by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Apr 28, 2018 | alerts, archive, Crashes, Markets/Economy
Interest rates are going up, with treasuries leading the way. This week the 10-year Treasury bond has risen to over 3%, a milestone in the long road to recovery from the bottom of the crash. The US economy is strong enough to support such an advance, but there are...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Apr 20, 2018 | alerts, archive, Markets/Economy
The world economy is showing modest signs of growth. Europe is finally coming out of its long slump as the ECB is considering ending its massive monthly money injections. The ECB’s president Mario Draghi has indicated that much recently. He seems to feel that there...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Apr 18, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy
It’s not so much “if” the US economy is slowing down but rather by “how much.” The mood in the country is getting decidedly bearish compared with the optimism seen at the start of this year. That negative attitude is very much expressed in the downturn of the stock...
by Michael Markowski | Apr 13, 2018 | $Yen Indicator, alerts, Extra Cat, Markets/Economy
By overcoming a flurry of negative news stories since the beginning of April 2018, the market is sending a message to investors that it clearly wants to move higher over the near term. The recent negative news stories that caused significant declines which the market...
by Michael Markowski | Apr 5, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
China announced that it will levy 25% tariffs on 106 products that are produced in the US including soybeans, automobiles, chemicals and aircraft. The news pretty much guarantees that the share prices of Caterpillar and Boeing which were down substantially on the...
by Michael Markowski | Feb 28, 2018 | alerts, Crashes, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The chart below which depicts the stock market’s bubbles since 2007 is based on the price history of the S&P 500 versus long-term US government bonds for the period of 2003 through February 2018. The large bubble, which had been in place prior to the election of...
