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Why a toxic mix of low volatility, passive strategies, and high levels of leverage is reason for caution in U.S. equity markets

A monthly check of $1,000 delivered to every American adult would grow the US economy by roughly $2.5 trillion over eight years, a new study found.

The U.S. government will face uninterrupted trillion-dollar deficits once the effects of the new tax bill kick in during the next fiscal year.

The leading economic indicator is still rising. We will need to see a reversal there first before a material slowdown.

Balance Sheet Back To Trump Election Week (All Agency MBS Sales) December another week without The Federal Reserve of New York selling any of its Treasury Notes and Treasury Bonds held in SOMA (System Open Market Account). SOMA hold…

Following a tax overhaul in the United States, Beijing has announced a temporary exemption for foreign firms investing in certain sectors.

earlier this month he announced the "petro" cryptocurrency, to be backed by Venezuela's oil, gas, gold & diamond reserves.

Harvey Organ is in awe of the latest developments. Here's an update...

When it comes to Bitcoin, you can count on one thing - volatility.
The price of Bitcoin plunged more than 11% Thursday morning, dipping below the $14,000 level after the South Korean government announced plans to more tightly regulate cryptocurrencies. 

Last month, we reported on a Bank of America survey that indicated the mainstream has started to acknowledge that the stock market is a big, fat, ugly bubble.
The latest fund-manager survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch found that a record 48% of investors say the US stock market is overvalued. Meanwhile, 16% of investors say they are taking on above-normal risk. BoA chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett called this “an indicator of irrational exuberance.”
Now, even the government has taken notice, acknowledging asset prices are floating in dangerous bubble territory.

The world laughed at and then disregarded the announcement earlier this month, but now, it's getting serious. Here's the latest developments on the ‘Petro'...

Join Greg Hunter & Clif High as they discuss a coming “bond debacle,” soaring gold and silver prices in 2018 . . . the future of Bitcoin & other cryptocurrencies, “legal actions will be taken” against the bad actors in government and the “Deep State.”

This triple win (oil/yuan/gold) completely bypasses the US dollar. The era of the petro-yuan is at hand.

President Trump has signed a new Executive Order allowing the US government to freeze the US assets of individuals or corporations worldwide

(And Aren’t Increasing YET With Rates Increasing And “Unwinding”) In 2008, The Federal Reserve embarked on their infamous quantitative easing (QE) program, that together with their Zero-interest rate program (ZIRP) has suppressed both stock market volatility (VIX) ...

As in the United States in the late 1920s and Japan in the late 1980s, the case for a central bank ultimately to burst that bubble becomes overwhelming. I

Michael also says that no rally in gold can survive without the participation of silver. Here's the details...

The tiny units are​ that they can be built in a fraction of the time it takes to construct typical affordable housing, & at a sliver of the cost, which means a lot of homeless folks can be housed quickly.

Zillow has a fascinating, yet troubling study.  It says that rent consumes a growing share of household income in many cities, some people must relocate or find ways to offset rising prices. An increasingly popular way to cut costs is by adding a roommate. Nationally, 30 percent of working-age adults—aged 23 to 65—live in doubled-up households,…

The Case-Shiller national home price index surged past the pre-recession high last year. The city composites lag.