Oil Slips Hard as Recession Risk Rises
Commodity prices are collapsing, the U.S. dollar is soaring, and the yield curve has inverted again: This is not an auspicious combination. Nor is the fact that a Bloomberg Economics model is now indi...
6 Jul 202237min
The Next Big Trade - Steve Saretsky Says Canada’s Red-Hot Housing Market Will Cool
Here’s a full-length episode from Real Vision's original series, The Next Big Trade - be sure to subscribe. Realtor Steve Saretsky is the author of one of Vancouver’s most popular real estate blogs. S...
3 Jul 202248min
My Life in 4 Trades - Dogged Curiosity Is the Key to Jason Buck’s Success
Here’s a full-length episode from Real Vision's original series, My Life in 4 Trades - be sure to subscribe. Jason Buck’s story is wildly fascinating. When he was 19, he turned $2,000 into $100,000 si...
2 Jul 202259min
Risk Management Is the Most Important Thing
The major U.S. equity indexes edged into positive territory after opening in the red, even as a measure of U.S. manufacturing activity fell to 53 in June from 56.1 in May, a two-year low, and the late...
2 Jul 202239min
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Stagflation?
Stocks are sliding and bonds are rallying, as investors react to accumulating evidence that inflation will persist even though the economy is slowing down. There’s a word for that kind of scenario: st...
1 Jul 202238min
When Rates Rise, Growth Slows
U.S. gross domestic product contracted by 1.6% on an annualized basis during the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s final estimate, as consumer spending was weaker than orig...
30 Jun 202235min
What Does Commodity Price Action Tell Us About the Economy?
The S&P 500 is down nearly 18% year to date, its worst first-half performance since 1970. U.S. consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level in 16 months in June, as inflation continues to extract i...
28 Jun 202234min
Are Markets Right To Dismiss Russia's Default?
Russia defaulted on its external debt for the first time in more than a century, a technical breach brought about by historic sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s war-making machine. Equity indexes turned lo...
28 Jun 202238min
