Did The Fed's Monetary Policy Experiment Just Fail? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestemntAdvice.com, Did the Fed’s “monetary policy experiment” fail? The recent dislocation between consumer...
The New Zealand dollar has stabilized on Friday but is in negative territory for a fifth straight day. NZD/USD is currently trading at 0.6824, down 0.04%...
The British pound has steadied on Friday, after suffering sharp losses a day earlier. GBP/USD is currently trading at 1.3627, down 0.07% on the day. The...
Overview: Even shallow dollar dips appear to have been bought. The Federal Reserve's confirmation that it most likely will begin tapering later this year has pushed the...
Did the Fed's "monetary policy experiment" fail? The recent dislocation between consumer confidence and the financial markets may indicate just that. "U.S. consumer sentiment dropped sharply...
Investors grapple with the spread of the delta variant and the impact of the virus on growth; Tesla is building humanoid robots; Applied Materials beats earnings...
What Rental Hyperinflation Looks Like: "Soaring Prices. Competition. Desperation" Having previously covered the record surge in rents (here and here) which represents a dramatic reversal from...
The Fed Stabilizes The Economy? Via SchiffGold.com, According to the Federal Reserve, it exists to “stabilize” the economy. Does it though? Despite inflation coming in hotter than...
Employment numbers for July were released for today. Nonfarm payroll employment and the August 2021 Outlook forecast: Figure 1: Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment from July release (blue),...
Industrial Metals' Plunge Accelerates Amid Global Growth Scare Industrial metals are plunging this week as global growth risks accelerate and the prospects of reduced US stimulus...
The US dollar jumps in Asia on EUR/USD stops The US dollar edged higher overnight as the FOMC Minutes outlined an increasingly likely start to tapering,...
FOMC signals tapering is on the way The overnight release of the FOMC Minutes provided some drama, with the committee members mostly lining up behind a...
The most recent estimates from the US Geological Survey show that Mexico was the top silver-producing country in 2020. The post Top Silver-producing Countries appeared first...
FOMC Minutes Show "Most" Fed Members See Taper Starting This Year Snap analysis, courtesy of Newsquawk: Dovish Fed minutes note 'substantial further progress' not yet been...
Equity futures are trading flat this morning after giving up half a percent yesterday. The dollar is slightly higher overnight after its strong performance yesterday. At...
COVID Kills New Zealand's Chance To Be First G10 Nation To Hike Rates As we previewed yesterday when we reported the surprise decision by New Zealand...
US dollar jumps on soft retail sales, Covid The US dollar soared overnight after retail sales missed estimates, adding to investor concerns that the delta-variant is...
On Tuesday, the retail earnings report came out -0.8% lower than expected, amid recent highs in two of the major indices. This caused the market to...
Inflation is monetary, meaning that “real” inflation – a broad-based and sustained accelerating trend in consumer prices – is a part of the not-real financial realm....
Here's why the stock market is down today. The post Why The Stock Market Is Down Today & 3 Penny Stocks To Watch Now appeared first...
6 Positive Market Months In A Row... What Happens Next? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In this past weekend’s newsletter, I discussed the rarity of 6-positive...
In this past weekend's newsletter, I discussed the rarity of 6-positive market months in a row. To wit: "An additional 'red flag' is the S&P 500...
Today's market action, despite a modest spike in Eminis after the big retail sales miss and the even more unexpected jump in yields...
After today's release of the preliminary GDP data for the Eurozone in the second quarter of the year 2021...
Shipping Container Freight Rate Inflation Slows, But... With international container shipping rates blowing out like never before amid chaos in Transpacific shipping due to massive port backlogs and...
Since mid-May, the Transportation sector (IYT) has been trending lower. Currently, IYT sits just under resistance from its 50-day moving average at $257.97. Additionally, the small-cap...
The current investing landscape has been full of surprises and sudden changes that have kept investors and fund managers guessing as to how best to be...
Key Events This Week: Retail Sales, Powell Speaks, Fed Chatter Looking at the coming week, the events calendar is relatively quiet over the week ahead as...
"It Is More Relaxed Than I Anticipated" - Bankers Abandon Suits And Ties Amid Post-COVID Return To Office Last week, the NYT declared that America's top...
Shocking & Dehumanizing Discrimination Against The Unvaxx'd Is About To Make Life Very Difficult Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper, All over the world,...