This Market Is Built on Disappointing Growth. More of It Is Coming
During this expansion, 2018 was both the strongest year for the US economy and the worst year for the S&P 500
Map: The World’s Biggest Exporters
Relative to the size of its economy, US exports lag most other developed economies
In Brief: The Largest Companies in the World by Revenue
35 of the companies are American, 23 are Chinese.
Russell Clark: Chinese Stimulus Not Working Anymore
“Whenever any government or central bank has looked to move away from credit stimulation, you always see a big slowdown and lower asset prices about six months to a year later”
Negative Rates Are a Stark Reminder That a High Cost of Capital Is Not the Problem
Of course, that won’t stop central banks, always happy to play masters of the economic universe, from cutting interest rates further
Video: The Timeline of English and British Monarchs
Every Monarch in the history of England and Britain from Alfred the Great in 871 AD, to the current Queen Elizabeth II
In Brief: The World’s $86 Trillion Economy in One Chart
The US and China represent 40% of the global economy
Visualizing Fertility Rates Around the World Since 1900
The global fertility rate has fallen from about five children per woman in the 1960s and 70s to just 2.44 today
In Brief: Credit Cards, the Interest Rate That Keeps Climbing
US commercial bank credit card interest rates hit a two decade high of 16.91% in the first quarter of 2019
El-Erian: Expect Further Escalation in Trade War
“The CPI number highlights the dilemma facing the Fed, which is neither the real economy nor inflation is calling for what the market has priced in”