By FS Staff By FS Staff – The Fed signaled four likely rate increases this year, instead of only three, and this is likely to have a meaningful impact on the yield curve and specific sectors of the market, Oppenheimer’s Ari Wald recently explained… …read more From:: Financial Sense
Ari Wald: Late Cycle Doesn’t Mean End of the Cycle Read More »
By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock – Brad Setser and David Rosenberg each discuss the “nuclear” option of China dumping treasuries in a trade war escalation. Since there is no longer any reasonable debate about a trade war has started… …read more From:: Financial Sense
Setser vs Rosenberg: China’s “Nuclear” Option of Dumping Treasuries Read More »
By Independent Institute By Independent Institute – By and large, Americans support spending more money on public education and schools. That general rule of thumb comes, however, with a caveat. Americans expect that when they give public schools… …read more From:: Financial Sense
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By Global Risk Insights By Global Risk Insights – On June 11, major Chinese and Indian oil companies started a formal meeting in Beijing, discussing the establishment of an “oil buyers’ club” to negotiate better prices with OPEC countries. …read more From:: Financial Sense
China and India Establish “Oil Buyers’ Club” to Counter OPEC Read More »
By Mises Institute By Mises Institute – The term “cultural Marxism” has gained traction in recent years, usually employed pejoratively against young leftists and Social Justice Warrior ideologues. Like any such political pejorative, including… …read more From:: Financial Sense
What Is Cultural Marxism? Read More »
By Tim Duy PhD By Tim Duy – Headlines blared the latest recession warning today, this time from David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff & Associates. The culprit will be the Fed: “Cycles die, and you know how they die?” Rosenberg told the Inside… …read more From:: Financial Sense
No, A Recession Is Not Likely in the Next Twelve Months. Why Do You Ask? Read More »
By Jill Mislinski By Jill Mislinski – The latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for May increased to 109.5 from a revised 109.3 in April. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) came in at 103.7, up from the previous month. …read more From:: Financial Sense
Conference Board Leading Economic Index: Continued Increases in May at Slower Pace Read More »
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
Deutsche Bank’s Troubles Raise Worries About the Future of the Euro Zone Read More »
By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices slipped within $1 of yesterday’s new 2018 lows in Dollar terms in London on Wednesday as the US currency traded near this week’s new multi-month highs on the forex market. …read more From:: Financial Sense
Traders Bet on ‘Deeper Drop’ in Gold Price as Blackrock Cuts GLD, Buys Dollar Rally Read More »
By Oil Price By Oil Price – The expected increase in oil production will not leave the market in a situation of oversupply, and in fact, barring no further action, the world could still be short of oil over the next year. There is no shortage of pitfalls for… …read more From:: Financial Sense
Goldman: Expect Another Bull Run in Oil Read More »
