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This Is Your Recovery, And This Is Your Recovery Without Drugs
Submitted by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks…will...
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Ferguson at Turning Point After Night of Relative Calm (BBG)Gaza war rages on, Hamas says Israel tried to kill its military chief (Reuters)Surge in Putin Patriotism Masks Pain of Sanctions (BBG)Bank of...
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FTW: Europe Stocks Rise as Data Signals Need for Stimulus (BBG)More de-escalation: Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling (Reuters)Calm largely holds in Missouri after grand jury...
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Leverage, Derivatives, And The Heresy Of Opposing The 'Status Quo Institutions'
Submitted by Ben Hunt via Salient Partners' Epsilon Theory blog,If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. – Confucius, “The Analects of Confucius” (551 - 479 BC)...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 3
Confusion as Ukraine and Russia announce progress towards peace (Reuters)... but not for stock buying algos, they know everythingObama Expresses Skepticism About Possible Ukraine Cease-Fire...
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"God of Crude Oil Trading" Goes All In On Crude At $150 Bet
Andy Hall - known as the God of Crude Oil Trading to some of his peers - has, according to Bloomberg, built his success on a simple creed: Everyone who disagrees with him is wrong. He was one of the...
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Unions Are Not Capitalism
Submitted by James E. Miller via Mises Canada blog,Labor unions are a dying breed.According to the Pew Research Center, union membership in America “is at its lowest level since the Great Depression.”...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 5
Euro left reeling after ECB's liquidity splurge (Reuters)Coalition Emerges to Battle Islamic State Militants (WSJ)Ukraine Gas Chief Takes on Gazprom in Race With Winter (BBG)Nato leaders fail to agree...
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Scotland split jitters send sterling to 10-month low (Reuters)S&P 500 Beating World Most Since 1969 Doesn’t Spark Flows (BBG)Happy ending guaranteed: Vietnam building deterrent against China in...
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British PM begs Scots: Don't rip apart our UK 'family of nations' (Reuters)Obama has become Bush: Obama’s Task: Rally U.S. Public, Allies in Terror Fight (BBG)Alibaba's record IPO covered after first...
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Alan Greenspan's Nine Reasons "Why The Economy Stinks"
Yesterday, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was the keynote speaker at KPMG’s 2014 Insurance Industry Conference Tuesday, where he answered questions such as 1) where the economy is going, 2) why,...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 11
Obama orders U.S. airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State (Reuters)Obama Relying on Mideast Allies to Counter Islamic State (BBG)Scotland Nationalists Claim U.K. Oil in 40-Year Campaign (BBG)Scottish...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 12
Russia faces new U.S., EU sanctions over Ukraine crisis (Reuters)Glasgow pulls no punches in welcome to 'Save the Union Express' (Guardian)Pound Seen Tumbling Up to 10% on Scottish Yes Vote (BBG)Moscow...
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Art Cashin: "Things Could Theoretically Turn Into What I Call A Lehman Moment"
Courtesy of Finanz und Wirtschaft, interview by Christoph GisigerWall Street veteran Art Cashin does not fully trust the record levels at the stock market and draws worrisome parallels between the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 15
Snow is coming: OECD Cuts Economic Growth Forecasts (WSJ)World waits for white smoke from U.S. Fed (Reuters) - Understandable error: they meant "green"Scots Breakaway at 45% Odds as Economists Warn of...
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Thank you market Chief Risk Officer Bernanke/Yellen: Calpers to Exit Hedge Funds, Divest $4 Billion Stake (BBG)World stocks hit one-month low, caution ahead of Fed (Reuters)U.S. Efforts to Build...
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-0.07%: Germany Secures Record Low Funding Cost at Bond Auction (WSJ)Pentagon Sees Possible Role for U.S. Ground Forces Against Islamic State Militants (WSJ)China Joins ECB in Adding Stimulus as Fed...
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House votes to arm Syrian rebels (Reuters).... aka ISISFed Plots Cautious Course on Rate Rises (Hilsenrath)Scots vote in independence referendum to seal the United Kingdom's fate (Reuters)Yes or No,...
View ArticleShale Fracking Is a “Ponzi Scheme” … “This Decade’s Version of The Dotcom...
In 2011, the New York Times wrote:“Money is pouring in” from investors even though shale gas is “inherently unprofitable,” an analyst from PNC Wealth Management, an investment company, wrote to a...
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Goldman Warns Tesla Will Need To Raise At Least Another $6 Billion
Following a plant tour to TSLA, Goldman is confident that the company will meet its 2014 production objectives. However, what keeps them more guarded is the aggressive timetable of the gigafactory as...
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