The world’s advanced economies are trying to keep their balance on an unstable platform of high consumption, asset prices and household debt as we enter the 2020s. Any significant shock or increase in volatility could trigger “doom loops” that compromise the economic and financial systems. — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/economic-doom-loops-harder-avoid-000035999.html
Are tiny rental apartments the future for the growing number of single and double occupancy households? You might be surprised to learn that the tiniest apartments aren’t found in a mega metropolis like New York, but in a small midwestern town. — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/ferrelview-missouri-this-village-is-home-to-the-tiniest-apartments-in-the-us-181838974.html
We haven’t seen anything like this since the Great Depression of the 1930s. — Read on www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-13/average-us-farm-13-million-debt-and-now-worst-farming-crisis-modern-history-upon-us
The investment world has truly gone mad when it prefers to put money into negative yielding bonds rather than just stuff it under the mattress for a guaranteed zero percent return. This is an ominous sign for the global economy. (Bloomberg) — The universe of negative-yielding bonds grew about $1.2 trillion this week after dovish […]
The shift is eroding security from families in the lower and middle classes, who rely on their small stores to finance retirement and to smooth over shocks like the loss… — Read on www.seattletimes.com/business/wealth-concentration-near-levels-last-seen-during-the-roaring-twenties-study-finds/
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund, believes current economic conditions are similar enough to those in the 1930’s to warrant significant portfolio reallocations, including holding at least five to ten percent in gold. — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/ray-dalio-sees-parallels-1930s-170410932.html
This October is bringing with it a lot of scary stuff, and Halloween isn’t even here yet. Wall Street is starting to issue dire warnings that a significant stock market correction of 50% could reduce equity values back down to…get this… historic “fair value” averages. Because of this, we may have a real “Trick-or-Treat” market […]
Bond investors are looking pretty pessimistic on growth. As the U.S. and China move closer to a trade war and the European Central Bank prolongs stimulative rates, traders are piling into the safety of government debt and enlarging the stock of bonds with below-zero yields. In just six days through — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/negative-debt-pile-swells-1-121743703.html