Martin Weiss: 3 Shockers. Hitting Hard.

By Martin Weiss

Anyone who thought all the so-called “great news” of recent weeks was for real needs to wake up and smell the coffee.

After a few short weeks of make-believe euphoria in the market, the lurking storms are back in full force with three shockers hitting at the same time …

Shocker #1. The market rally was built on hot air.

That’s why the wonder child Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) has suddenly plunged from 43 in May to below 11 on Friday.

Nearly three-quarters of its value wiped out! Gone!

What about Cineworld? Its shares were crushed by more than 50% on news of bankruptcy.

But it’s not just stocks …

Shocker #2. U.S. existing home sales just sank 5.9% in July to the lowest level in two years.

It wasn’t more than a couple of months ago that anxious homebuyers were mobbing new homes, tripping over each other to bid up the price.

Now, precisely the opposite is happening: Fewer people are showing up for an open house in a half-century!

The National Association of Home Builders adds this supporting factoid: The number of prospective homebuyers has suddenly plunged by 33%.

What about the glowing job numbers that helped spark the latest market rally in the first place?

Bah! That leads me to …

Shocker #3. Among the 528,000 “new jobs” announced for July, it looks like as many as 309,000 could have been bogus, created out of thin air by a defective “birth/death model” used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Meanwhile, a new survey from consultancy PwC shows that …

•   50% of U.S. companies are planning to reduce overall head count.

•   Another 46% said they’re dropping or reducing signing bonuses.

•   Plus, 44% are rescinding offers.

And all this BEFORE the Fed’s next rate hike?!

I want our members to be ready for this, especially those planning for retirement.

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Good luck and God bless!

Martin