What Is GDP In China?
Article By:
Michael Pettis
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:40 AM EST
Analysts are increasingly skeptical that China’s very high reported GDP growth rate provides a meaningful picture of the economy’s health.
Hit And MS
Article By:
Tim Knight
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:35 AM EST
With all of the recent lame earnings reports for banks yielding nothing but surging prices, it’s comforting to see that Morgan Stanley is actually behaving rationally.
Triple Breakout Test In Play For S&P 500
Article By:
Chris Kimble
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:32 AM EST
The rally from the lows on Christmas Eve has RSP testing the top of a newly formed falling channel while testing the underneath side of the 2018 trading range and its falling 50-day moving average.
In this article: RSP
Weekly Unemployment Claims: Down 3K, Better Than Forecast
Article By:
Jill Mislinski
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:19 AM EST
This morning's seasonally adjusted 213K new claims, down 3K from the previous week's 216K.
No For Brexit Deal, Yes For May. And What For Gold?
Article By:
Arkadiusz Sieroń
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:15 AM EST
71 days. That’s all that separates us from the Brexit deadline. And the UK has still no clear path forward exiting the EU.
Stuck In The Mud
Article By:
Phil Flynn
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:13 AM EST
Oil is stuck in the mud. Stuck in the mud of politics and conflicting signals about supply and demand.
In this article: OILB
Rally Drivers
Article By:
Bespoke Investment Group
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:00 AM EST
After a nice rally in reaction to earnings reports from the major banks, the Financials sector is taking a breather today after Morgan Stanley earnings disappointed the street.
Morgan Stanley Tumbles Following Huge Revenue, FICC Miss
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:44 AM EST
The bank reported Q4 FICC revenue of just $564MM, a huge miss to the $823MM consensus expectation and a whopping 30% drop Y/Y which was also the biggest fixed income revenue drop on Wall Street.
In this article: MS
Gold – The Only Safe Place
Article By:
Egon Von Greyerz
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:24 AM EST
In 2019 the investment world will start to realize that asset markets don’t grow to heaven as stocks, bonds and property start their long journey down which will eventually lead to declines of 75% to 95% in real terms.
Mortgage Rates Are Expected To Rise Further This Year To Their Highest Level In A Decade
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Global Economic Intersection
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:15 AM EST
Mortgage rates are expected to rise further this year to their highest level in a decade, affecting home buyer’s monthly payments and lessening the dollar increase in home-purchase lending.
Will Shutdown Risk End This Year’s Equity Sector Rallies?
Article By:
James Picerno
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:05 AM EST
The partial government shutdown could be a slow-moving train wreck for the US economy, but for the moment the crowd’s inclined to reprice the major equity sectors higher in the new year following 2018’s haircut.
US Futures, European Stocks Slide As Trade Fears Return
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 7:52 AM EST
US equity futures and European markets fell after a mixed session in Asia as a better than expected start to earnings season was overshadowed by resurfacing trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
The Economy Is Slowing
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 7:40 AM EST
There currently seems to be a very high level of complacency that the economy will continue its current cycle indefinitely.