This week and the rest of the month aren’t expected to bring big news. Market feeling is mixed. The bear market rally seems to be running out of energy, and another descend may occur from September onwards, if recession is confirmed and if the FED signals more tightening. EU Inflation Source: CNN Annual inflation in […]
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This week the market’s expectations have been confronted with the reality of job growth in the USA, high inflation numbers coming out of the UK and a pessimistic view of the future by the Bank of England. The bear market rally may have halted or cooled down for now. Will the FED signal additional large
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A walk through China’s housing and debt crisis… Video: Evergrande: the end of China’s property boom | FT Film Channel: Financial Times Video: Is China’s property market about to go bust? | Chinese Whispers | SpectatorTV Channel: The Spectator Video: China’s International Debt Crisis Channel: Patrick Boyle
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This is a brief selection of material about quantitative easing (purchase of assets by the central banks) and its’ consequences. Quantitative easing and the FED balance sheet Video: What is Quantitative Easing? Channel: The Plain Bagel Video: Explaining the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet Channel: KansasCityFed Video: Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Explodes! Why
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Inflation is not a new phenomena, but most people have not worried about it in the past decades because it has been under control in most of the western and developed countries. However, due to the injection of liquidity in the economic system in recent years (2008 and since 2020), inflation is growing at an
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WEEK IN REVIEW US GDP and Recession? Yes/No/Maybe Source: Trading Economics The American economy shrank an annualized 0.9% on quarter in Q2 2022, following a 1.6% drop in Q1 and technically entering a recession, the advance estimate showed. Most investors were expecting a 0.5% growth although some were betting on a negative
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The yield curve is, “extremely inverted,” at this point and, “the global economy is in free-fall, it’s not going to stop,” he exclaims to our Daniela Cambone. “The system demands that debt be created, every day by every mechanism possible,” Mannarino explains as the government intends to, “exert more economic control on people.” He concludes
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The car market bubble may be collapsing and prices are going to crash. Video: The Car Market Bubble Is Collapsing Channel: Andrei Jikh Synopsis: The car market has been on fire, with rising prices during 2021 and 2022, due to supply shortages and increased demand. The increased demand has been fueled by stimulus checks
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Taking a look at the charts, together with the macroeconomic scenario, it is hard not to forecast the beginning of another selling frenzy soon… Next week we’ll have developments regarding the natural gas markets in Europe, and GDP data coming from the USA and EU. As usual, the big cap and most volatile stocks may
Source: Seeking Alpha Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin (BTC-USD) stake to maximize liquidity given the COVID situation in China, though Musk related that it shouldn’t be taken as “some verdict on crypto.” Total sales of the cryptocurrency amounted to $936M, prompting Bitcoin to retreat below $24K following a big rally earlier in the week.
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