The 'hallmarks of a recession' behind the political noise

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Over the past decade, we have endured the tired pessimism that still looms from the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

While it was perpetuated as the end of capitalism, 11 years later we are experiencing the same issues and mistakes being made in bullish markets propped up by overconfidence. Market Movers Blog: S&P 500 rises as China strikes conciliatory tone Recession looms over the world's largest economies. Germany is facing the overt threat resulting from an eight-year low in investor confidence as exports face damaged demand levels over the US-China trade war. Even the US and UK are both experiencing the dooming inverted yield curve, a sign many consider to be a red herring, caused by the rat...

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