By Rebecca Wilder at News N Economics (via Prieur du Plessis) (Guest Post) I present some basic statistics to highlight the problem in Europe. In short, there exists a deleterious positive feedback loop between overly leveraged...
Read MoreBy Mike “Mish” Shedlock (Guest Post) The stock market and the bond market have different ideas regarding a Greek default. Yahoo! Finance reports Stocks jump on hopes for progress on Greece’s debt: Stock...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) Here is a new update of a chart that illustrates the total return performance of the S&P 500 since the Tech Bubble closing high on March 24, 2000. The chart shows the value of $1000 invested in...
Read MoreBy EconMatters In yet another sign that the Great Recession cuts deep and long–the number of Americans living below the official poverty line reached 46.2 million, the highest in 52 years since the Census Bureau...
Read MoreBy David Banister (via Chris Vermeulen) (Guest Post) In my most recent few forecasts for subscribers and public articles I’ve discussed a major correction in Gold, and it dropped $208 within 3 days of that forecast several...
Read MoreBy Willem Weytjens (Guest Post) Have you ever experienced a “Deja Vu” feeling? Well, if you have never experienced one, maybe after reading this post you will. Let’s start with a technical chart of Gold. These days, gold is...
Read MoreBy Tim Iacono (Guest Post) Now completely back into the swing of things after what seemed like an unusually long absence over the summer, time that was presumably taken for a good long break from focusing on the world’s...
Read MoreBy Doug Short (Guest Post) The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends is out today (see report). The September report for August shows a substantial decline in the overall index number, so much so that Chief...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) Rick Perry teed this up. I’m amazed at how much traction this has gotten. Clearly both sides of this issue are stirring the pot. I’ve looked up a few definitions of what a Ponzi scheme is. This one...
Read MoreBy Michael Pettis (Guest Post) In the past two years a lot of analysts have been warning that the US and/or Europe are about to turn “Japanese”. By this I guess they mean that very high levels of debt are going to set the stage...
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