THE MARKET’S “ZERO CORPORATE TAXES” SUGAR HIGH! Twice as many companies are paying zero taxes under Trump tax plan. In its first year, the number of companies paying no taxes went from 30 to 60. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. Examples include Market […]
TRIGGER$ April 2019
PREPARE FOR THE COMING “EARNINGS RECESSION” SCARE
PREPARE FOR THE COMING “EARNINGS RECESSION” SCARE Start bracing yourself for an earnings recession, with first-quarter numbers for the S&P 500 expected to suffer the first decline in nearly three years (begins today with JPM & WFC – but the busiest period will start the week of April 22 and run through May 3, when […]
MAJOR COUNTER RALLY UNDERWAY IN OVERSOLD AUTO SUPPLIERS
MAJOR COUNTER RALLY UNDERWAY IN OVERSOLD AUTO SUPPLIERS After major SHORT gains in 2018, we were fully expecting a counter rally / consolidation in the SII: AUTO – SUPPLIERS Watch List positions. It has been underway across the whole sub sector since year beginning. This week we have seen another leg: Six of the Top […]
MONETARY MALPRACTICE: THE PROOF IS NOW EVERYWHERE!
MONETARY MALPRACTICE: THE PROOF IS NOW EVERYWHERE! MATASII RESEARCH ANALYSIS & SYNTHESIS: I put this road-map together in 2012 (see copyright logo) on what we should expect based on the Federal Reserve practicing policies of ZIRP and what was then a new concept – Quantitative Easing (QE1). It has proven to be prescient! Below is […]
IN-DEPTH: TRANSCRIPTION – GLOBAL RISK – APRIL 2019
IN-DEPTH: TRANSCRIPTION – GLOBAL RISK – APRIL 2019 COVER AGENDA SLIDE 5 – TOP TIPPING POINTS Let’s begin by looking at the current Global Risk situation and reviewing some our recent posts on our top Tipping Points for 2019. We are currently following 44 – all available at MATASII. SLIDE 6 – RISK REVERSAL Our top […]
LONGWave – 04 10 19 – APRIL – The Year of the Right Shoulder
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THE BOJ LEADS THE WAY IN MARKET MANIPULATION
THE BOJ LEADS THE WAY IN MARKET MANIPULATION MATASII RESEARCH ANALYSIS & SYNTHESIS: The BOJ’s estimated aggregate ETF balance totals 29 trillion yen (about quarter trillion dollars), which is equivalent to nearly 5% of the market capitalization on the TSE’s first section. REPORTED FACTS: Overseas investors dumped the most Japanese stocks in 31 years in […]
RUSSELL 2000 DEBT GROWTH & CREDIT QUALITY A GROWING CONCERN
RUSSELL 2000 DEBT GROWTH & CREDIT QUALITY A GROWING CONCERN MATASII RESEARCH ANALYSIS & SYNTHESIS: Non-bank corporations’ new debt has outpaced the free cash that these companies have been generating – especially companies that make up the Russell 2000 index. This could suggest further vulnerabilities going forward. Perhaps the most frightening detail is that […]
MONETARISTS REACTION TO DEFLATION CREATING GLOBAL INEQUALITY
MONETARISTS REACTION TO DEFLATION CREATING GLOBAL INEQUALITY MATASII RESEARCH ANALYSIS & SYNTHESIS: Four deflationary D’s explain the consistent undershoot of inflation expectations: Excess Debt, Bank Deleveraging, Tech Disruption, and Aging Demographics As a result, the inability of monetarism to boost wages and income in the world’s largest economic regions is creating unprecedented INEQUALITY and is […]