Frontrunning: December 5
Apple, China Mobile Sign Deal to Offer iPhone (WSJ)Japan approves $182 billion economic package, doubts remain (Reuters)Volcker Rule Won't Allow Banks to Use 'Portfolio Hedging' (WSJ)He went, he saw,...
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Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013 (Reuters)South Africans Flock to Nelson Mandela’s Home to Mourn His Death (BBG)Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden? Obama says won't choose between them for 2016 (Reuters)Fukushima...
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21st Century - Reality Vs. Storyline
Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog,I’m baffled by the storyline portrayed by the dying legacy media, sponsored by Wall Street and the CEO executive suites of mega-corps, and supported...
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Guest Post: May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor - Part 1: The Reaping
Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog,“Human history seems logical in afterthought but a mystery in forethought. In every prior Fourth Turning, the catalyst was foreseeable but the climax...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 11
Wall Street Exhales as Volcker Rule Seen Sparing Market-Making (Bloomberg)GM to End Manufacturing Down Under, Citing Costs (WSJ)U.S. budget deal could usher in new era of cooperation (Reuters)Ukraine...
View ArticleNew York City Has The Most Homeless Children Since The Great Depression
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,At a time when Wall Street is absolutely swimming in wealth, New York City is experiencing an epidemic of homelessness. According to the New...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 12
J.P. Morgan to Pay Over $1 Billion to Settle U.S. Criminal Probe Related to Madoff (WSJ)Ford board aims to pin down CEO Mulally's plans (Reuters)Raising Minimum Wage Is a Bad Way to Help People...
View ArticleFrontrunning: Friday 13
Presidential Task Force Recommends Overhaul of NSA Surveillance Tactics (WSJ)Monte Paschi's Largest Shareholder Says It Will Vote Against $4.1 Billion Capital Increase (WSJ)SAC Reconsiders Industry...
View ArticleUS Officials To Meet With Syrian Extremist Rebels, Including Al Qaeda Forces
As was reported several days ago, the latest embarrassment for US foreign policy in Syria took place when the US-backed commander of the Free Syrian Army was forced to flee the country to Qatar after...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 18
MOAR: BOJ Said to See Significant Room for More Bond Purchases (BBG)Meltdown Averted, Bernanke Struggled to Stoke Growth (Hilsenrath)New Mortgages to Get Pricier Next Year (WSJ)Republicans to Seek...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 19
Traders Seek an Edge With High-Tech Snooping (WSJ)Gold Drops Below $1,200 an Ounce for First Time Since June (Bloomberg)SAC Manager Guilty as Insider Focus Turns to Martoma (Bloomberg)Why Ukraine...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 23
Apple, China Mobile sign long-awaited deal to sell iPhones (Reuters)U.S. growth hopes help shares shrug off China money market jitters (Reuters)Rule Change on Health Insurance Rattles Industry (WSJ),...
View ArticleOn The 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve Here Are 100 Reasons To Shut...
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,December 23rd, 1913 is a date which will live in infamy. That was the day when the Federal Reserve Act was pushed through Congress. Many...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 24
Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished (WaPo)Japan’s Nikkei 225 Extends Six-Year High on U.S. Data (BBG)Retailers blend stores, e-commerce to snag holiday...
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GM: Momentum Stock Candidate 2014
By EconMatters Momentum StocksEvery year on average there are at least 4 momentum stocks that capture Wall Street`s fancy and all the fund managers pile into these names. Hedge funds realize this...
View Article2013 - The Year Of The Zombies
Authored by Dave Barry, excerpted from The Washington Post,It was the Year of the Zombies. Not in the sense of most of humanity dying from a horrible plague and then reanimating as mindless...
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The Shale Oil Party Is Ending, Phibro's Andy Hall Warns
Phibro's (currently Astenback Capital Management) Andy Hall knows a thing or two about the oil market - and even if he doesn't (and it was all luck), his views are sufficiently respected to influence...
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Guest Post: Adaptive Investing - What's Your Market DNA?
Submitted by W. Ben Hunt via Epsilon Theory blog, It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change. – Charles Darwin We think we know that...
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Jim Kunstler's 2014 Forecast - Burning Down The House
Submitted by James H. Kunstler of Kunstler.com,Many of us in the Long Emergency crowd and like-minded brother-and-sisterhoods remain perplexed by the amazing stasis in our national life, despite the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 8
Here comes JPM's next multibillion legal reserve: Federal Probe Targets Banks Over Bonds (WSJ)Mulally Bows Out of Microsoft CEO Race, Staying at Ford (BBG)United States sending more troops and tanks to...
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