Could A Democratic Midterm Win Crash Markets?

Central Banks Cannot Fix The Sovereign Debt Bubble Authored by Daniel Lacalle via dlacalle.com, Global investors spend a great deal of time worrying about an alleged artificial intelligence bubble. However, they should pay more attention to the government debt bubble. The most dangerous assumption is that governments can keep borrowing and making promises because central banks will always step in, disguising fiscal irresponsibility with quantitative easing programs. Many market participants hail debt accumulation and expanding government size in the economy because they believe it will create asset inflation forever. However, encouraging...

Futures Jump As Chipmakers Surge After Japan , Korea Bounce US stock futures are higher led by Tech after a strong bounce in chip stocks in Japan (memory stock Kioxia traded limit up after trading limit down on Friday and Monday was a holiday) and Korea, as evidence mounts that Momentum / Semis pullback have bottomed, with supportive price action elsewhere in Asia and Europe, though the JPM EU Trading Desk is not yet seeing follow-through buying in Semis.  As of 7:20am ET, S&P futures are 0.5% higher, lagging the...

The US has launched at least two more airstrikes in Somalia as the escalated US bombing campaign continues to receive virtually no media coverage in the US. According to a press release from US Africa Command, its forces launched “airstrikes” against the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region on April 25 and April 26. […]