The law of unintended circus clowns at work again...
Bueller?
Feb. 6, 2017 Yahoo Finance:
S&P 500 companies are cutting jobs in aggregate for the first time since the global financial crisis.
Bueller?
Bueller?
It turns out that raising global interest rates after an eight year debt binge, does not stimulate the global economy. Who knew?
Global yields (red) with Global GDP:
Which portends badly for Energy and Marine Transportation. Because contrary to boy-man fantasy these sectors are not inversely correlated - they are positively correlated to economic growth, via this thing called "demand". It's an ancient concept, I know...
In the U.S., the JnJ indicator is flashing code red...
But what could go wrong?