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20 Oct 2023

Amazing chart about Canada housing market (on the right) vs. US housing market (on the left).

Source: Michel A.Arouet

20 Oct 2023

Analysts’ earnings downgrades for US companies are increasingly outpacing upgrades

Source: The Daily Shot

20 Oct 2023

In-demand skills 2023

Source: Contrarian Thinking

20 Oct 2023

🌍Worldwide, many other countries have debt that is more than their GDP

Japan consistently ranks among the top nations with a debt-to-GDP ratio exceeding 200%. Source: Genuine Impact

19 Oct 2023

To whom the US owes money? Mostly to themselves actually...

Source: The King's Cheque En Qua

19 Oct 2023

Total US debt is now up ~$650 BILLION since it crossed $33 trillion exactly 1 month ago, according to Zerohedge

Yesterday alone, total US debt jumped by another $58 billion. Total US debt has grown by ~$22 billion PER DAY for the last month. In other words, the US has added ~$915 million in debt every hour for the last month. Since the debt ceiling "crisis" ended, total US debt is up over $2 trillion. Since 2020, total US debt is officially up more than $10 TRILLION. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

19 Oct 2023

JUST IN: The Value of US Distressed commercial real-eestate is approaching $80 billion, the highest level in a decade Now less than HALF the 2008 financial crisis levels

Blackstone, Brookfield and Goldman Sachs have defaulted or relinquished offices to lenders this year. Today, Pimco walked away from 20 hotels with +$240MM in debt. Over $1.5 trillion of commercial real estate loans will mature over the next 3 years. Source: Bloomberg, Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA, Barchart

19 Oct 2023

The iShares 20+ year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) now down 51% from All-Time-High

Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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