Economy

...Volatility has now returned to the stock market after a hibernation of several years...[and such] an explosion of volatility is indicative of a change of trend. The recent signals transmitted by this market have been classic and have been telling us that we have entered the final topping process of this extended and stretched economic cycle.

The last time the United States had a national debt level this high (106% debt-to-GDP), it was during the immediate aftermath of WWII in the late 1940s so what's driving the national debt so high these days and at what point does the situation reach a tipping point that gets people to act?

The World Inequality Report 2018 is a rich resource, with lots of information on inequality of incomes by country and by region, inequality of wealth, shifts in public wealth, and other topics. Here are a few of the figures that jumped out at me.

The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history according to the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio, which, incidentally, is Warren Buffett's favorite means of valuing stock.

Some nasty dark clouds are forming on the financial horizon as total world debt is increasing nearly three times as fast as total global wealth.

The U.S. and global economies will contract to a level we have never experienced before. We are most certainly in unchartered territory. The GRAND FACADE will come crashing down to the shock and surprise of the masses. Here is my analysis and the reasons we are heading towards a cliff. Words: 1171

In the following infographic we look at 5 occasions when currencies crashed in a big way.

From the beginning of 1990 hyperinflation has occurred in 28 countries around the world on a total of 35 different occasions of which 17 occurred during 1992 alone.

Since the beginning of 1990 hyperinflation has occurred in 28 countries around the world on a total of 35 different occasions with 17 of those countries experiencing hyperinflation during 1992. Currently, only Zimbabwe and Venezuela are plagued by hyperinflation.

Today, we’re seeing the greatest political polarization since the Civil War, a debt and financial asset bubble that makes the Roaring 20s look like child’s play, and income inequality greater than that experienced in 1929 and the discovery of a rare convergence of three-long term cycles points to a revolution - a true revolution.