Saturday, April 5, 2025 In the two days following Trump’s reckless introduction of the opening round of a worldwide trade war, aimed at friends and foes alike, the stock market has lost trillions of dollars of market value. China responded, “We see your tariffs, and we raise you our own tariffs. In addition, we increase…… Continue reading Where’s the Bottom?
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Recession Ahead?
July 26th, 2022 As the markets await the Federal Reserves decision today on whether to make a 3/4 point increase in short term interest rates, to contain inflation, or something more significant, like a full 1% increase, investors should consider this question. Are we facing a recession in the coming months? One technical indicator that…… Continue reading Recession Ahead?
The Week Ahead
Dow Jones and S&P Indexes look lower at Tuesday’s opening after a long Memorial Day weekend. Oil prices, and Interest Rates, to Jump as European countries agree to limit Russian Oil imports. China’s manufacturing index showed a slower decline in May as their Central Bank announced a slew of economic incentives to revive their slowing…… Continue reading The Week Ahead
China calls Emergency Meeting
100,000 Chinese officials attend an emergency video meeting to discuss ways to revive their Covid-hit economy. According to a report in the government controlled Global Times, officials across the country attended this tele-conference to discuss measures to deal with the “complex and grave” economic situation, as outlined by Premier Li Keqiang. He urged authorities to…… Continue reading China calls Emergency Meeting
China’s Slowing Economy
More and more economic reports that China’s “zero tolerance” covid response policy is causing a major drag on business activity in China. In addition, the bursting of the property bubble several months ago, which accounts for about 30% of China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is exposing the fact, that a great deal of China’s growth…… Continue reading China’s Slowing Economy
China plans to throw 3 Trillion Dollars to Save Economy
As China’s economy implodes because of the debt buildup over the years, which cannot now be sustained, combined with the covid lockdowns in the major cities, can they solve the potential collapse by creating more debt? It is looking like China’s economy has been built on unsustainable debt levels. In addition, the Chinese authorities are…… Continue reading China plans to throw 3 Trillion Dollars to Save Economy
Inflation Peaking?
Despite high levels of inflation recorded early in the week, the markets staged a strong rally on Thursday and Friday, on the wishful thinking that inflation readings may be “topping.” Although many of the market averages are in oversold levels, despite the late week rally, still recorded its 6th losing week with the S&P Index…… Continue reading Inflation Peaking?