New Dow record just short of 35000 Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday closed just shy of 35000 after gaining 126 on the day. Earnings report Second quarter earnings season kicks off this week with earnings from two big banks, along with some other companies. Pepsi co. came up withRead More →
Stress test The Federal Reserve warned that in a worst case scenario, some banks reserve capital would fall close to minimum capital requirements, with lenders subjected to loan losses of up to $700 billion. The central bank directed 33 of the largest U.S. banks to suspend share buybacks and capRead More →
Last week the Washington based World Bank published its bi-annual Global Economic Prospectus. Debt accumulation They point out that over the last 50 years the world has seen 4 waves of debt accumulation and that the latest one, which started in 2010 was ‘’the largest, fastest and most broad-based increase’’Read More →
It has been reported recently that the U.S. Federal Reserve is pumping billions of dollars into money markets and that we apparently have nothing to worry about? Bank liquidity Do you remember twelve years ago when the first financial crisis cracks started to emerge? One of them being a shortageRead More →
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency criticised at Senate hearing Facebook’s new cryptocurrency plan has come under attack at a U.S. Senate hearing. Politicians are calling the company ‘delusional’ and untrustworthy. The Senate officials had been grilling Facebook executive David Marcus over the tech giant’s intention to launch its own digital currency. FacebookRead More →
There is no quick fix to debt I’ve been there. I’ve lived it. I hate it. I never want to go back there again. Debt can spiral out of control, taking you down to the darkest depths of despair. It slowly eats away at your life! Don’t let it! YouRead More →