The markets are being driven with mathematical precision to collapse and the shock will be worse than that of 2008, warns Trust Economics in its analysis, at a time when stock market indices are at their zenith… and Western economies are at their nadir. Since 1971, when Nixon cut the umbilical cord between the dollar …
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The bursting of a bubble that no one has seen yet
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was symbolic of a deep global financial crisis, centered on the housing bubble and subprime mortgages. Increasing natural disasters are straining insurance companies, leading to policy cancellations, rising premiums, and ultimately falling property prices. More and more areas in the U.S. are losing their insurance coverage, which in …
The $16 trillion AI “bubble”!!!!!
Investors have been betting heavily on an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven future over the past two years, as technology stocks have led the S&P 500 index up 60%. As of January 24, 2025, the cumulative market capitalization of Nvidia (NVDA) and other major AI infrastructure companies was nearly $16 trillion. But there has also been a …
Citizens, be careful, in Revolut and Viva Wallet, are the funds sufficient?
Let’s be careful… we raise the issue of capital adequacy for Revolut and Viva Wallet in the event of an adverse scenario and what risks consumers – depositors may take out of ignorance. Revolut Revolut has been involved in fraud many times in the past and a lot of money has been lost. A search …
Trump’s options to deflate Μarket Βubbles
As future Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. said, “a revolution is coming,” in reference to Trump’s election in the recent U.S. election. Depending on one’s political perspective, such a “revolution” is either music to the ears or “American-style fascism.” Nothing will change the polarized views of those who have already chosen …
Why ‘easy money’ caused a bubble in tech companies?
From the beginning of 2022, it is known that the main trend in the technology industry was “artificial intelligence”. While the concept isn’t new — AI is the term many believe has been used to describe the way computers work since at least the 1980s — it has once again captured the imagination of the …
The fake Digital Currency Bubble and the Market Economy
Why according to some “experts”, is there an urgent need to eliminate cash from the economy? The emergence of money and its transformation into a commodity Money appeared because exchanges of goods (countertrade) could not support the market economy. A butcher who wanted to trade his meat for fruit might not be able to find …
Rising MFO Lending Creates Bubble in Russian Economy
On the face of it, for Russia its “war economy” has ostentatiously turned its “back” on Western sanctions, while the war in Ukraine is in its third year, with no end in sight. Its GDP grew by 3.6% in 2023, having been consistently positive for the past five quarters. Thanks to Russia’s broken alliance with …
Central banks are creating poverty with real estate, stock and over-indebtedness ‘bubbles’
Due to loose monetary policy (quantitative easing), financial assets appreciate without being supported by proper fundamentals while real estate becomes investment vehicles and the lower income strata are excluded from ownership. Despite what the conventional narrative about the economy holds, central bank monetary policies are a form of distortive government intervention in the economy. Their …
At extreme levels of market valuations (bubbles), everything portends a crash
Lately there has been growing concern over the valuation of the US stock market, warning that it is currently overvalued. This analysis delves into the reasons behind this rating and explores the various factors that contribute to the perceived overvaluation. By trying to understand the basics of what “overvalued” means, we shed light on the …