Debt
- Excessive Debt Always Leads To A Deleveraging Phase – https://realinvestmentadvice.com/how-big-of-a-deleveraging-are-we-talking-about/
- What do you do if you are Greece, a country that is for all intents and purposes completely bankrupt and unable to make minimum payments on their outstanding debt? Easy, try and borrow more money in the bond markets –https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-07-24/greece-shouldn-t-be-greedy-in-its-second-rehab-attempt
Personal Finance
- A super article on “Super Savers” and how they approach their financial processes and beliefs. Spot on accurate – https://realinvestmentadvice.com/6-things-super-savers-do-that-you-dont/
Investments/Valuations
- Anyway you look at it, the stock market is overvalued (Goldman Sachs) – http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/24/any-way-you-look-at-it-this-stock-market-is-overvalued-goldman.html
- Absolute Return Investing Goodies With Value Superstar Eric Cinnamond – http://www.ericcinnamond.com/top-absolute-return-investing-posts/
- The details on why all the paper gains in the markets since 2014 are likely to evaporate away on unsuspecting investors leaving them with large losses – http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc170724.htm
- The last thing a brokerage firm like Schwab would want is for retail investors to “stop playing.” Any slowdowns in trading, contributions or assets under management would directly impact their quarterly corporate revenues and profits. So when then issue a politically correct, “we tried to warn you commentary,” clients should take extra note –http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/nn/articles/Market-Perspective
- Wall Street bracing for ‘significant correction’: Survey –http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/wall-street-bracing-for-significant-correction-cnbc-survey.html
- Take money out of the U.S. now – time is ticking on bull market, says Russell Investments’ top forecaster – http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/24/take-money-out-of-us-says-russell-investments-top-forecaster.html
- Investors chase yield through dividend stocks believing that they are safe from major market declines. Here’s how they fool themselves with a historical look and why most of them have no idea of the clobbering that they are eventually going to be exposed to – https://realinvestmentadvice.com/technically-speaking-i-bought-it-for-the-dividend/
- Don’t you dare read these if you can’t handle the truth –https://realinvestmentadvice.com/22-inconvenient-truths-on-investing-economy-the-fed/
- The market risk that makes Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller ‘lie awake worrying’ – http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/26/the-market-risk-that-makes-nobel-laureate-robert-shiller-lie-awake.html
- Wall Street will ALWAYS have tricks up their sleeves to get in the middle of profitable sales opportunities – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-27/your-robo-adviser-may-have-a-conflict-of-interest
Macro
- The Fed, The ECB and China all scrambling to save themselves and avoid a full-scale sh!t-show – http://www.mauldineconomics.com/frontlinethoughts/three-black-swans
- IMF sees U.S. Fading as global growth engine. Cites high market valuations as risk factor – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-24/america-first-no-more-as-imf-sees-u-s-fading-as-growth-engine
- Hedge fund titan Paul Singer is very worried about the economy, debt and the rest of the silliness – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-07-26/paul-singer-is-very-concerned-about-economy-video
Health
- Big Pharm company doing bad deeds with testosterone booster for money? I can’t even McBelieve it… – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-24/abbvie-ordered-to-pay-150-million-damages-in-low-t-trial
- Did you know super intense workouts from P90X, Crossfit or Spin Class can lead to life-threatening conditions? A must read introduction to Rhabdomyolysis – http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/health/rhabdomyolysis-spin-class-explainer/
- What is an MTFHR gene mutation and why you should know if you have one – http://www.amymyersmd.com/2017/07/what-is-an-mthfr-mutation-and-what-to-do-about-it/
Happiness
- Billionaire Mark Cuban’s tidbit on happiness – Mark Cuban remembers the exact moment he became a billionaire – http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/26/this-is-what-mark-cuban-did-the-exact-moment-he-became-a-billionaire.html