Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare – The spread between the 10-yr Treasury note and the 2-yr Treasury note dropped below 50 basis points on April 9 and it has remained below 50 basis points since then. It is currently at 49 basis points, up from… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Daniel Amerman CFA By Dan Amerman – Could a committee of unelected officials increase your household’s share of the national debt by $60,000 in a single meeting? In normal times – they could not. However, these are not normal times and any… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Global Risk Insights As China transitions from prioritizing economic growth to maintaining economic stability, the government has begun levying steep penalties on high-debt private companies for “economic crimes.” Kiana Mendoza looks at… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Stratfor By Stratfor – China Remains in the US Crosshairs. The United States will impose tariffs, sanctions and blocks on investment and research in a bid to frustrate China’s development of strategic technologies. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock – The BIS blasts cryptos over scaling issues, energy, and trust. The BIS is correct. Cryptos are fatally flawed as money. A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) report examines cryptocurrencies in depth. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Oil prices are poised to head higher and are likely to spike in the years ahead, Robert Rapier, a chemical engineer and director of alternative-fuels technology for Advanced Green Innovations LLC, recently explained on Financial Sense Newhour… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Independent Institute By Independent Institute – The people who run Facebook have some very strange ideas about the speech rights of the company’s customers, which they’ve encoded into computer algorithms that act to censor voices to which… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkhoff – Back in early February, in the midst of the most vicious selloff we’ve seen in years, I showed the chart below and made the case that we were seeing a “minor blow-off top in the context of a continuing primary… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices fell below $1220 for the fourth time in a fortnight in London trade Tuesday, hitting new 30-month lows for Euro investors at €1038 as the Bank of Japan sparked volatility on the currency… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Urban Carmel By Urban Carmel – The macro data from the past month continues to mostly point to positive growth. On balance, the evidence suggests the imminent onset of a recession is unlikely. The largest risk to the economy is… …read more From:: Financial Sense