by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 7, 2018 | alerts
The latest GDP growth number of 4.1% in Q2 could well be an anomaly, although quite a few bankers and analysts are pointing to continued fair-weather. The latest thing that investors should be concerned about is a comment by JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Diamonds who...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 1, 2018 | alerts, Tariffs
It is not entirely clear what President Trump wants to achieve with his various initiatives both domestically and internationally. It is clear that he wants to disentangle himself from the Muller investigations. It is not so clear what he intends to do...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Jul 25, 2018 | alerts, archive, Markets/Economy
New single-family home sales in June declined 5.3% month to month vs. a 3.9% increase the month before. This is the lowest level since October 2017. Â The home sales numbers are in line with the general weakening in economic activity. The median selling price declined...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Jul 23, 2018 | alerts, archive, Markets/Economy
The US economy is showing more signs of softening. Â The latest signal was the housing market which posted its third monthly existing home sales decline. Â On a monthly basis home sales in June declined 0.6% after declining 0.4% in May. Home sales fell to $5.38 million...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Jul 10, 2018 | alerts, archive, Markets/Economy
More signs of economic contraction are emerging daily. Today the German research firm ZEW (Center for Economic Research) announced that its index for investor’s confidence took a big hit. Investor expectations for Germany fell to minus 24.7 in July from minus 16.1 in...
