Authored by Yves Smith via NakedCapitalism.com, The incompetence of our financial regulators, most of all the Fed, is breathtaking. The great unwashed public and even wrongly-positioned members of the capitalist classes are suffering the consequences […]
Via Global Macro Monitor, Here is a follow-up on last week’s chart with some excellent granular detail. Interest payments on the national debt during the current fiscal year (October to February) are up 29 percent […]
Bank stocks generally moved lower Wednesday as regulators and banking leaders continued bricking up weak spots in the U.S. rampart of small and midsize banks. Financial stocks saw little change after the Federal Reserve’s critical […]
Microsoft (MSFT) is the IBD Stock Of The Day as the software giant gets a lift from artificial intelligence initiatives. MSFT stock was near a buy point on Wednesday. On Friday, MSFT stock broke out […]
Authored by Simon Flint via Bloomberg, There is an argument that the Fed will stick to its inflation-fighting mission, because it needs to focus on restoring its credibility, and this keeps a 50bps hike in […]
The equity market may be enjoying an deeply oversold bounce (at least until the next bank crisis crushes sentiment again), but the same can not be said for the primary debt market – especially for […]
Brent, U.S. crude hit lowest in 15 months on Monday U.S. Fed begins two-day meeting on Tuesday Oil drop is speculative, not based on fundamentals – Andurand U.S. crude, product stocks expected to drop […]
Half of the companies in the U.S. devoted to climate change and biotech banked with the now-failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), leaving many of those companies looking for financial backers willing to take on the […]
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the wider crisis that ensued has once again made clear that banking is a confidence game. Once that confidence is rattled and customers lose faith in a bank or the entire […]
Dow Jones futures were little changed ahead of Tuesday’s open, as JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and other big banks made new efforts to stabilize troubled First Republic Bank (FRC). FRC stock crashed 47% Monday, hitting a […]
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