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10 Investor Warning Signs For 2016
10 Investor Warning Signs For 2016
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Wall Street’s proclivity to create serial equity bubbles off the back of cheap credit has once again set up the middle class for disaster. The warning signs of this next correction have now clearly manifested, but are being skillfully obfuscated and trivialized by financial institutions. Nevertheless, here are ten salient warning signs that astute investors should heed as we roll into 2016.
The Baltic Dry Index
Further validating this significant slowdown in global growth is the CRB index
Nominal GDP growth for the third quarter of 2015 was just 2.7%
The Total Business Inventories to Sales Ratio shows an ominous overhang
The Treasury Yield curve, which measures the spread between 2 and 10 Year Notes, is narrowing
S&P 500 Non-GAAP earnings for the third quarter were down 1%, and on a GAAP basis earnings plummeted 14%
The rising US dollar is hurting the revenue and earnings of multi-national companies
Recent data confirms that the US is currently in a manufacturing recession
Credit Spreads are widening as investors flee corporate debt for the safety of Treasuries
The S&P 500 is at the second highest valuation in its history
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”