Financial Sense

By Gary Dorsch By Gary Dorsch – Jesse Livermore was famous for making and losing several multi-million dollar fortunes during his professional career. In his early teens, Livermore went to Boston and started his long career in stock… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Hotter areas of the US real estate market, particularly on the high end, are experiencing a slowdown. With the Fed raising interest rates, affordability becoming an increasing problem, and recent tax changes, the big question is whether… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick O’Hare – This week has been filled with remembrances of the financial crisis. We hear them every year at this time, but this year was super-charged with remembrances because it was the 10-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff FS Staff – We’ve seen several flash crashes and bursting bubbles this year, accompanied by frothy activity popping up in various sectors and asset classes. This time on the Big Picture, we look at what’s fueling these bubbles and subsequent flash crashes… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Callum Thomas Callum Thomas – The latest round of OECD leading indicator data showed ongoing softness in the breadth across countries – which is an interesting and innovative indicator we track as part of a suite of indicators on global equities. The punchline of course is… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus – The current earnings season has reached a record 80% of companies beating estimates. Such optimism will need tapering in the weeks ahead, putting stock market multiples at risk. With stocks stagnating despite great earnings, prices… …read more

By Oil Price – Strong global oil demand growth, quickly falling inventories, and geopolitical issues from Iran to Venezuela could push oil prices to as high as $100 a barrel in 2019, Bank of America Merrill Lynch says. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Our Financial Sense leading economic indicator (LEI) peaked in October 2017 and has experienced six months of consecutive declines. It is still in positive territory—meaning the risk of a recession over the next six months is quite low—but weakening… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Andrew Zatlin By Andrew Zatlin – Over the past few months, I have been pointing to slower growth coming out of Asia (i.e. China) and the E.U. (i.e. Germany). We can track the slowdown by looking at semiconductors and the overall supply chain. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Urban Carmel By Urban Carmel – Debt is a perennial worry. It’s a natural human tendency is to think of debt as bad, that by incurring debt we are living beyond our means. But much of what you hear about debt in the US is hyperbole. …read more From:: Financial Sense