The second longest bull market in stocks was brutally interrupted in early February 2018 with some serious volatility, including the largest single day point drop in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  I mean, why would something like that happen if the economy is otherwise doing so well, investors are so clearly exuberant, unemployment is so very, very low, and the Fed, Treasury and President Trump are guiding things along so firmly?  Tongue firmly in cheek…

When actual economic fundamentals are weighed with some data sobriety, this recent volatility could be seen as a warning of further corrections and a deep recession to come.  Yet that said, such a wider downturn isn’t necessarily due to ‘natural market forces’, just like the disingenuously long 9-year-old bull market in equities hasn’t been due purely to theoretical supply and demand, either.  So, what all is going on behind the ticker tape?  What are the true stakes, real numbers at play, and possible ends for which another large systematic financial crisis could serve as means to?

In this episode of Money & Fear, and in the show’s Show Notes, we’ll look at the interplay between the bond and stock markets, probe possible financial shenanigans meant to speed a wider correction along, and bring some monetary history into it all, as always.  Details not shared, let alone analyzed, by mainstream corporate business press and its sponsors, all of whom prefer that you not think critically about economics or finance, but rather just listen to prescribed numbers, guidance and “sound advice” otherwise.

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Show Notes

Goldman Warns Bond Yields Are Now "A Threat To Risky Assets”

How Far Can Bond Yields Rise Before Hurting Equities? Goldman Answers

Reagan Offers Economic Recovery Program

Stocks: 'September slump' strikes again

Stock market scare as Dow drops 460 points

What's the Real Unemployment Rate in the U.S.?

Here's the real unemployment rate

How Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ is being rigged, according to one whistleblower

Opinion: How S&P 500 options may be used to manipulate VIX ‘fear gauge’

Danielle DiMartino Booth: Don't Count On The Powell Fed To Rescue The Markets

Ray Dalio: Everything Changed In The Last 10 Days

Days After XIV Blowup, Goldman And Citi Plan ETF Linked to Europe's Riskiest Debt

Dalio Says ‘We’re Past the Top’ in Bonds, Sees Rising Risks of a U.S. Recession

Trump's economic policy is rooted in debt

The risks of an economic 'hard landing' are rising in the US

Its bounce may have been speedy, but the stock market is still at risk

Dow plunges 666 points in biggest drop since Great Recession

DC ‘Plunge’ team may have halted unprecedented Dow Jones spiral

Washington may have had a hand in keeping Dow meltdown from being a complete disaster

The market hasn’t been this crazy since the Great Recession

How Long Can The Fed Keep The Stock Market Propped Up?

Stock Volatility is Computer Generated

Former ‘Plunge Protection Team’ Member Backs Cryptocurrencies

Congress is spending as if we’re in a recession instead of saving up to fight the next one

The Next Recession Is Really Gonna Suck - The extra help unemployed people got during the Great Recession has emboldened states to mistreat them.

Does a Flattening Yield Curve Mean Recession?

The Fed Plays the Economy Like an Accordion

Stocks Suffer As 10Y Yields Reach 2014 Highs, Curve At Inflection Point

How Long Before The Bond Selloff Slams Stocks? Wall Street Answers

This may be the beginning of the Great Financial Reckoning

US Launching Crisis Level Spending

Markets 'Not' In Turmoil: Dow Jumps Over 400 Points Amid Record Low Liquidity

Harvard, Hawaii Gambled on Market Calm—Then Everything Changed

HNA Cuts Stake In Deutsche Bank Amid Liquidation Panic

Deutsche Bank Tumbles To 2016 Lows Amid Reports Of HNA Technical Default

Central Banks Will Let The Next Crash Happen

Books & White Papers:

End This Depression Now!

Manipulation in the VIX?

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