Tag Archives: China

Dominos Beginning to Fall

Posted on January 4, 2016 by

I wrote two series of cautionary articles, one in the past few days, and the other in September 2015. Several of the earlier articles referenced China, which is again in focus due to the 7% plunge on Monday. China’s manipulated … Continue reading →

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Global Trade at Recession Levels

Posted on December 31, 2015 by

My last two posts focused on bearish divergences in the equity markets, but there are several fundamental factors that are equally bearish. The following article focuses on global trade. 

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US Manufacturing Data at Recession Levels

Posted on November 18, 2015 by

I read an interesting article by Jill Mislinski on AdvisorPerspectives.com. The article was titled “Empire State Manufacturing Declined for Fourth Consecutive Month.” The takeaway from the article is that US Manufacturing is slowing at a rate not seen since the … Continue reading →

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More Warnings Signs in China

Posted on November 9, 2015 by

The manipulated equity markets in China have rebounded (which is what happens when you restrict selling), but the problems continue. China’s exports and imports have been declining for months, which is further evidence of recession and directly contradicts the “official” … Continue reading →

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China’s Equity Futures Volume Drops 99 Percent

Posted on September 8, 2015 by

In this morning’s Bloomberg.com article titled “China Just Killed the World’s Biggest Stock-Index Futures Market,” Kyoungwha Kim reported that “Volumes in the country’s CSI 300 Index and CSI 500 Index futures sank to record lows on Tuesday after falling 99 percent from … Continue reading →

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More Evidence of Negative GDP Growth in China

Posted on September 8, 2015 by

In this morning’s MarketWatch article titled “China exports fall for second month in a row,” Grace Zhy, Mark Magnier, and Rose Yu  report that year-over-year exports and imports in China fell by 5.5% and 13.8% in August and by 8.3% … Continue reading →

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China’s Economic Growth is Actually Negative

Posted on September 2, 2015 by

In Sue Chang’s MarketWatch article last week titled “China’s economy may be in worse shape than people think,” the author quotes analyst David Straszheim at Evercore ISI: “Our proprietary Synthetic Growth Index (SGI) fell 1.1% month-on-month in July, and was … Continue reading →

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Desperate Moves in China

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

Now that my new book has been published, I am beginning to catch up on my very long list of outstanding research projects. In addition, I am also finding more time to read timely articles, a few of which I … Continue reading →

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