the foundation of a weak currency. The effectiveness of that program ...
One of the consistent trends you’ll find in my econ and finance work is that I don’t think much about Central Banks. In other words, I think mainstream macro puts far too much emphasis on the effi...
Alright – it is time to post another update on the T2108 – what is it you ask? (in the case you haven’t been following this blog for very long). It is the percentage of stocks tradin...