Jason talks about leading economic indicators like demand for chemicals for the auto, housing and electronics as well as Chinese demand for chemicals flashing warning signals and FedEx, who ships goods for consumers and businesses all over the world warning about problems increasing in the EU and a general global economic slowdown outside of the US. Paul Hodges, chairman of International eChem gave a very interesting interview for Real Vision TV in early December about how chemical demand for the auto, housing and electronics industry is already down a lot and either about to enter a recession or already in a recession. Also, FedEX just announced Q3 earnings and they gave a warning for guidance for the European economy https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economic-bellwether-fedex-warns-ongoing-214440076.html 1) Jim Chanos says there's something wrong with the stock market when rates this low cause panic https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/12/13/jim-chanos-says-theres-something-wrong-with-the-stock-market-when-rates-this-low-cause-panic.html 2) ‘I think it is a bear market’: Jeffrey Gundlach sees new lows for S&P 500 https://business.financialpost.com/investing/update-2-doublelines-gundlach-says-u-s-equities-are-in-long-term-bear-market 3) Over 600k Bitcoin miners bankrupt or shutting down in just the last 2 months? https://www.coindesk.com/600k-bitcoin-miners-shut-down-in-last-2-weeks-f2pool-founder-estimates Please visit the Wall St for Main St website here: http://www.wallstformainst.com/ Follow Jason Burack on Twitter @JasonEBurack Follow Wall St for Main St on Twitter @WallStforMainSt Commit to tipping us monthly for our hard work creating high level, thought proving content about investing and the economy https://www.patreon.com/wallstformainst Also, please take 5 minutes to leave us a good iTunes review here! We only have about 44 5 star iTunes reviews and we need to get to our goal of 100 5 star iTunes reviews asap! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-for-main-street/id506204437 If you feel like donating fiat via Paypal, Bitcoin, Gold Money, or mailing us some physical gold or silver, Wall St for Main St accepts one time donations on our main website. Wall St for Main St is also available for personalized investor education and consulting! Please email us to learn more about it! If you want to reach us, please email us at: [email protected] **DISCLAIMER- ANYTHING MENTIONED DURING THIS AUDIO OR SHORT VIDEO RECORDING IS FOR INFORMATION & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE. JASON BURACK AND HIS GUESTS ARE MERELY STATING THEIR OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATED TO INVESTING, THE ECONOMY, MARKETS OR COMPANIES. PLEASE TALK TO YOUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR AND DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DUE DILIGENCE ON YOUR OWN BEFORE INVESTING AND MAKING IMPORTANT INVESTMENT DECISIONS.- DISCLAIMER**