The conditions for a rally in bonds were there, only the will was missing. That finally showed up last week. Meanwhile, the dealers finally meaningfully…
Global Bubble deflation gathered additional momentum this week. The U.S./global tech Bubble collapse accelerated. Hit by panic “runs”, the historic cryptocurrency mania is coming completely unglued. And even more historic Chinese apartment, financia…
All these curveballs will further fragment the housing market.
We map the state of global democracy, as the Democracy Index hits its lowest point since the inception of the index in 2006.
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Gold has disappointed me more times than – – than – – well, someone who disappoints me a lot. It’s a real heartbreaker. In spite of that, I’m giving this another whirl by way of mining ETFs, based on what seems t…
Thanks largely to Sevilla’s six wins since their maiden victory in the 2005/06 tournament, Spain is quite comfortably the most successful country in the Europa League – or the UEFA Cup as it was called from 1971/72 to 2008/09. The trophy has been broug…
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States has hit another grim milestone. 805 days after the CDC recorded the first official Covid-19 death in the U.S. on February 27, 2020, President Biden mourned the death of one million Ameri…
Strong economic recovery following the end of the lockdown era of the coronavirus pandemic caused the price of goods and services to rise in 2021 in many developed nations, according to the OECD. Previously, inflation had risen much more slowly and eve…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, forcing gyms to shutter and public transportation to suspend operation, millions of Americans re-discovered bicycles as a safe, socially-distanced form of physical exercise and transportat…
The 24 hour ES S&P 500 fugutures are maintaining the dead cat bounce that began late yesterday. The hourly chart shows that the short covering has carried the price to downtrend resistance at 3975 as of 7:15 AM in New York. The 2-3 day cycle projec…