Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – Almost a third of Banks are experiencing a spike in consumer credit card defaults to levels associated with recessions. While it could be a canary in the coal mine warning of a crisis rumbling through… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Marc Chandler By Marc Chandler – Oil prices are weaker for the third straight day and are off in four of the past five sessions, the poorest run in two months. Supply considerations may threaten a year-old trend line. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – According to Lex, we’re now in the process of creating AIs called “decentralized autonomous organizations” that, essentially, won’t be able to be turned off, stopped, or shut down by the government. Here’s what he had to say on today’s podcast… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Global Risk Insights By Global Risk Insights – The recent bond market sell-off reinforced concerns that investors have over the populist government’s spending plans. Given the exposure domestic banks have to sovereign debt and the winding down of the ECB… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Global slowdown concerns are picking up, says Yamada, and the nearly four decade downtrend in falling interest rates is at an end. The implications for investors are important and Yamada recently shared her insights on Financial… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Callum Thomas By Callum Thomas – A curious divergence has opened up between the level of the S&P500 and the cumulative level of fund flows into US equity funds (mutual funds and ETFs). The last time in recent history that we saw a similar type of divergence was… …read more From:: 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