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Canada just tapped out. Late last week, Canada announced that it would NOT cancel the proposed collection of a Digital Service Tax (DTS) on U.S. tech firms. In its simplest rendering, starting Monday (today) Canada intended to hit U.S. tech … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on The Truth About the Trade War

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Stocks are bouncing on announcements of Japan, India, the European Union and other nations looking to negotiate new trade deals with the United States (U.S.). Some of the announcements hitting the wires… … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Special Market Update: Where Things Stand With the Trade Wars

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The stock market is in a free-fall as Wall Street realizes that the Trump administration is serious about restructuring the global economy. For decades, the dominant theme in trade and macroeconomics was … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on These Are the Investments to Own to Survive This New Market

By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist Stocks are currently taking it on the chin, having erased several months’ worth of price action in just three trading sessions. In this context, the number one question for traders is if … Continue reading

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By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist The Fed began an easing cycle yesterday. You are going to hear a LOT of people talking about this, saying it’s a sign that the economy is in recession.  It’s not. This … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on If Your Strategist is Bearish Today, You NEED to Fire Them and Do This Instead

By Graham Summers, MBA The fate of the stock market is in the hands of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week. Every quarter the Treasury announces its financing needs via its Quarterly Refunding Announcement (QRA). In the QRA, the Treasury … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Will Janet Yellen Give Us a Santa Rally… or a Debt Crisis?

By Graham Summers, MBA As I noted yesterday, the great debt crisis of out lifetimes is approaching. The U.S. is now adding debt at an exponential rate. The U.S. racked up its first $10 trillion in debt over the course … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on When It Comes to Debt, the U.S. Has Chosen Option Two

By Graham Summers, MBA The Great Debt Crisis of our lifetimes is approaching. As S&P Global recently noted, global debt has just hit $300 TRILLION for the first time in history. As if that wasn’t jaw dropping enough, this amount … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on The Great Debt Crisis of Our Lifetimes Is Just Around the Corner… Are You Ready?

Stocks are on the ledge of a VERY large cliff. Anytime the S&P 500 has taken out its 50-week moving average (WMA), it usually falls to the middle of its Bollinger Band, if not the 200-WMA. In chart terms below, … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Are Stocks Entering a New Bear Market?

The Fed is now cornered (to a degree). This is not to say that the Fed cannot continue to print money, nor does it mean the Fed is “out of ammunition” as many bears like to claim. The Fed is … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on The Fed is Now Cornered… and There’s Nothing It Can Do to Fix This!

The media has officially called the election for Joe Biden, despite the fact he has yet to actually win anything. As I’ve noted previously, unless President Trump formally concedes, Joe Biden is NOT the President elect until December 14th at the … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on If Joe Biden Won, Why Isn’t China’s Stock Market Exploding Higher?

If you want to get your head around the ultimate outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, you should ignore the media, experts, pundits, and focus on one thing.  The energy sector. Unlike the pundits, experts and shills in the media, … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Want to Know Who Wins This Election? Ignore the Media. Watch This Instead!

The U.S. is in very serious trouble. The integrity of the U.S. election has been damaged, possibly irreparably. There has been clear and obvious fraud. And everyone who isn’t a partisan hack knows it. Regardless of your political views, it … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Warning, the U.S. is Becoming a Banana Republic

The Fed now has a major problem on its hands. That problem is the fact that gold is ripping higher. Americans see gold as a measure of inflation. Food prices, car prices, home prices, stock prices, practically the price of … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Gold Is Telling Americans That Higher Inflation is Coming…

There’s a saying that “in bull markets, stocks don’t sell off on bad news.” I mention this because the latest jobs data is out and it’s horrific. Another 4.4. million Americans have filed for unemployment bringing the total the number … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on In Bull markets, Stocks Don’t Sell Off on Bad News

Yesterday’s action was positive, but we’re not out of the woods by any stretch. Stocks roared higher with the Dow closing up 11% for its largest single day gain since 1933. Across the board, the buying was extremely strong with … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on Look to Credit, Not Stocks For Signs of a Bottom

As I warned two weeks ago, the Fed is going to start buying “everything”… AKA Weimar lite.  The Fed has faced a choice… either let debt deflation clear the bad debts from the system, even if it means major corporations … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on The Fed Had a Choice…and It is Choosing Weimar-Lite. What’s Next?

As I warned two weeks ago, the Fed is going to start buying “everything”… AKA Weimar lite.  The Fed has faced a choice… either let debt deflation clear the bad debts from the system, even if it means major corporations … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on The Fed is Now Officially Buying “EVERYTHING” But Will It Work?

The coronavirus has burst the Everything Bubble. Regardless of what happens with the economy or the virus, the damage has been done to the massive debt bubble. Across the board, credit and debt markets have ended their bull markets. To … Continue reading

Posted on by Phoenix Capital Research | Comments Off on The Everything Bubble Has Burst… Now Comes the Inflationary Storm