Weekend reads: the slowing housing market and inverted yield curve signal a coming recession

It is human nature to fear missing out as prices skyrocket, But all bubbles burst eventually. Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics predicts a 25% decline in U.S. home sales. What will that do to...

Top Crypto Analyst Says Pair of Indicators Are Bullish for Crypto Markets, Examines Bitcoin (BTC) and VeChain (VET)

A leading crypto analyst says Tether (USDT) dominance and the US dollar index (DXY) are flashing major bullish signs for crypto. In a new tweet, Justin Bennett shows his 99,000 followers a chart depic...

New home sales decline, surprising analysts, even though the inventory of properties for sale has hit the highest level since 2008

The numbers: U.S. new-home sales decreased 2% to an annual rate of 772,000 in February, the government said Wednesday. That figure represents the number of homes that would be sold over a yearlong per...

A Russian oil-sparked U.S. recession? This is how it could happen

A global recession “seems unavoidable” if sanctions on Russia keep most of its oil and natural gas off international markets for the rest of 2022. That’s what a pair of researchers at the Dallas Feder...

Why Today’s Inflation Might Resemble the 1940s More Than the 1970s

Text size While the surge in energy prices has some likening the inflationary environment to the 1970s-80s, some observers think the postwar period is a better comparison. Here, pricey per-gallon cost...

Opinion: Ukraine war is a wake-up call to ditch oil and gas forever

That invasion, and the subsequent U.S. ban on oil imports from Russia, are partly responsible, but they aren’t the only reason. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the impact of t...

Bitcoin (BTC) Technical Indicators Give Bullish Signal That Previously Preceded 40% Spike

Bitcoin (BTC) has been moving upwards since Jan. 24 and could be in the initial stages of establishing a fresh bullish structure. Since May 2021, the $40,500 area has been crucial in determining the B...

China’s Big Tech Firms Are Axing Thousands of Workers

BEIJING—China’s biggest tech companies are conducting large-scale layoffs this year as they deal with an economic slowdown and Beijing’s regulatory pressure. Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -7.14% , opera...

‘Reduced competition.’ 5 predictions for the housing market in 2022, from economists and real estate pros

We’ve already seen rates rise in the early months of 2022, and some pros say that will continue. Getty Images Aspiring home buyers may have watched as mortgage rates in recent months rose (though to b...

Cattle Ranchers Take Aim at Meatpackers’ Dominance

For years, many ranchers have blamed meatpacking giants for low cattle prices. Now, some cattlemen say they have a solution: Process the beef themselves. On 80 acres in western Nebraska, a group of ca...

Deere, Hershey and More Stocks to Buy to Combat Food Inflation

The highest inflation in decades is hitting consumers and rippling through the food industry, from farm equipment to packaged food, grocers, and restaurants. At-home food costs climbed 8.6% and out-of...

Foreclosures have jumped 70%. Here’s what that says about the housing market

The foreclosure uptick indicates that the economic — and especially employment recovery — is not complete, an expert says. Getty Images Foreclosures are up, and that’s something potential homebuyers a...

Food Costs Are Rising. Here Are the Stocks to Buy.

The highest inflation in decades is hitting consumers and rippling through the food industry, from farm equipment to packaged food, grocers, and restaurants. At-home food costs climbed 8.6% and out-of...

Weekend reads: There’s a recession warning as the Federal Reserve fights inflation

The Federal Reserve this week increased the federal funds rate for the first time since 2018. Long-term market interest rates had risen significantly as investors anticipated that the central bank wou...

Fed Not Doing Enough to Fight Inflation, Fed President Says. He May Be Right.

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard wants the Fed to move faster. Alastair Pike / AFP via Getty Images Text size St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard has...

Fed’s Powell sees the light — and turns far more hawkish than expected

After remaining stubbornly dovish last year, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday jumped the central bank squarely into the hawkish camp at his press conference on Wednesday. “The March...

Best to buy AMD after a breakout – Here is what technical indicators show

The post-pandemic era has never been satisfied with the number of chips in supply. Top chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) understands this and has capitalized on the supply crunch...

Lifespan Indicators Show Young Coin Spending: Bitcoin (BTC) on-Chain Analysis

BeInCrypto takes a look at Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain indicators that relate to lifespan, such as spent volume age bands and Coin Days Destroyed (CDD). What is CDD?  CDD is a lifespan indicator that shows...

China Gives Alibaba, Other Stocks a Lifeline. Can It Last?

Text size China said it would roll out market-friendly policies to help boost the stock market. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images With a handful of vague comments about rolling out market-friendly poli...

The Fed got inflation badly wrong — and now it admits there’s no quick fix

Higher prices of gas, groceries, new cars and mortgage rates got you down? Americans may have to get used to it. The rate of inflation might not return to pre-pandemic levels of less than 2% for at le...

Inflation Is a Problem. Today’s PPI Just Confirms It.

Text size Costs for the companies that produce goods have gone up, too. STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images February’s producer-price index is out, but we didn’t need to wait for it to know that the...

Is the Dollar in Danger?

The U.S. is sitting on top of a horizontal empire, capitalism’s self-organizing, incentive-based structure with its layers of value. It’s not the Marxist mush of “to each according to his needs.” You ...

Stagflation Is Worrying Forecasters. What Investors Should Do.

Text size Trucks carry potassium chloride at an Albemarle lithium mine in Chile. Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg Get ready for stagflation light. Headlines about stagflation are everywhere, and the “flat...

Gold back above $2,000 on Russia-Ukraine war, as annual U.S. inflation rate climbs to a 40-year high

Gold futures climbed back above the key $2,000 mark on Thursday as Russia ramped up its attack on Ukraine and a reading on the annual U.S. inflation rate climbed to a 40-year high. Strength in prices ...

Mortgage rates rise as Russia’s war in Ukraine stokes volatility. Experts say the short-term uncertainty over rates could continue

After two consecutive weeks of declines, mortgage rates have moved higher once again. Where they will go in the short term, though, largely depends on what happens overseas. Mortgage rates could fall ...

Procter & Gamble is crashing. Investors should follow technical indicators to trade the stock

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced a measured retreat from the Russian market. The decision may not settle well with conscious investors. PG ceases all capital investments and promot...

Elon Musk Has Sold Seven Homes for Nearly $130 Million After Vowing to ‘Own No House’ 

It’s been almost two years since Elon Musk announced a plan to sell nearly all of his physical possessions, including his real estate, by tweeting “Will own no house” on May 1, 2020. The billionaire T...

Opinion: The Fed needs to target a floor for the 10-year Treasury, in addition to radically raising the fed funds rate

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the toughest task since Chairman Paul Volcker tamed the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. And a lot of the pressures driving the most virulent ...

Bitcoin Key Indicators Suggest Strengthening Case For More Downsides

Bitcoin gained bearish momentum below $40,000 against the US Dollar. BTC is at risk of more downsides towards the $37,200 and $36,600 levels. Bitcoin started another decline below the $40,000 and $39,...

6 financial advisers on how they’re handling their investments amid inflation

Amid high inflation, here’s what financial planners are personally doing with their money. Getty Images/iStockphoto The rate of U.S. inflation hit 7.9% in February, according to government data releas...

12 dividend stocks paying at least 3.5% that are well-suited for high inflation

Investors may have turned for a moment from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to energy and supply shortages in the U.S. that are producing high inflation. With purchasing power crumbling, patient invest...

XRP To Top-5 Inevitable! Are These Indicators A Sign Of An Incoming 20% Rally?

  The world of cryptocurrencies continues to witness discussions revolving around the executive order from the White House, and its implications. Successively, the XRP army pins optimistic hopes aroun...