Financial Sense

By FS Staff FS Staff – Louis Gave warns that corporate debt levels are extremely high and the amount of debt that’s grown the fastest is just one notch above junk. That means during the next recession the number of companies that will be downgraded will… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Jim Bianco, founder of Bianco Research, says investors are switching from a deflationary to an inflationary mindset, similar to what we saw during the 1970s, and bonds may no longer provide a hedge against the stock market. Here’s what he… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Jill Mislinski – The latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for March increased to 109.0 from 108.7 in February. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) came in at 103.4, up from the previous month. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Tian Yang, Variant Perception’s Head of Research, recently covered their must-read Understanding Leading Economic Indicators report with FS Insider. Yang explains the three major categories that most economic data fall into, how leading… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – We’re likely to see two or three more rate hikes this year and the continuation of quantitative tightening, through which the Fed is on course to drain $420 billion dollars of liquidity from the markets. At the same time, recent data shows that… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkhoff – In case you’ve been under a rock for the last four months, we’re in the midst of an ongoing correction. Well … at least the major averages are. The market itself, as measured by breadth, has been setting… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Andrew Zatlin By Andrew Zatlin – The market has been on a tear since Trump moved into the oval office. But is he good or bad for the market? His style is combative and divisive. This brings on volatility. The opposite of what investors want. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Mises Institute By Mises Institute – The euro banking sector is huge: In April 2018, its total balance sheet amounted to 30.9 trillion euro, accounting for 268 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro area. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Tim Duy PhD By Tim Duy – The day of reckoning for the Fed may soon be at hand. With the yield curve continuing to flatten and the 10-2 spread falling to a meager 33 basis points this week, an inversion before the end of the year… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock – Turkey isn’t close to hyperinflation yet. But the path it’s on is a guaranteed way to get there. As Erdogan tightens his grip on finance and the central bank, Investors Fear Turkish Currency Crisis. …read more From:: Financial Sense