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SEC Finally Figures Out the Hypocrisy of Insiders Selling Into Stock BuybacksMar 7, 2019 - 05:16:14 PST
The SEC notices something GoldSilver has warned about repeatedly: Buybacks serve to artificially prop up inflated stock prices so insiders can sell large blocks of shares. Worse? Those companies then underperform the market by over 8%.
All of a sudden, the Federal Reserve is considering increasing its balance sheet again.Remember back in September? QE was on "autopilot." Then we got the "Powell Pause" and suddenly, the talk was that balance sheet reduction could be winding down. Powell confirmed that was the case just a couple of weeks ago when he told a congressional panel the central bank would be in a position to “to stop runoff later this year.”
Mar 7, 2019 - 05:08:22 PST
"Much of the slowdown is imported and thus outside the ECB's control. It also has a limited policy arsenal given years of stimulus and rates still deep in negative territory."
Mar 7, 2019 - 05:02:26 PST
It was only a few years ago that economists thought negative interest rates were an impossibility. Now? They're becoming increasingly commonplace as central banks get desperate to solve the very problems they've created.
With seemingly everything except precious metals in a bubble, it can be quite hard to keep your eye on the ball. Join Mike Maloney as he uncovers what could potentially be a huge factor in the next crash – insane levels of corporate debt.
The rather sharp drop in the gold price came as something of a shock to many investors, but the drop is technically good for gold. Here's why...
We need to be on guard, but if the current technical analysis is correct, gold should start moving higher very soon...
Gold stocks continue to perform impressively, rallies look impulsive, and corrections feel solid. Stewart explains...
The 10-year yield dipped further to 2.688% (1-week low), and the DX slipped to 96.78. Gold edged higher, trading up to $1,287.
Gold Going Much Higher Long-Term As Central Banks Create Monetary Insanity On SteroidsMarch 6, 2019
David Brady believes gold will truly bottom and rally once the Fed reverses policy to fight a crisis they know is coming. David explains...
Mar 6, 2019 - 10:34:03 PST
"The disconnect between investors' valuations and risk pricing is getting progressively worse. The markets remain a spring, loaded with the deadweight of expectations sand castles."
Wolf Richter: "Sharply Lower Prices Help Sell New Houses, But It’s Not Enough"Mar 6, 2019 - 10:25:05 PST
"Homebuilders build and sell houses – that’s their business model. They cannot just not build and not sell houses. They have to try to hit the price points where potential buyers turn into actual buyers."
"One question no one is asking seems glaringly obvious: if everything is going great in China's economy, why did President Xi feel compelled to declare himself president for life?"
"Zell bases his worldview on what he learned growing up as of the son of Jewish immigrants who landed in America after fleeing Poland right before the Nazis invaded. He went on to amass a net worth of more than $5 billion."
The Draghi ECB Legacy: 8 Years, Negative Rates, Not a Single Rate IncreaseMar 6, 2019 - 07:43:27 PST
Having erred on the side of exceedingly accommodative policy, Draghi leaves the ECB in a distinct bind. With the eurozone economy lurching toward recession and rates already at (or below) 0%, recession-fighting tools are few.
If Deutsche Bank Never Bothered Trading Stocks Last Year, It Would Have Saved $750MMar 6, 2019 - 07:19:41 PST
Do you know nothing about trading stocks? Not do it at all? Congratulations. Your results smash those of Deutsche Bank's stock traders, whom, if they had simply stayed home and watched Netflix for all of 2018, wouldn't have lost $750M.
Trouble in Unemployment Number Paradise? Small Businesses Cut Most Jobs Since 2013Mar 6, 2019 - 07:13:36 PST
"The economy has throttled back and so too has job growth. The job slowdown is clearest in the retail and travel industries, and at smaller companies."
No Middleman: The Rise of Direct Lending in the Post-Bank-Business-Loan EraMar 6, 2019 - 06:06:47 PST
"It starts with asset managers raising pools of money from investors interested in higher-yielding debt. Direct lenders tend to hold onto the loans long-term, sometimes offering growth support to the company."
JPMorgan Chased: Bank Flees Struggling Towns, Leaving Customers Branch-lessMar 6, 2019 - 05:57:35 PST
"Aberdeen, Washington, is a far Northwest outpost of JPMorgan Chase & Co., with one lonely branch. Now the bank is planning to depart, and the next-closest Chase branch is 40 miles away."
Yutaka Harada and company have already bought 75% of the country's ETF holdings. What happens when a government fiat-prints their way into buying everything there is left to buy?