EPB Research: These Banks Are Next…
The second, third, and fourth-largest bank failures in U.S. history have occurred so far this year. That suggests the financial system is anything but
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QTR’s Fringe Finance: Our Economic Arrogance Will Be Our Undoing
Predictions are often wrong. That’s true whether they’re made by laymen, or made by experts armed with prior knowledge. For instance, many central banking
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Game of Trades: Credit Markets are Flashing the Same Warning Signal For Stocks That We Saw In Late 2021
Investors don’t often pay attention to credit markets. But it’s a space that tends to be more cautious. Consequently, it spots trouble earlier than
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Swan Bitcoin: Bitcoin & the Doom Debt Spiral
When it comes to the economy, investors may think about factors like corporate earnings or the jobs market. That’s true for big one-day swings
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Dividend Growth Investor: Seventeen Dividend Growth Stocks Raising Dividends Last Week
While the market has trended higher so far this year, rising interest rates and slowing markets such as real estate point to lower returns moving forward.
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George Gammon: Why Is The World’s Most Important Market Crashing?
Energy is the key to the economy. And in the energy market, oil remains the key player. This energy is critical for transportation. But it’s
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American Institute for Economic Research: Bank Term Funding Program Discounts the Discount Window
The banking crisis of 2023 flared up, died down, and flared up again. Is it over yet? Probably not. This time around, central bankers added a
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Elliott Wave Options: Are Bonds Hinting Next BIG S&P Move?
Markets have had much to digest in the past few weeks. From big tech earnings to the latest Federal Reserve meeting, there’s been a lot
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Bigger Pockets: The 11 Lasting Truths of Real Estate
Usually, the largest asset for most Americans is their home. That’s because a property is bought and held for many years while a mortgage is
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Drezner’s World: The Risks of De-Risking
The U.S. dollar has been the world’s reserve currency since the end of World War II. Most countries have used that for their international
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Quoth the Raven: The Economy Is a Powder Keg, Boiling Over and Ready to Blow
Since March, five banks have collapsed. Four of them have been in the United States. And they mark the second, third, and fourth largest bank failures
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The Lead Lag Report: Navigating Murky Waters: How Mega-Cap Tech Earnings Mask Underlying Market Uncertainties
Four times each year, corporate America reports earnings. An entire cottage industry has been built up on Wall Street of analysts who parse the data and
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