A Tale Of Two Winters
Presenting the US car market this cold, stormy, sunny, dry, and rainless winter according to "The Haves... and The Have-Nots..." The Haves...*FERRARI POSTS RECORD SALES IN U.S. AND U.K. IN...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 4
No need to use military force in Ukraine for now: Putin (Reuters)Russia Orders Drill Troops Back to Bases (WSJ)Ukraine premier agrees to reforms for aid package (FT)Japan Base Wages Rise for First Time...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 7
Putin rebuffs Obama as Ukraine crisis escalates (Reuters)Behind the $100 Billion Commodity Empire That Few Know (BBG)Initial Public Offerings Hit Pace Not Seen in Years (WSJ)Russian Parliament Will...
View ArticleShale - The Last Oil And Gas Train: Interview With Arthur Berman
Submitted by James Stafford via OilPrice.com,How much faith can we put in our ability to decipher all the numbers out there telling us the US is closing in on its cornering of the global oil market?...
View Article10 Warnings Signs Of Stock Market Exuberance
Submitted by Lance Roberts of STA Wealth Management,Imagine that you are speeding down one of those long and lonesome stretches of highway that seems to fall off the edge of the horizon. As the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 12
China worries chill markets, copper slumps (Reuters)Peak dot com dot two idiocy: Candy Crush Saga maker King seeks $7.56 bln valuation from IPO (BBG)Obama Meeting With Yatsenyuk Raises Stakes in...
View ArticleWhat Is Tesla Worth? According To Goldman It Depends If Elon Musk Is Steve...
Goldman Sachs is bearish on TSLA with a $200 price target (currently trading at $236) but... provides bulls with all the hope they need to justify stock prices rising to at least $478. Laying out 5...
View ArticlePay Our Pensions Or We'll Throw You In Jail: The Legalization Of Looting
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,Rather than deal forthrightly with the reality that unrealistic promises made to their employees cannot be honored, local government has pursued a...
View ArticleMarket based approach to Russia
Let's examine what happened from the beginning. An extreme right wing group, with US and NATO support (according to released internal transcripts), overthrew the legitimate Ukrainian government...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 27
BOE to Sign Agreement With China on Yuan Clearing Next Week (BBG)U.S. law firm plans to bring suit against Boeing, Malaysia Airlines (Reuters)Citigroup Fraud Stings Mexico Star as Medina-Mora Chased...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 28
Crimea Resolution Backed by U.S. Barely Gets UN Majority (BBG)Russian Buildup Stokes Worries (WSJ)As reported here first: China’s Developers Face Shakeout as Easy Money Ends (BBG)U.S. House Poised to...
View ArticleA U.S.-Saudi Move to Lower Oil Prices?
Submitted by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com,Could the U.S. unleash a flood of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve that would drive down prices in order to punish Russia? While the idea has been...
View ArticleOvernight "Rigged" Market Summary
Nikkei 225 (+1.04%) outperformed overnight, buoyed by S&P 500 posting a new all-time high, a dovish BoJ's Tankan inflation survey and reports that the GPIF is to invest in funds specializing in...
View ArticleFrontrunning: April 3
Russia says expects answers on NATO troops in eastern Europe (Reuters)Dealers say GM customer anxiety rising, sales may take hit (Reuters)China Unveils Mini-Stimulus Measure (WSJ)Londoners Priced Out...
View ArticleEvery New Job Created Is "Not" The Same
Following the March Jobs Report, ConvergEx's Nick Colas got to thinking about the composition of employment growth rather than just the headline number. Is every new job created really the same when it...
View ArticleForget Cows, Smart Car 'Tipping' Is The New Fad
Cows in the San Francisco area will be sleeping better at night since, for the last few days, gangs of angry internal combustion engine-likers have taken to a new trend - Smart car tipping. NBC Bay...
View ArticleFrontrunning: April 9
Top Medicare Doctor Paid $21 Million in 2012, Data Shows (BBG)Separatists build barricades in east Ukraine, Kiev warns of force (Reuters)Greece launches sale of five-year bond (FT)High-Frequency Trader...
View ArticleGM CEO Barra Lied To Congress: Docs Reveal She Knew About Steering Problem...
Despite her vehement denial of knowing anything about the ignition switch problems at GM (until late December, early January), documents revealed by the Energy and Commerce Department show:*GM'S BARRA...
View ArticleMartin Armstrong "It's Not the Rich – It's The Total Cost Of Government That...
Submitted by Martin Armstrong via Armstrong Economics,QUESTION: Do you believe in a fairer system where there is a minimum income cap and a maximum asset cap? We live in an age where productivity has...
View ArticleThe Alienation of Work
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,The emerging economy is opening up new ways to reconnect workers to their work and the profits from their work.One of the most striking blind spots in...
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