The current U.S. equity market has something for everyone. Whether you are bullish or bearish, there is no shortage of indicators or charts you can use to support your thesis. Let’s run through both the Bull and the Bear case here. In the spirit of Confirmation Bias, feel free to skip ahead to the part that best supports your current positioning.
Read More »The End Is Near: China’s Economic Bubble Is About to Burst (+2K Views)
China's model (and economy) will fail drastically, proving once and for all that government-planned economies do not work as well as free market capitalism balanced by democracy. This article identifies seven signs showing that the end is near.
Read More »The Boom in China Is Over BUT the “Bust Talk” Is Far Overdone. Here’s Why (+2K Views)
China has decided to try and walk back from the edge of a Minsky moment and engineer a soft landing. They have made a decision to pop the bubble deliberately, allow defaults to instill market discipline and remove the moral hazard currently in place. They are moving into the modern world as fast as possible based on the enormous tasks they have embraced so we probably can expect no more booms but probably not a bust either. Let me explain.
Read More »Many Economic Cycle Theorists Believe 2014 to 2020 Is Going To Be Pure Hell For the U.S.! (+3K Views)
Many mainstream economists want nothing to do with economic cycle theorists, but it should be noted that economic cycle theories have enabled some analysts to correctly predict the timing of recessions, stock market peaks and stock market crashes over the past couple of decades - and there are many economists who believe that the period from 2014 to 2020 is going to turn out to be pure hell for the United States.
Read More »Take Note: U.S. Gov’t Ready for Dramatic Changes In Country’s Economic Conditions – Here’s How (+2K Views)
In the not-too-distant future, sociopolitical and economic conditions in the U.S. will be changing dramatically, affecting tens of millions of Americans and to that end the U.S. government has enacted new legislation that allows it to transform itself into a full-on police state.
Read More »Mass Unemployment, Home Foreclosures, Stagnant Wages & Shrinking Retirement Possibly Coming Soon – Here’s Why (+2K Views)
The impending emergence of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Debt, Derivatives, Deficits & Dollar) may soon sound the death knell of the entire U.S. economic recovery [we have seen] since early 2009 and eventually and sadly morph into mass Unemployment, Home Foreclosures, Stagnant Wages & Shrinking Retirement.
Read More »The 21st Century Will Belong to the U.S. & NOT China – Here’s Why (+2K Views)
"The American Century Ends, and the Pacific Century begins." Seriously? We say B.S. to that. This moment in history is not the end of American dominance. If anything it is a beginning. In terms of dominance, America has barely rolled up its sleeves. [Let me explain.]
Read More »China Can’t Compete Economically With the U.S. – Here’s Why
Since the launch of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's second-largest economy, the largest merchandise trader, the largest manufacturer and the largest creditor of the U.S...BUT the nation is still a laggard in so many respects that it still can't compete with the United States. Let's take a look at why that is the case.
Read More »What Happened to America’s “Middle” Class? Here’s What! (+2K Views)
Most American households are making less money than they would have 14 years ago with adjusted dollars. It begs the question, what is happening with America’s middle class? Why is there a decline?
Read More »Face the Facts! The U.S. Is Facing a Series of Hurdles – Followed By An Inevitable Cliff!
...The U.S. is destroying itself through senseless (and expensive) warfare and is no longer dancing around the socialist tar pit—it is now diving in [Obamacare]... It is an empire on the brink of losing its position to the next empire. That much is as clear as day. What we find surprising is that so many Americans cling so desperately to the possibility that a collapse can somehow be avoided and that the U.S. will somehow remain "liveable," or at least that the present standards will continue. [The truth of the matter is, unfortunately, that the U.S. is facing a series of hurdles, followed by a cliff. Let me explain.]
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