Demographics
Bill Gross Warns Of Demographic Doomsday
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/07/2016 10:08 -0500"Demographics may not rule absolutely, but they likely will dominate investment markets and returns for the next few decades until the Boomer phenomena fades away. The 1% – in addition to the 99 – will need extra doses of Xanax, or additional slices of cake, to cope."
Trader Psychology Is Reversing, Scotiabank Warns Market Is "Ripe For Volatility Spikes"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/06/2016 16:40 -0500Market psychology established in recent years is reversing. Market volatility is rising and will remain pervasive for a while as psychology, the change in direction of Fed policy, and the increases in general uncertainties, will all conspire to shape an environment ripe for sharp spikes in volatility which will be further amplified by rickety market liquidity.
The Tragicomedy Of Self-Defeating Monetary Policy
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/04/2016 21:25 -0500Bill Dudley and the Federal Reserve (Fed), in their efforts to influence economic growth may have created a speculative and consumption driven environment that is crushing productivity growth. Ingenuity, not debt, made America an economic powerhouse. If we are to resume down that path we need the Fed to end their “self-defeating” policies and in its place we must demand ingenuity from them. The Fed, along with government, needs to properly incent productivity. The Fed should start this arduous task by removing excessive stimulus which will take the speculative fervor out of markets and allow asset bubbles to deflate.
The Uncomfortable Truth About The Great Boom And This "Recovery"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 08:53 -0500Despite such endless financial engineering, sales for the S&P 500 have been declining for the last three quarters. And profits have declined for the first time since the 2009 expansion. Simply put: The recovery is a mirage... It isn’t real... And it isn’t sustainable.
Faltering Faith, Losing Hope, & Rising Charity - 15 Striking Findings From 2015
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 14:00 -0500Every year, Pew Research Center looks back at the most memorable facts that illustrate important trends shaping our world. From faltering faith in government to the decline of Christians in America and from increased racial tensions to the shrinking American middle-class, here are some of our most striking findings of 2015.
The Fed Never Solved The Mystery Of The "Missing Inflation", And Now It Has A Big Problem
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 18:57 -0500"The trouble is that rents are running high not because house prices are booming and/or construction is sawing but because structurally new entrants to the housing market are renters not owners. This is reflected in the very low first time homebuyer rate, less than 30 percent."
2015 Year In Review - Scenic Vistas From Mount Stupid
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/19/2015 20:35 -0500- Alan Greenspan
- Albert Edwards
- Ally Bank
- Apple
- Baltic Dry
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Bank of England
- Bank of International Settlements
- Bank of Japan
- Barry Ritholtz
- Bear Market
- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- Bill Gross
- Black Friday
- Black Swan
- Bob Janjuah
- Bond
- Book Value
- Brazil
- Bridgewater
- Capital Expenditures
- Carlyle
- Cato Institute
- Central Banks
- Chicago PMI
- China
- Chris Martenson
- Chrysler
- Citadel
- Cliff Asness
- Counterparties
- CRAP
- Credit Conditions
- Creditors
- Crude
- David Einhorn
- David Rosenberg
- default
- Demographics
- Department of Justice
- Deutsche Bank
- Dumb Money
- Equity Markets
- ETC
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- Federal Reserve
- FINRA
- fixed
- France
- Futures market
- GE Capital
- Germany
- Glencore
- Global Economy
- Global Warming
- Gluskin Sheff
- Greece
- Gundlach
- Hayman Capital
- Holiday Cheer
- Hyperinflation
- Illinois
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Janet Yellen
- Japan
- Jeff Gundlach
- Jeremy Grantham
- Jim Cramer
- Jim Reid
- Jim Rickards
- Joe Saluzzi
- John Hussman
- John Maynard Keynes
- Kazakhstan
- Ken Griffin
- KIM
- KKR
- Kyle Bass
- Kyle Bass
- Larry Summers
- LBO
- Lehman
- Mark Spitznagel
- Market Manipulation
- Maynard Keynes
- McKinsey
- Mervyn King
- Mexico
- MF Global
- Michigan
- Middle East
