Negative Rates: Coming Soon to a Bank Near You
Last week saw an unprecedented market freakout, as markets began pricing in the likelihood of negative interest rates in the future Futures markets anticipated negative rates as soon as November,...
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Last week saw an unprecedented market freakout, as markets began pricing in the likelihood of negative interest rates in the future Futures markets anticipated negative rates as soon as November,...
With the federal government already having spent over $2 trillion on the last stimulus bill, with the Federal Reserve having added over $2 trillion to its balance sheet since the beginning of March,...
With much preliminary March data indicating a really rough time last month, many businesses are warning that April could be even worse Rating agency Fitch is warning that loan defaults could rise to...
The federal government has already pledged $2 trillion to help households and businesses withstand the pressure placed on them from the coronavirus But the final price tag could end up far higher,...
With markets still far below their all-time highs, investors are fleeing to the safety of gold and silver like they haven’t in close to a decade And that has pushed gold prices to levels that...
With millions of Americans having recently entered unemployment, it was no surprise that many families were going to have difficulty paying rent and mortgages But just how much difficulty they would...
As the US economy continues its self-inflicted contraction, job numbers continue to paint a picture of a severely damaged economy Just about everywhere you turn, the numbers are going from bad to...
The bad news just keeps getting worse for investors, as stock markets continue their slide The Dow Jones lost 10% today, dropping over 2,350 points to end the day Not even an unprecedented monetary...
If you thought the last two weeks were bad for stocks, they just went from bad to worse The Dow Jones dropped almost 1,900 points to start the day, an over 7% drop The S&P 500 dropped 7% too,...
There seems to be a great deal of complacency among many in the United States about the effect that the coronavirus will have on the US economy Thus far it’s been treated as an issue that only...
It’s funny sometimes how the mainstream financial media tries to push narratives that are completely at odds with reality With business activity already slowing in the US, China, and elsewhere, and...
It seems like just a couple weeks ago that analysts were predicting gold to end the year at $1,650 But gold was already pushing that level late last week, as fears about the coronavirus and slowing...
Every year we’re warned to get our flu shots We’re told that the flu kills tens of thousands of people each flu season, and we’re constantly being reminded of the potential dangers of the...
By now even the most fervent stock market bulls realize that the current valuations of stock markets are way out of whack with underlying market fundamentals By just about every measure, stocks are...
At the end of 2019, Germans lined up outside gold stores to buy gold The reason The German government was lowering the limit on anonymous purchases of gold from €10,000 to €2,000 The way gold...
Many investors think of gold as a hedge against economic turmoil, inflation, and financial crisis And with the economy slowing, stock markets near all-time highs and poised for a crash, and the...
One of the characteristic traits of an economy that is circling the drain is one in which the central bank directly monetizes the debt issued by the government Once that starts to happen, there is no...
Eastern Europe has seen a gold rush of sorts as numerous countries have sought to repatriate their gold holdings that had been held abroad Some of that gold had been held in London since World War...
One of the big stories in financial markets this year was the huge spike in interest rates on overnight repurchase agreements (repos) Very few people outside financial analysts and market watchers...
Every day seems to bring more and more news of headwinds facing the economy Now international organizations are warning that global trade growth is slowing, an ominous indicator that the world...
Ray Dalio is one of the world’s richest men, one of its most prominent investors, and the founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds He’s also bearish on the future of the economy,...