Negative-yielding debt surged to over $15 trillion earlier this month. This pile of negatively-yielding paper includes government and corporate bonds, along with some euro junk bonds.In a recent episode of the Wolf Street Report, Wolf Richter called this "NIRP absurdity." And it could be coming to America.Negative interest rates started out as a short-term emergency experiment during the Great Recession. Now it has turned into the new normal. How will this end?
Japan’s exports slipped for an eighth month in July, while manufacturers’ confidence turned negative for the first time in over six years as China-bound sales slumped again in a fresh sign the Sino-U.S. trade war could tip the economy into recession.
The economy can survive the yield-curve inversion if the Federal Reserve moves quickly enough.
Barron's writer Matthew Klein proposes to stop the recession by cutting interest rates like it’s 1995.
After years of ingnoring the warning signs, mainstream investors are waking up to the risk of an impending global recession.
Markets are subject to a giant con game. The game of CONfidence. Confidence must be maintained under all circumstances or we’re heading into a global recession first and then a US recession t…
"The weakness of both the Chinese and and the Eurozone economies have absolutely nothing to do with trade wars"
With interest rates on 30-year U.S. debt hitting all-time lows this week, the government is once again considering whether to start borrowing for even longer.The U.S. Treasury Department said Friday that it wants to know what investors think about the government potentially issuing 50-
As 30-Year Treasury Bond Yield Hits All-time Low (Negative Yielding Debt Growth Sends Gold Skyrocketing – 14 European Countries Have Negative 10-year Yields)
"The experiments of central banks with negative rates are viewed more as a policy mistake rather than stimulus and create a sense of an abnormal and uncertain environment that damages not only banks but also consumer and business confidence."
Citigroup’s closing price yesterday was $61.32. The stock has lost more than 88 percent of its value since 2007,...
Lynette says the dollar price in gold is on its way to gold's fundamental value. Here's why...
Gold's 1980 inflation-adjusted high is around $2700, and gold is expected to take-out that level in this bull run...
Not silver bullets, but black-tip .50 caliber bullets. Let's see what it can do to a gold bar!
China has severely restricted imports of gold since May...
SD Friday Wrap: The cartel was embarrassed more than once this week, and now they're stark raving mad...
Gold softened last night, retreating in a range of $1506 - $1528. It briefly broke support at $1510 (up trendline from 8/1 $1401 low, double top – 8/7 and 8/8 highs), but once again, decent dip buying took the market back to the $1510 level.
Silver bulls will suggest that the time is ripe for silver to play catch-up with gold because this price ratio is now too high...
Rob McEwen, CEO of McEwen Mining and founder of Goldcorp, talks about his long-term call for $5,000 gold.
The average American has $38,000 in debt — a quarter of which comes directly from credit card charges. In December 2018, consumer debt overall hit a record high $4 trillion.