- Milton Friedman
- Monetary Policy
- Money Velocity
- Morgan Stanley
- Natural Gas
- New York Fed
- New York Stock Exchange
- Nikkei
- None
- Norway
- Paul McCulley
- Paul Tudor Jones
- Paul Volcker
- Precious Metals
- Quantitative Easing
- Rahm Emanuel
- Random Walk
- Ray Dalio
- Real estate
- Recession
- recovery
- Rick Santelli
- Robert Shiller
- Rosenberg
- Sovereign Debt
- Sovereigns
- St Louis Fed
- St. Louis Fed
- State Street
- Stephen Roach
- SWIFT
- Swiss National Bank
- Switzerland
- Themis Trading
- Transparency
- Treasury Department
- Unemployment
- University of California
- University Of Michigan
- Value Investing
- Wall Street Journal
- Warren Buffett
- Wholesale Inventories
- Willem Buiter
- Yield Curve
“To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious, but the stupid have an answer for everything.” ~Edward Abbey
Japan Still Leads The Way Towards Our ENDGAME
Submitted by Secular Investor on 12/18/2015 17:11 -0500When the 'Land of the Rising Sun' jumps into the abyss...
The American Forex Delusion
Submitted by globalintelhub on 12/08/2015 15:06 -0500Hitler said often that the bigger the lie, the easier it would be [for the masses] to believe. This is no where more true than Forex.
If The Economy Is Fine, Why Are So Many Hedge Funds, Energy Companies And Large Retailers Imploding?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/19/2015 09:12 -0500If the U.S. economy really is in “great shape”, then why do all of the numbers keep telling us that we are in a recession? In 2008, stocks didn’t crash until well after the U.S. economy as a whole started crashing, and the same thing is apparently happening this time around as well.
Japan's Problems Will Not Be Solved By More QE, RBS Warns
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/16/2015 22:00 -0500"Japan’s experience suggests that QE has its limits, and could bring a range of side effects. These include years of tepid growth, the reduction in secondary trading liquidity, an increase in asset ownership by central banks (the BoJ now owns half of the national ETF market), potential formation of asset bubbles and social problems like inequality."
The Class War Has Already Started
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/14/2015 18:15 -0500Here's what's obvious, but unacceptable: we need a new system. Not a system modified with tiny tweaks and a feeding trough filled with borrowed money--an entirely new system designed from scratch to be sustainable and with opportunities to build capital for all.
The Politics of Dystopia Redux
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/07/2015 20:30 -0500In case you have been hibernating, the European Union (EU) is already in a complete state of disarray. Everywhere you look - economy, politics, security, society, demographics - there are very serious problems with no credible solution in sight. This does not bode well for the future of the EU, starting with those who will be living in it. The EU doesn't need any nationalists to destroy its future prospects. It’s doing absolutely fine on its own.
Cops Around The Country Quietly Begin Rebelling Against The Drug War
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/06/2015 21:15 -0500In May, Police Chief Leonard Campanello of the Gloucester, Massachusetts Police Department announced via Facebook that his department would adopt the new policy of treatment over arrest. Five months since the program launched, Campanello reports positive results: over 260 addicts have been placed in treatment. This summer, shoplifting, breaking and entering, and larceny dropped 23% from the same period last year. “We are seeing real people get the lives back,” he said. “And if we see a reduction in crime and cost savings that is a great bonus.”
Monetary Bazookas Or Not, "Global Crisis Is Inevitable"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/05/2015 20:30 -0500Until recently, the consensus assumed a strengthening of the global economy in 2016. It won’t happen. If the global economic growth manages to reach 3.1% next year, as forecast by the IMF, it will be a miracle. We are close to the end of the current economic cycle. The outbreak of a new global crisis in the coming years is inevitable. The Fed and other central banks are in a dead-end having fallen in the same trap as the Bank of Japan. If they increase rates too much, they will precipitate another financial crisis. It is impossible to stop the accommodative monetary policy.




