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06/14/2019, Los Angeles / Morgan Stanley just released a report indicating that, “Business conditions are at their worst level since the 2008 financial crisis.” Stanley’s proprietary “Business Conditions Index” is reported to have fallen 32 points last month, making it the “sharpest collapse since the metric was formulated.” The BCI, as well as a separate

05/30/2019, Los Angeles The S&P 500 double-topped in September of 2018 and by December it had dropped more than 20%. Last month, the S&P double-topped again and since then it’s been one step forward and two steps back, so no one should be the least bit surprised if it’s down at least 20% before the

Since May 3rd, the S&P 500 has lost $1.2 trillion. At its low on Monday, the DJIA was down 700 points, or about 2.7%. The S&P was down similarly. But the NASDAQ lost more than 3.5% due to the greater concentration of companies in industries that are most affected by the current trade discord with

Following a conversation with Steve Eisman, the Neuberg Berman Group money manager who famously predicted the collapse of subprime mortgages in advance of the 2008 financial crisis, Bloomberg is reporting on his new and equally disturbing concern, that the U.S. corporate debt market will suffer “massive losses” if the U.S. economy falls into recession. The

Two years into Jerome Powell’s tenure as Fed Chairman, the Fed has apparently acquired a new outlook on the country’s economic condition. During yesterday’s banking system, corporate and business debt report, the first of its kind, the Fed acknowledged and actually warned of “generally elevated” asset prices that “appear high relative to their historical ranges.”

As the U.S. government slowly awakens to the reality and ramifications of a $21 trillion national debt and the ‘Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul’ accounting practices that have both Social Security and Medicare in danger of an undeniable need for emergency attention, it was announced on Thursday, November 1, that the maximum amounts of

In a document titled, “Bitcoin Decrypted: A Brief Teach-In and Implications,” Morgan Stanley Financial Services (MSFS) claims Bitcoin and altcoins to be a “new institutional class.” Based on early 2018 number-crunching reports, MSFS reports a strong formation of new funds targeting the sector, as well as the “growth” of cryptocurrency-tied futures. Despite a strong “wait

Bloomberg has reported that Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes that gold is set to surge over the next year, as the country’s widening budget deficit and tariff-driven trade war begins to damage the U.S. economy. In a phone interview last week, Francisco Blanch, the Head of Bank of America’s Global Commodities and Derivatives Research

It’s become extremely clear that President Trump does not believe that maintaining the status quo has been beneficial for the United States. There is no doubt that foreign countries have viewed the U.S. like an open book and that at least generally speaking, the country’s response to anything has been clear, calculated, and quite predictable.

Market ether has finally evaporated and those die-hard bulls who have refused to give up on the last possible 10% gain from this market, may soon find themselves in a position to lose 50% of their portfolio in the blink of an eye. Today’s headlines are full of ‘reasons’ for the coming market drop. Billionaire