Frontrunning: September 26
China To Maintain Prudent Monetary Policy (China Daily) Why Exit Is An Option For Germany (FT) China-Japan Ministers Hold 'Severe' Talks As Spat Damages Trade (Bloomberg) Eurozone Deal Over Bank...
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In Historic Anti-Equity Revulsion, Fidelity Now Manages More In Bonds And...
It was inevitable. After demonstrating for years that week after week after week domestic equity mutual funds saw outflow after outflow which now amounts to a third of a trillion since 2010, regardless...
View Article27 Sep 2012 – “ The Rain Song ” (Led Zeppelin, 1973)
27 Sep 2012 – “ The Rain Song ” (Led Zeppelin, 1973) http://youtu.be/tjfx4TqHVIA Rainy week, indeed. Taken lower by the European jitters, following the US sell-off on Tuesday, US equities didn’t...
View ArticleWorse Than The Infamous Lehman September: France’s Private Sector Gets Kicked...
This should have been an exciting moment: the Paris auto show, “Mondial de l’Automobil,” this weekend with over 100 new models from around the world, from econo-boxes with rounded corners to exotic...
View ArticleThe Noose Tightens On Germany’s “Success Recipe”
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com Deceptive calm and optimism have settled on the German financial markets. Chancellor Angela Merkel is preparing to go to Greece next week to meet with Prime...
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Fear Mongering And Hysteria About The Fiscal Cliff
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com It’s been a phenomenal circus, the screaming and hollering on all sides about the “fiscal cliff,” in the media, from lawmakers, from chieftains of our industries,...
View ArticleFear of Impending Economic Collapse Or Just Manipulation?
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Two thermometers into the brains of corporate America plunged to depth not seen since the trough of the Great Recession when...
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Guest Post: Debt & Obesity
Submitted by John Aziz of Azizonomics Debt & Obesity The waistline bubble began to expand at just about the same time as the debt bubble: First, it’s important emphasise that correlation is not...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 26
Greece Faces Need for Additional Assistance: €30 billion (WSJ) Greeks fail to agree on bailout terms (FT) The report that got the NYT banned on the Chinese interweb: Billions in Hidden Riches for...
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Overnight Sentiment: Cloudy, If Not Quite Frankenstormy
It is cloudy out there as Sandy enters the mid-Atlantic region, although for all the pre-apocalypse preparations in New York, the Frankenstorm may just be yet another dud now that its landfall is...
View ArticleFrontrunning: Halloween 2012 Edition
In Darkened NYC, Safety On The List Of Concerns (AP) New York Subway System Faces Weeks to Recover From Storm (Bloomberg) ... as we said Power Outages May Last More Than a Week (WSJ)... same U.S....
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Bill Gross: "Ours Is A Country Of The SuperPAC, By The SuperPAC, And For The...
Curious why we dedicate precious virtual real estate to periodically bring to you the "billionaires behind the best presidents money can buy"? Bill Gross explains why? Time To Vote, from PIMCO's Bill...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 2
Scope of Sandy's devastation widens, death toll spirals (Reuters) On Staten Island, cries for help replaced by a loss for words (Reuters) China responds to Japan’s provocation (FT) Japan governments...
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How Targeted Quote Stuffing "Denial Of Service" Attacks Make Stock Trading...
Back in the summer of 2010, when the SEC was still desperate to (laughably) scapegoat the May 6 Flash Crash on Waddell and Reed, in an attempt to telegraph to the public that it was in control of the...
View ArticleGuest Post: U.S. Shale Goes Boom, Rest Of World Goes Bust
Submitted by Daniel J. Graeber of OilPrice.com,OPEC, in its World Oil Report, said there's an overall sense that developing shale oil and natural gas could start to redefine the global energy mix. In...
View ArticleThe Worldwide Spectacle Of Banning San Francisco’s Naked Soul
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichterRarely has a city council received so much worldwide attention as San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. Yesterday, accompanied...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 26
Goldman Turns Down Southern Europe Banks as Crisis Lingers (Bloomberg)Euro Ministers Take Third Swing at Clearing Greek Payment (Bloomberg)Aston Mahindra: Mahindra shares fall after Aston Martin bid...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 27
OECD slashes 2013 growth forecast (FT)Fiscal Cliff Compromise Elusive as Congress Returns (Bloomberg)China’s PBOC Chief Search Spurs Focus on Finance Regulators (Bloomberg)Elected, but Still...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 28
Egypt protests continue in crisis over Mursi powers (Reuters)Greece hires Deutsche, Morgan Stanley to run Greek voluntary debt buy back, sources say (Kathimerini)Executives' Good Luck in Trading Own...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 4
Two weeks ago here: The Latest Greek "Bailout" In A Nutshell: AAA-Rated Euro Countries To Fund Massive Hedge Fund Profits... and now on Bloomberg: "Hedge Funds Win as Europe Will Pay More for Greek...
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