Like an old age home watching re-runs, they keep forgetting the ending. Bubbles burst when the fewest people expect them to...
CasinoNomics was invented in Japan:
Nikkei with BOJ balance sheet (red):
Nikkei with BOJ balance sheet (red):
Japan has had at least five bubbles and busts since 1990, each involving ever-more asinine Monetary expansion. Now featuring the BOJ balance sheet growing at $1 trillion per year, and a currency that's totally out of control.
For our part, the roller coaster ride to the deflationary abyss is *new*, since we've only experienced three bubbles in 18 years, each requiring ever-greater amounts of monetary dopium and each imploding with ever-greater dislocation.
A liquidity driven rally visualized
Earnings yield:
Speaking of cyclical unsustainability. Here are some well known cyclical stocks...
Car Max
Whirlpool appliances:
United Airlines
Avis Rental Car
Valero (refining):
Macy's