Category: Economics & Investing

8,000 businesses flee Maryland. – H.L. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: America The Divided IMF Fears Ultra-Low Rates Are Fuelling Asset Bubbles- Oh Geez, Really?? Mars, Maker of M&M’s, to Raise Chocolate Prices 7 Percent

Why You May Avoid Beef This Summer o o o Wage growth still muted in latest report on median earnings. – H.L. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: New Home Sales Collapse 20% From May To Dec 2012 Levels; Biggest Miss In A Year EU to Weigh Far-Reaching Sanctions On Russia Japan Trade Deficit Expands After Exports Unexpectedly Drop

The “Gates” Are Closing: SEC Votes Through Money Market Reform – A.L. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: This Time Is Not Different: Why The Market Is Heading For A Fall Consumer Prices in U.S. Climb on Jump in Gasoline Costs- Again Failure to Realize Why Gasoline is Rising Gun Buyers Scoop Up AK-47 Rifles After New Sanctions

A trend to working fewer hours and low wage labor: Is America looking at becoming a low wage nation in a race to the bottom? 1 out of 4 people working are in jobs paying $10 an hour or less. o o o The Economy Is Deteriorating Fast – RBS o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Price of Beef and Bacon Reach All-Time High High Gasoline Prices Push Up U.S. Consumer Prices- Or How About Just All The Money Printing?? New College Grads Hit By Slow Wage Growth: Fed Study

What Recovery? US Macro Suffers Longest Streak Of Weakness Since Lehman – H.L. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: 20 Signs The Epic Drought In The Western United States Is Starting To Become Apocalyptic Here Is The Source Of “More Than 95% Of The Market Rally In Q2” The Head Of ‘The Central Bank Of The World’ Warns That Another Great Financial Crisis May Be Coming

Global Financial Reset – J.W. o o o How the Rentenbank Stopped Inflation. – G.G. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Why We’re In ATLEAST The Third Biggest Stock Bubble In U.S. History Mortgage Volume Tanks; Jamie Dimon Bashes The FHA If This Keeps Up, They Will Have To Start Putting Armed Guards On Food Trucks

Insider Trading and Financial Terrorism on Comex – S.B. o o o It’s So Bizarre, It’s Beyond Comprehension How Bad It Is – David Morgan – H.L. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Video: Jim Rogers – Only a Russian/Chinese/Brazil Joint-Currency Can Battle Dollar Dominance Delusional IMF “Delighted” To Be Marginalized By BRICS Video: Jim Rickards – The significance of a BRICS development bank

EPA claims it has the power to garnish wages without court approval – T.P. o o o Pure Manipulation, $1.3B of Paper Gold Dumped Onto Illiquid Market o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Individuals Pile Into Stocks as Pros Say Bull Is Spent The Final Warning: Individual Investors Piling Into Stocks, Market Leverage Hits All Time Highs Video: John Williams of ShadowStats-Terrible Currency Crisis Ahead

Bubble Paranoia Setting in as S&P 500 Surge Stirs Angst – J.W. o o o Student Loan Debt: Another Great American Scam? o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: U.K. Inflation Accelerates More Than Forecast to 1.9%: Economy Why We Are Doomed: Interest and Debt Up Next: A Double Whammy of High Unemployment and Inflation

America’s Biggest Scam: The “Free Market” o o o We are absolutely in a stock market bubble: Corporate equity valuations now higher than peak reached in 2007. Crestmont P/E of 26.3 is 90 percent above its average of 13.9. o o o Big Banks Look To Cash In Using D.C.’s Revolving Door o o o Obama’s economic “recovery”: fewer than half of US adults have full time jobs. – B.B. o o o Federal Reserve’s Dual Mandate Disappointment; Will Private Investment Clean Up Slack?

This week’s Woodpile Report is a “must read.” o o o There’s debt, Then There’s Debt, Then There’s U.S. DEBT. – J.W. o o o The mega-Rick Rant returns! – P.M. Last time, Santelli accidentally created the Tea Party, so what happens now? o o o People Are Going Broke & It Will Get Ugly o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Fed Fears Risks Posed by Exit Tools; Plan Almost Done Yellen Says Fed Easy Money Needed Even After Recovery: Report Japan Economics Minister Warns of Premature QE Exit

Gold Bugs Know That A Return To Gold Is Inevitable o o o Typical liberal logic… to even suggest this is outrageous. Let’s nationalize Amazon and Google: Publicly funded technology built Big Tech o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: ECB Interest Rates Too Low For Germany, Says Bundesbank Chief Gallup Slams Lid On Hopes For US Economy The Implosion Is Near: Signs Of The Bubble’s Last Days

11 Disturbing Charts About The Chinese Economy o o o “Waiting For Armageddon” – Say It Isn’t So? – B.C. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Europe Tumbles As Banks Lose All 2014 Gains The Wall Street “Escape Velocity” Scam: GDP Forecasts Fizzling For Fourth Straight Year Time For Regime Change At The Eccles Building: Interest Rate Pegging Is Destroying Capitalism