2017-02-28

Dow Jones and the twelve records

Twelve records in a row - and not only records, but "numbers that's never been hit before", so these must be very special records 😉 !...

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NB: data was grabbed from a chart using our Recurve tool (GID project).

And now a really big picture, including debt...


2017-02-10

Data and indices, 2017-02-10

A bunch of updated economic data, in charts.

- our home-made greed index (Avindex): we are clearly in the danger zone for stocks and high-yield bonds.

- long term precious metals prices in USD (current or corrected by CPI or M2 values).





- Baltic Dry index, measuring maritime trade. At 707 points it is below the initial value of 1000, more than 30 years ago!



- Japan Consumer Price Index (CPI) - a chart that is not shown very often. The obvious reason is that it invalidates the legend of the "Japanese Deflation" specter heard from many mainstream economists and other spin doctors.



- USD Libor interest rates: they are still very low, but back to end-2009 levels. How high can they
go before it hurts ?

LIBOR (in USD)


- US trade balance: trade deficit is still pretty large - will president Trump be able to reverse this situation ?



- Western Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil barrel price: until mid-2014 it was stabilizing at ~100, then crashed, and now beginning to stabilize at ~50. What's next ?


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