Lance Jepsen

The internet is buzzing about the latest Retail Sales report that shows a gradual slowdown in consumer spending. The buzz centers around the question of how can the S&P 500 be hitting all-time...

Sector rotation is flashing a big red warning signal that the post-Brexit bounce could be over as soon as next week. Before I show you the S&P 500 with a Sector Rotation Model overlay, let's...

China's manufacturing sector continues to contract. The Caixin China General Manufacturing PMI for June came in at 48.6. For the last three months in a row, China's PMI has come in below 50. Chinese...

A stock market crash in July could be coming straight at us. The Federal Reserve illusion of an improving US economy came to an end with June's employment situation report. Economists thought the US...

Pending home sales have fallen the most since May 2010. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is spinning this as potential buyers are being thwarted by a shortage of affordable homes because...

Gross private domestic investment is no longer growing. The last time that happened was in 2009 during the Great Recession. Gross private domestic investment (GPDI) is the amount of money that local...

A terrifying political battle is unfolding in Venezuela where Maduro is attempting to dissolve Congress (by influencing the courts) because they are trying to recall him. The IBC Index, which tracks...

The mainstream financial media is repeating the yearly claim that analysts say the second half of 2016 will be better than the first. The media is reporting that analysts believe earnings growth will...

Brexit has crashed the Italian banking system. Italian banks crashed -22% on Friday, and then fell another -9% on Monday. The -31% plunge has pushed Italian banks down to the lowest level since the...

Brexit has crashed German bund yields. Current rules prevent the ECB from buying bonds that yield less than -0.40 percent. An estimated 800 billion euros of German bonds are not eligible for the EBC's...