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By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock – Either Trump backs down from repeated threats or more tariffs are coming as talks with China collapse. Be prepared for an escalating trade war as U.S.-China Trade Talks End With No Sign of Progress. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Oil Price By Jon LeSage – While it’s taken them two years to join the race, German automakers are poised and ready to take on Tesla during a particularly vulnerable time for the electric carmaker. Mercedes-Benz is set to unveil its much-anticipated electric… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – We’ve often spoken about the aging business cycle and our anticipation of economic troubles in the 2019 to 2020 timeframe. This time on the Financial Sense Big Picture, Jim Puplava discusses hedge fund manager Ray… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices clung to the $1200 level yet again on Friday, heading for a $10 weekly gain as world stock markets fell and long-term U.S. interest rates rose to new seven-year highs. Ten-year U.S. Treasury bond yields held at 3.20% after data from …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff – Right now, commercial traders have effectively doubled their short position on oil, John Kosar at Asbury Research told Financial Sense Newshour. They’re heavily betting on a major top that has failed to materialize, he said, and as they lose money… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Ryan Puplava CMT By Ryan Puplava CMT – The trend towards higher inflation continues to strengthen. Today’s release of the Empire Manufacturing Survey for May showed a pickup in the prices paid index to a seven-year high, matching levels not seen since… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – This week the markets are dealing with the fear of an Italian political crisis if Italy leaves the Eurozone and defaults on its debt, adding yet another layer of uncertainty into the markets beyond China, NAFTA, North Korea, and Iran. Stocks are unlikely… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock – The average size of a loan for a new car in the US set a record in the first quarter as did the average payment. Database firm Experian notes US Monthly Auto Payments Reach Record High in First Quarter. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – A Bloomberg article recently joined the chorus of stock market naysayers with a specious claim that the current record optimism displayed by Small Business surveys signaled that a market correction was due. Panics can occur almost anytime… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Global Risk Insights By Global Risk Insights – On June 11, major Chinese and Indian oil companies started a formal meeting in Beijing, discussing the establishment of an “oil buyers’ club” to negotiate better prices with OPEC countries. …read more From:: Financial Sense