Financial Sense

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkhoff – The story of 2018 has been one of U.S. growth, but not necessarily global growth. While most major economies around the world are still expanding, they have been decelerating or holding steady… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Though many express concern over rising interest rates and their potential impact on the market, Ralph Acampora told Financial Sense Newshour that there have been many periods in the past where the two have risen at the same time… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Michael Pettis By Michael Pettis – China’s debt problems have emerged so much more rapidly and severely this year than in the past that a growing number of analysts believe that this may be the year that China’s economy breaks… …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 Callum Thomas By Callum Thomas – Three quickfire charts on US bond market sentiment…some of these sentiment charts are clearly at an extreme – and that’s usually when you go looking for contrarian signals. But then I look at a lot of charts on the bond market… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff – With the price of oil nearing $70 a barrel and potentially heading higher, what are the consequences for the global economy and especially one country that stands to gain from higher oil prices: Saudi Arabia. …read more

By Chris Puplava – Buffett is full of pithy quotes. One of my favorites is, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” In the realm of investing, the tide of liquidity (or the amount of money (or the amount of money circulating… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – The Fed is set on a rate-raising trajectory, largely because of burgeoning inflation. Jim Bianco with Bianco Research, who recently held a conference call titled Regime Shifts Are Not Pretty, takes a look at how… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Josh Nunn By Josh Nunn – A few weeks ago, we discussed estate taxes and changes to the state exemptions with the recent passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. With the recent doubling of the federal exemption from… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick O’Hare – Market participants were literally and figuratively jolted this week when it became known by way of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) that the number of job openings in April exceeded… …read more From:: Financial Sense