Markets

Dec 16, 2015 at 16:50

Tuesday's special memo noted that the BBB to Treasury spread had made the turn to the next phase of widening. The worst with the Shanghai panic was 242 bps and…

Dec 16, 2015 at 16:48

It is a good time to remember that there are a whole lot of people in the market today, many of them managing many millions or even billions of dollars,…

Dec 16, 2015 at 16:46

Today, the Fed hiked by 1/4 point as widely expected, and signaled. Here is a snip from the Fed's Statement ...

Dec 16, 2015 at 16:40

FRA co-founder Gordon T. Long deliberates with Hedge Fund Manager, Yra Harris about the effects of financial repression and the imminent credit event. Harris is a macro Global Trend Trader…

Dec 16, 2015 at 16:38

Market breadth speaks to the percentage of stocks participating in a stock market rally. All things being equal, the broader the participation the healthier the market. In this article, we…

Dec 16, 2015 at 10:15

Industrial production shocked to the downside this morning with a drop of 0.6%, the most in 3.5 years vs. an Econoday Consensus guess of -0.2%. Moreover, last month was revised…

Dec 16, 2015 at 10:07

Ideally, a central bank would like the party to be rocking when it takes away the punch bowl. This party, however, is not cooperating. For every sign of exuberance (high-end…

Dec 16, 2015 at 06:56

D-day, December 16, 2015. It's now the dawn of that day when either the Fed Does or the Fed Doesn't. It doesn't matter. Either way, the economic apocalypse begins.

Dec 16, 2015 at 06:38

We think everyone should own some physical gold. Gold is the ultimate form of wealth insurance. Its wealth preserves through every kind of crisis imaginable. It will preserve wealth during…

Dec 16, 2015 at 06:26

We have noted anecdotally that there is a creeping inflation in the system. It does not show up in commodities, which are in a post-bubble (ah, the good old 'China…