Forbes.com: Epic Bearishness On S&P 500: Its A Buy Sign For Stocks

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Traders of stock index futures are now the most bearish on record. Its likely a good time to buy equities.

We know this because there are now more bearish bets by speculators on the S&P 500 E mini futures contracts than at any time since it began trading in 1998. That’s a quarter of a century ago. Read more here.

luisvilla, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Forbes.com: How The Government Is Making The Banking Crisis Worse

By SIMON CONSTABLE

The recent bank run and then failure of Silicon Valley Bank kicked off a mini crisis that’s already being made worse by the government.And it could even morph into a far worse downward spiral if Federal regulators don’t back off, according to a recent report.

“More penetrating government control of the banking industry will not change human nature,” states the research note from financial analytics company HCWE & Co. “What it will do is to degrade the economy by increasing the cost of banking.” Read more here.

 

USCapitol, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

#France: #Scotland: Troubled SNP campaigning against Scotch Whiskey in Scotland. @BatchelorShow Occitane

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Listen here.

British Museum , Public domain, 

via Wikimedia Commons

#France: Labor unrest continues: The Day That Gold Stood Still. @BatchelorShow, Occitane

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Listen here.

PDphoto.org, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Mozilo's Cereal Ad Revealed!

 

Watch here.

WSJ: Financial Flash Back: FDR Ditches the Gold Standard 9 Decades Ago

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Exclusively in the print edition of the Wall Street Journal

WSJ: Four Reasons Why Junk Bonds Might Be Worth Buying

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Some analysts are predicting positive returns for junk bonds this year after a dismal performance in 2022. Read more here.

Chris Li chrisli, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons