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Aug 8, 2016 - 07:17:14 PDT
Bank of Japan's decision to go full negative on interest rates is causing serious problems for their banks. The Japanese sovereign bond curve lies considerably below the US Treasury yield curve, harming the yield rate on both US and Japanese bank investments (loan rates). As witnessed by Japanese banks poor performance in Q1. Bloomberg --…
Another Strong Payrolls Report – is it Meaningful? This morning the punters in the casino were cheered up by yet another strong payrolls report, the second in a row. Leaving aside the fact t…
Aug 8, 2016 - 07:07:49 PDT
To better understand the July Jobs report, one has to understand the seasonal adjustments that the Bureau of Labor Statistics employs. Nonfarm payroll jobs added in July on a seasonally adjusted basis were +255,000 in July. But the raw or NON seasonally adjusted numbers were -1,030,000 jobs. Or 1.03 million jobs lost. Notice in the…
In a greater sense, the issue isn’t recovery at all – it is depression. Using that word immediately conjures defensiveness, particularly since this supposedly is and has been the “best jobs market in decades.”
Aug 8, 2016 - 07:00:38 PDT
Numbers and false advertising have a long history: 4.9% unemployment, 2.5% GDP growth, Now we can add the Wilshire 5000 to the list. What started with good intentions end…
BofA: "45% Of The Global Bond Market Is Now Compromised By Central Bank Buying"Aug 8, 2016 - 06:31:31 PDT
the S&P500 is at record high is because global central bank QE has hit a record $180 billion per month.
Jim Rickards reveals why Janet Yellen must become a “21st-century Houdini” to escape a collapse of confidence in the U.S. dollar and a possible sovereign debt crisis for the United States...
it seems the authors recognize that digital dollars are an asset only to heightened Federal government tyranny... and yet believe this idea should be pursued?
Today the future looks considerably less bright, and less assured, for the former mayor of Florence.
Shares of Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse have been dropped from the prestigious Stoxx Europe 50 share index. Is European banking in decline? And if so, what are the factors that led to its current parlous state?
Banks across Europe have endured a difficult year, and some experts say the effect on U.S. stocks is forthcoming.
The day when central-bank balance sheets might shrink looks ever further off.
Since the UK's Brexit vote on June 23, a series of UK banks have announced poor performance during the first half of 2016.
Aug 8, 2016 - 06:00:28 PDT
One of the biggest pitches about buying real estate is the inevitable buildup of equity overtime. Of course the data usually used shows people staying put for 30 years instead of the real world figure of an average of 13 years. Lives change. People move. Jobs come and go. Millennials are
There is no ready-made answer in Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT) to the multi-trillion dollar question now looming over the global economy and markets. Is the present virulent asset price inflation disease likely to enter any time soon its final phase of bust and recession?
If "Everybody Knows the Economy's Doing Better," What Is That Information Worth?Aug 8, 2016 - 05:53:18 PDT
Maybe the "smart money" knows the real numbers are now so far from the central planners' rigged statistics that the carefully constructed narrative...
Delta Air Lines Inc.’s global operations were thrown into disarray after a computer outage grounded takeoffs worldwide, the second system failure...
Much like the original structure which involves money, this too needs an ever-growing amount of gullible, willing participants. However, the currency
The S&P Is Now Set To Report Its Second Consecutive Annual Earnings Drop Since The Financial CrisisAug 8, 2016 - 05:40:40 PDT
it will mark the first time the index has reported two consecutive years of earnings declines since CY 2008 (-25.4%) and CY 2009 (-8.0%).
The economy is at risk of becoming trapped in a phase of slow growth that points to the need for lower interest rates than expected, Powell says.