by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 24, 2018 | alerts
Durable goods orders in July declined 1.7% from a month earlier, following a downwardly revised 0.7% advance in June and compared with market expectations of a 0.5% drop. Transportation equipment drove the decrease as volatile demand for civilian aircraft fell....
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 21, 2018 | alerts
The collapses of the currencies of three emerging markets countries justify the existence and the growth for cryptocurrencies. The currencies of Venezuela, Turkey and Argentina have been in the news lately for falling to new lows against the dollar and the other...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 13, 2018 | alerts
The Turkish lira crisis is by no means over. Today, the lira at the start of the trading day plunged further and has recovered somewhat since then. The crisis will not be over until the government takes some drastic steps to curb inflation and President Erdogan stops...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 7, 2018 | alerts
The latest GDP growth number of 4.1% in Q2 could well be an anomaly, although quite a few bankers and analysts are pointing to continued fair-weather. The latest thing that investors should be concerned about is a comment by JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Diamonds who...
by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Aug 1, 2018 | alerts, Tariffs
It is not entirely clear what President Trump wants to achieve with his various initiatives both domestically and internationally. It is clear that he wants to disentangle himself from the Muller investigations. It is not so clear what he intends to do...
