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05/30/2019, Los Angeles The S&P 500 double-topped in September of 2018 and by December it had dropped more than 20%. Last month, the S&P double-topped again and since then it’s been one step forward and two steps back, so no one should be the least bit surprised if it’s down at least 20% before the

Since May 3rd, the S&P 500 has lost $1.2 trillion. At its low on Monday, the DJIA was down 700 points, or about 2.7%. The S&P was down similarly. But the NASDAQ lost more than 3.5% due to the greater concentration of companies in industries that are most affected by the current trade discord with

Following a conversation with Steve Eisman, the Neuberg Berman Group money manager who famously predicted the collapse of subprime mortgages in advance of the 2008 financial crisis, Bloomberg is reporting on his new and equally disturbing concern, that the U.S. corporate debt market will suffer “massive losses” if the U.S. economy falls into recession. The

Two years into Jerome Powell’s tenure as Fed Chairman, the Fed has apparently acquired a new outlook on the country’s economic condition. During yesterday’s banking system, corporate and business debt report, the first of its kind, the Fed acknowledged and actually warned of “generally elevated” asset prices that “appear high relative to their historical ranges.”

As the U.S. government slowly awakens to the reality and ramifications of a $21 trillion national debt and the ‘Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul’ accounting practices that have both Social Security and Medicare in danger of an undeniable need for emergency attention, it was announced on Thursday, November 1, that the maximum amounts of