Oct 6 - Fed's Rosengren: Door Still Open For 2015 Fed Rate Hike
Follow The Market Madness with Voice and Text on FinancialJuiceEMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 33/100 FEARPREVIOUS CLOSE: 20/100 EXTREME FEARONE WEEK AGO: 12/100 EXTREME FEARONE MONTH AGO: 10/100 EXTREME...
View ArticleFutures Fail To Surge Despite Continuing Onsalught Of Poor Economic Data
The best headline to summarize what happened in the early part of the overnight session was the following from Bloomberg: "Asian stocks extend global rally on stimulus bets." And following the abysmal...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 13
Playboy to Drop Nudity as Internet Fills Demand (NYT)Stock futures fall on weak China trade data (Reuters)Any Hall is down 20% YTD (WSJ)Global Stocks Slide With Metals After Chinese Imports Tumble...
View ArticleBrazil Faces Unemployment "Crisis", As Retail Sales Plunge, Rousseff Blasts...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff got a rare bit of respite on Tuesday when a Supreme Court justice granted an injunction that delays a lower house vote which could have paved the way for impeachment...
View ArticleIgnore The Media Bullsh!t - Retail Implosion Proves We Are In Recession
Submitted by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,Here we go again. The dying legacy media will continue to support the status quo, who provide their dwindling advertising revenue, by papering over...
View ArticleU.S. Shale Drillers Running Out Of Options, Fast
Submitted by James Stafford via OilPrice.com,Much has been made about the impressive gains in efficiency and productivity in the shale patch, as new drilling techniques squeeze ever more oil and gas...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 26
European shares slip as easing expectations fade (Reuters)Valeant and Pharmacy More Intertwined Than Thought (WSJ)The Pawn Isolated: Valeant, Philidor and the Annals of Fraud (WSJ)Strongest Afghan...
View ArticleKey Events In Another Central Bank-Dominated Week
Last week it was all about central banks, when both the ECB and the PBOC unleashed a massive market rally. This week it will be about even more central banks, this time the Fed, which won't hike, and...
View ArticleStop Blaming OPEC For Low Prices
Submitted by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com,We are a little more than a month away from OPEC’s next meeting, which will be held in Vienna on December 4, 2015.OPEC altered the course of the oil...
View ArticleWall Street Shocked As Feds Bring Criminal Case Against Goldman Banker Over...
Perhaps it was the public shaming of Iceland's diametrically opposite approach to 'dealing' with its bankers, or perhaps Janet Yellen needs a distraction from her own 'Fed Leak' problems, or finally...
View ArticleFutures Flat After Yen Carry Tremors As Fed Starts 2-Day Policy Meeting
Two biggest move overnight came from everyone's favorite carry pair, the USDJPY, which may have finally read what we said yesterday, namely that with the Fed and ECB both doing its job, there is little...
View ArticleOct 28 - White House, Congress reach tentative U.S. budget deal
EMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 63/100 GREEDPREVIOUS CLOSE: 60/100 GREEDONE WEEK AGO: 51/100 NEUTRAL ONE MONTH AGO: 18/100 EXTREME FEARONE YEAR AGO: 13/100 EXTREME FEARPut and Call Options: GREED During...
View ArticleMarkets On Hold Awaiting The Fed's Non-Announcement As Central Banks Ramp Up...
We would say today's main event is the culmination of the Fed's two-day meeting and the announcement slated for 2 pm this afternoon, however with the 90 economists polled by Bloomberg all expecting no...
View ArticleWhy The Friedman/Bernanke Thesis About The Great Depression Was Dead Wrong
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,In explaining to the FT’s Martin Wolf why he bailed out the Wall Street gamblers at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley while crushing millions of...
View ArticleHere Are The Five "Good News" That Can Cause A Market Selloff According To...
"If bad news is great for stocks, then is good news bad?"Bank of America reminded us earlier that just this month, the PBoC cut rates, the ECB confirmed QE2, Sweden announced additional QE, and the BoJ...
View ArticleObamaTrade Details Unveiled, Officials Warn "It's Worse Than We Thought"
"The Trans-Pacific Partnership means that America will write the rules for 21st century trade," according to President Obama, but as Reuters reports, U.S. unions, lawmakers and interest groups...
View ArticleWhat America Has Devolved To: "Online Begging Has Become The New Economy"
With a record 46.7 million Americans living in poverty (9.4 million more than before the financial crisis), it is perhaps not entirely surprising that the need for 'help' is surging. However, as...
View ArticleAs Q3 Earnings Season Winds Down, A Summary Of Where We Stand And The 4 Main...
With the third quarter earnings season almost over, and 90% of companies having reported, here is a quick look at where we stand and what has emerged as the 4 main themes during earnings calls.As of...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 10
Bonds Rise as China Drags Down Metals, Selloff in Stocks Resumes (BBG)European Stock Rally Runs Out of Steam Amid China Growth Concern (BBG)Obama's immigration action blocked again; Supreme Court only...
View ArticleDestroying The "Technology Always Creates More Jobs Than It Destroys" Meme
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,While many hope that every low-skill person can become a high-skilled worker, training people doesn't create jobs for them.One of the most appealing...
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