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Germany has recently joined Switzerland in the dubious All Negative Club. The interest rate on every government bond, from short to 30 years, is now negative. Many would say "congratulations," in the belief that this proves their credit risk is... well... umm... negative(?) And anyway, it will...

Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Later in today’s program, we’ll hear a fascinating interview with Greg Weldon of Weldon Financial. Greg breaks down the recent move in silver, a move off of a breakout point he called spot on on this pr...

We're in a transition period where we move from a bull market to a bear market, and from an economic expansion to a contraction (recession). Anyone who denies this is either ill-informed or a permabull. Or both. Where do you stand at this important crossroad in market history? Are you...

Why are interest rates so low? Here is the 10-year bond yield, by itself and subtracting the previous year's inflation (CPI less food and energy). The 10-year yield has basically been on a downward trend since 1987. One should subtract expected 10-year future inflation, not past inflation, a...

The purpose of the Turning Points Newsletter is to look at the long-leading, leading, and coincidental economic data to determine if the economic trajectory has changed from expansion to contraction -- to determine if the economy has reached a "Turning Point." My recession probability in t...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...

It seems much of the discussion and commentary recently is focused on an imminent recession partly precipitated by the consequence of an inverted yield curve. The recent recession chatter reminded me of an article I wrote a little over two years about a recession forecast and market bubble t...

Money Earning Money "Unnatural" Aristotle believed that charging interest was "unnatural", condemning it ruthlessly on several occasions: Aristotle believed that charging interest was immoral because money is not productive. If you allow someone to use your orchard, he argued, the orchard...

Originally published on 26 Aug. 2019 By CME Group The Fed has failed to stoke inflation, which has been persistently low due to retiring baby boomers spending less and millennials loaded with student debt. Editor's Note : The summary bullets for this article were chosen by...

State Street (NYSE: STT ) Global Advisors announces share splits on four SPDR ETFs that will apply to shareholders of record at the market close Sept. 18, 2019. More news on: State Street Corporation, SPDR Index Shares Funds - SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETF, SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Treas...