Archives by Month:
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- June 2009
- April 2009
- February 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
Archives by Year:
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist
Gustave Courbet The wave 1869 A while ago, I asked a regular commenter at the Automatic Earth, who goes by the moniker Dr. D, to try and write an article for us. Not long after, I received no less than 31 pages, and an even 12345 words. Way too long for today’s digital attention spans. We decided […]
Government Largess To Large Corps Ballooning Public Debt
The Irish economy collapsed in the 2008 recession and financial crisis, leading to a massive government bail-out of investment banks and highly levered corporations. The efforts shackled the taxpayers with generational debt that they have been laboring to repay amid cuts to other social programs. At the same time, Ireland shares the common plight of […]
October 2017 CoreLogic Home Prices Up 7% Year-Over-Year
CoreLogic’s Home Price Index (HPI) shows that home prices in the USA are up 7.0 % year-over-year (reported up 0.9 % month-over-month). CoreLogic HPI is used in the Federal Reserves’ Flow of Funds to calculate the values of residential real estate. Analyst Opinion of CoreLogic’s HPI CoreLogic year-over-year rate of growth has been steady for […]
British Pound Falls From Fibonacci Support As USD Tries To Pick A Direction
In yesterday’s article, we looked at a series of setups around the U.S. Dollar. As we move deeper into the final month of the year, with a Non-Farm Payrolls report on the docket for this Friday and a FOMC rate decision on the calendar for next Wednesday – USD is unlikely to remain here for much longer. But – this […]
Bank Of America To Repurchase An Additional $5B In Stock By June 30, 2018
Bank of America (BAC) announced plans to repurchase an additional $5B in common stock by June 30, 2018. The company previously announced plans on June 28 to repurchase $12B in common stock from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, plus repurchases to offset shares awarded under equity-based compensation plans during the same period, […]
3 Top-Ranked Nuveen Mutual Funds For Excellent Returns
Nuveen Investments was founded in 1898 by John Nuveen and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. The company seeks to provide financial services to its clients by using the multi-boutique structure. It provides these services through an independent team comprising Nuveen Asset Management, Winslow Capital and Symphony. The company deals with a wide variety of mutual […]
Brexit Woes Topples Sterling
The Pound Sterling fell against rivals after markets were disappointed with the latest news on the Brexit negotiations. The UK Prime Minister was unable to cement a deal yesterday to even open talks with the European Union so that free trade could be put on the table. Politics in Northern Ireland played a large role […]
US Trade Deficit Surges Near Five Year High Despite Sliding Dollar
The US trade balance surprisingly blew out in October, increasing from $44.9 billion to $48.7 billion, as unexpectedly exports decreased and imports increased despite the ongoing dollar weakness, missing estimates of $47.5 billion. October’s number was tied for the widest deficit going back to early 2012… … and marks a stark divergence with the recent dollar weakness […]
Technically Speaking: This Is Nuts
Since the election, markets have accelerated the pace of the advance as shown in the chart below. The advance has had two main storylines to support the bullish narrative. It’s an earnings recovery story, and; It’s all about tax cuts. There is much to debate about the earnings recovery story but as I showed […]
Tech Rout Hits Hong Kong (Again) As Tencent Extends Worrying Slide
Uh-oh. Tencent is in trouble. The ongoing tech rout on Wall Street which manifested itself in the worst 5-day stretch of underperformance for the Nasdaq 100 versus the broader market since 2009 is weighing heavily in Asia as the Hang Seng broke below 29,000. Leading the way was Tencent, which is now down 14% from […]
