BIBL News and Press, Inspire 100 From 01/31/21

In case you haven't noticed, GameStop and a few similar stocks are in a classic bubble. This sort of thing has happened over and over again through history, most recently in the late 1990s. These stories show a definite market pathology. The rules of the game produce what sure loo...

Just as individuals used social media platforms to organize protests and riots across the country, traders used websites like "Reddit" to organize a successful short-squeeze on Wall Street hedge funds. While Robinhood, and other brokers, took a lot of heat for restricting trading in s...

Social media orchestrating a bloody short squeeze assault upon the hedge funds. The first month of the new year begins with chaos in our nation's Capital and ends with market mania chaos - both manifestations of acute monetary disorder. What we're witnessing poses a risk to capitalism...

The economy will likely continue struggling for the next month or two. With vaccinations accelerating and households looking cash rich, a reopening of the economy could see growth reach multi-decade highs. James Knightley, Chief International Economist at ING takes a look at the i...

While the battle between retail investors and hedge funds may continue to dominate the headlines in the coming weeks, there is plenty more that investors should pay close attention to. The two big data releases for the US will be the ISM manufacturing and the employment report. Va...

As we head into 2021, there is a large consensus that the massive monetary interventions in 2020 will lead to an explosion of economic growth, inflation, and higher interest rates. We suspect that the outcome of more debt-driven spending will lead to a disappointment in growth and dis...

The new market disruptor: Rise of the retail investor. Generational shift in investors rocking equity markets. The rise of the little guys: Retail investors take on institutions. For further details see: The Big Shift: The Rise Of The Retail Investor Rocks Markets

COVID turned out to be quite the economic event, and a pandemic under control promises to deliver a recovering economy by the end of 2021. On the other hand, should the vaccinations not go according to plan and the pandemic is not declining by June 2021, the economy may not recover at...

The media and pundits continue their time-honored tradition of sawing sawdust. On top of this, headline-sniffing computers are constantly on the lookout for bad or good news items on which to launch a barrage of Buy or Sell orders. Since the 10-year US Treasury note is only paying a l...

When it comes to asset prices, it seems everyone agrees that we have entered bubble territory. The question is, when does the bubble burst? While prices are high and rising with speculation rampant, I don't see the conditions available for it to burst at this time. I do expect a n...