It now feels that the pretend world is finally catching up to the real world. For those who seek some glimmer of hope, the message this time from Fitch on CRE delinquencies keeps coming in loud and clear as does the delinquencies on jumbo mortgages. Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — U.S. prime jumbo mortgages at least 60 View the full article

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4 Digit Midget...againAlot of sellers at the bell!

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The market found support on Friday where it was expected, at 1050. Below that lies a huge air pocket that would be fertile ground for a crash. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional Edition Subscribers). Try the Professional Edition risk free for thirty days. If, within that time, you don’t find the information useful, I will give you a full refund. It’s that simple. Click here for more information.

To process what is transpiring in the world, we should focus on several stink bombs: Europe, the Anglo nations (US/UK) and Asia (primarily China). Today’s focus is the first two. Europe  is front and center at the moment. Speculators are now attacking the Euro, not just covering carry trades.  Now,  I don’t diminish the implications of how

The dollar strengthened dramatically in an apparent short squeeze that triggered liquidation across most asset types. The dollar has emerged strongly from a formidable bottom on the charts, as the first response of dollar carry traders to double down and increase their bets back in December has come back to bite them and the markets hard. All markets except Treasuries are now showing signs of forced liquidation, or in the dollar’s case, forced short covering. The Treasuries, perversely, are getting the benefit but underlying demand factors for Treasuries are weakening. This makes the rally in Treasuries dangerous. It promises even greater market disruptions down the road. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional Edition Subscribers). Try the Professional Edition risk free for thirty days. If, within that time, you don’t find the information useful, I will give you a full refund. It’s that simple. Click here for more information.

All the other Government BS aside, the real unemployment rate, known as the U-6, which is the one that includes discouraged workers and those underemployed who could only get part time work, rose from 17.1% to 18% in January.

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Cycle based stock screening data reversed course and weakened across the board on Thursday. You know you’re in a bear market when you see 367 new buy signals on the 4 week cycle, and the next day the market collapses and there are still 325 new buy signals on the 4 week cycle. When buy signals fail like that, you’re in a bear market. There are numerous other telltale signs. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional Edition Subscribers). Try the Professional Edition risk free for thirty days. If, within that time, you don’t find the information useful, I will give you a full refund. It’s that simple. Click here for more information.

Harrisburg, Penn., is looking at bankruptcy and for obvious reasons, debt service is about equal to its entire budget.  Look for a lot more of this. You heard the concept here: Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) – Greece’s biggest union approved the second mass strike this month and tax collectors began a 48-hour walkout, showing that Prime Minister George View the full article

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