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In a few hours, at 10am GMT,  Sweden - which was dragged into the monetary twilight zone of negative interest rates back in February 2015, not long after the SNB and ECB both went NIRP - is about to wave goodbye to the land of negative rates, if only for a little while.

"When the next recession hits, the downturn in the financial markets could be worse than the economic effects" - Vanguard

The idea of an 'infinite' money supply from federal printing presses is gaining ground among the radical left in Washington, D.C....

China is also facing a potentially destabilizing "liquidity hole" of 2.8 trillion yuan ($400 billion) in January according to Guotai Junan Securities, as people across the nation will withdraw cash for the Lunar New Year holiday

If you know nothing about Chicago’s fiscal problems, take a moment to understand the chart below from Moody’s Investor Services...

The government keeps telling us that the labor market is strong and unemployment is low. Yet, as SHTFplan.com's Mac Slavo notes, regardless, borrowers are increasingly being rejected for vehicle loans while consumer debt continues to rise.

“Momentum is so strong that it’s likely to persist, but investors are paying a higher price than ever.”

So, from a “gamma” perspective alone, I will not be surprised to see a 100 point swing in SPX over the next week or so...

"This administration, with wondering about where the hell the next bomb is coming from, just doesn’t allow me to take some of the positions I’ve taken historically where I just thought it was a one-way bet"

It’s a catastrophic global debt crisis (worse than 2008) waiting to happen. What will trigger the crisis?

Unlike API's data, DOE reported a crude inventory draw in the last week (though smaller than analysts expected) and gasoline inventories rose for the 6th week in a row...

There is reality...  and then there is the stock market.

"Otherwise, they are not going to buy it."

"The fact that they're doing it so soon after WeWork is surprising." 

"Bigger challenges naturally await for next year ... but I think traders and investors will be happier to grapple with these actually in 2020."