Frontrunning: May 30
Ukraine Rebels Outfox Army to Dent Poroshenko Troop Goal (BBG)Russia Withdraws Most of Forces From Ukraine Border: U.S. (BBG)Super-Size Me! China’s ’Mini’ Stimulus Starts Expanding (BBG)Option B: The...
View ArticleA Candid Look At New Normal Jobs
Welcome to the new normal reality of job-hunting in 2014..."Our venture-funded vertical-driven content prosumer phablet platisher is rapidlygrowing and we need to add some Ninja Rockstar Content...
View ArticleEquity Algos Await Seasonally Adjusted Data Dump Before Today's Buying Spree
If yesterday's non-record, red-tick close can be attributed to algos applying the wrong ISM seasonal factor to the day, believing it was Wednesday instead of the permabullish Tuesday, today there is no...
View ArticleFrontrunning: June 5
Inside the White House's decision to free Bergdahl (Reuters)Dimon’s Raise Haunts BNP Paribas as U.S. Weighs $10 Billion Fine (BBG)Jobs Are on the Line as Banks' Revenue Slides (WSJ)Wall Street Adjusts...
View Article"Stress Test" Reviewed: Tim Geithner Is "A Grifter, A Petty Con Artist"
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,Geithner is at heart a grifter, a petty con artist with the right manners and breeding to lie at the top echelons of American finance at a moment...
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The "Hidden Cost" Of Distraction
The ever-rising ranks of youth unemployment coupled with the increasingly cheap and easy access to "distractions" from the dismal realities of life (if one is not a wealthy leveraged shareholder) mean...
View ArticleLittle By Little, We Went Insane
Submitted by Tim Price via Sovereign Man blog,“Are we finished ? The answer is no.” - Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, 5th June 2014, having just cut ECB deposit rates to minus 0.1...
View ArticleHow Is This Not A Massive Conflict Of Interest?
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,Henry Ford once said, “It is well that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would...
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Top 10 Universities With The Richest Alumni
As student loan bailouts rain down from Washington, we thought it may be useful to consider where the world's wealthiest University alumni are. As Private Wealth reports, following a survey of 70,000...
View ArticleFrontrunning: June 13
Tea Party struggles to repeat Cantor-style shock in Tennessee (Reuters)Iran Deploys Forces to Fight al Qaeda-Inspired Militants in Iraq (WSJ)Oil Rallies as Militant Advance in Iraq Threatens Crude...
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Selling The Bear Case For Stocks
Perhaps the miserable failure of the bear case on global equities over the past 5 years has more to do with marketing the message than anything actually wrong with the arguments for higher volatility...
View ArticleFrontrunning: June 25
Obama Administration Widens Export Potential for U.S. Oil (BBG)WTI Pares Gains as U.S. Export Ruling Seen Limited (BBG)Senator Cochran defeats Tea Party rival in Mississippi Republican runoff...
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The Great War’s Aftermath: Keynesianism, Monetary Central Planning & The...
Sarajevo Is The Fulcrum Of Modern History Part 2(Part 1 here)...Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,The Mythical Banking Crisis and the Failure of the New DealThe Great Depression thus...
View ArticleFrontrunning: July 1
Ceasefire over, Ukraine forces attack rebel positions (Reuters)No Good Iraq Options for Obama as Russia, Iran Jump In (BBG)Japan’s Cabinet Agrees to Allow Military to Help Defend Allies (BBG)Obama says...
View ArticleFutures Prepare To Take Out Dow Jones 17,000
We could focus on whatever events took place in the overnight session or the seasonally-adjusted economic data avalanche that will dominate US newsflow over the next two days (ADP, ISM New York,...
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The Other Side Of Hanauer: A Plutocrat For Poverty
Submitted by James E. Miller of Mises Canada,In America, and to a certain extent in Canada, rich businessmen are seen as savvy at their craft. After building an empire of wealth, it’s hard to challenge...
View ArticleFrontrunning: July 3
Obama Decries Big Bonuses at Bank Trading Desks as Risky (BBG)India central bank seeks to swap gold to improve reserves quality (Reuters)There goes Q3 GDP: Arthur Strengthens to Become First Atlantic...
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As GM Objects To Recalling Another 1.8 Million Trucks, One (Ex) Customer Says...
After recalling over 28.5 million cars this year already, one would have thought GM has 'kitchen-sink'ed it - but no. As NY Times reports, even after receiving over 1000 complaints via NHTSA since...
View ArticleFrontrunning: July 8
Headline of the day: Complacency Breeds $2 Trillion of Junk as Sewage Funded (BBG)Israel intensifies Gaza offensive after surge in rocket fire (Reuters)Profits plunge at Vatican bank (FT)Investors Are...
View ArticleFrontrunning: July 9
Xi Says China Conflict With U.S. Would Be Disaster (BBG)Short selling drops to lowest level since Lehman (FT)Scoping the new subprime as watchdogs cry 'bubble' (Reuters)Carlos Slim to break up América...
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