China: 'Real Economy' Sound

China shares may be lower, but the 'real economy' is dandy, says China Free Press
Reuters:China's volatile shares were lower again on Thursday, taking losses this month to about 23 percent or 12 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion), while state media insisted that the market ructions did not reflect the real economy ( Read more... )

Below was originally posted at Crazy Eddie's Motie News on January 14, 2016.


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Recession 2016 Stock Markets

Worst-Ever New Year Start for Stock MarketsMajor markets around the world, including the supposedly more resilient United States, have been hit with the worst first few weeks of trading in a new year - ever. These stock market falls could be indicating a brutal slowdown and correction, imminent global recession, or ( Read more... )

In theory, the two should always match up, but that's the rub, they don't, and Real GDP is often prone to gross inaccuracies, and actually often gets revised to a number much closer to Real GDI up to many years later.


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Robert Prechter, Elliott Wave International founder & CEO, discusses why the charts and indicators are pointing to a 1930s type depression unfolding.

Economic news out of the US over the past few days have gone from just ok to pretty decent, helping set the stage for this big relief rally now underway ( Read more... )

Many who showed up on Wall Street Thanksgiving week for turkey instead got a cooked goose from Europe.

Bloomberg Businessweek
U.S. Stocks Cap Worst Thanksgiving-Week Drop Since ’32 on EuropeNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, capping the worst Thanksgiving-week drop since 1932 in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as S&P cut Belgium’s rating ( Read more... )

CNBC
Stocks Log Worst Quarter Since Credit Crisis

Stocks closed out the worst quarter in almost three years amid fears over the global recovery and finished near session lows for the day as investors were reluctant to stay long ahead of the weekend.
For the quarter, the Dow and the S&P plunged more than 12 percent, while the Nasdaq tanked over 14 ( Read more... )

Here is the headline from this afternoon on CNBC.com
Recession Seen Looming as Jobless Benefits End
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WSJ Market Watch
U.S. stocks fall for sixth day on economic nerves


NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks ended lower for a sixth session Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index marking its longest losing stretch since early 2009, as investors failed to shake off concerns about the U.S. economy.

“The marketplace ( Read more... )