Frontrunning: December 29
Russia's Putin says Syrian government, opposition sign ceasefire deal (Reuters)Snap’s IPO Pitch to Tout Service as ‘the Next Facebook’ (WSJ)What History Has to Say About the Economy Trump Will Inherit...
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Obama’s Twilight Moves Against Israel May Foreshadow His Move to UN Sec’y Gen
This article by David Haggithwas first published on the Great Recession Blog: President Obama’s UN declaration that Israeli settlements are illegal says this duck isn’t lame. It was not the finale of...
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Is 2017 The Year Silicon Valley Experiences The Dark Side Of "It's Different...
Authored by Mark St.Cyr,With 2016 now in the rearview mirror. The one thing that was supposed to be included in that vision was the successful resurgence of IPO’s across “The Valley”. 2016 was supposed...
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What Keeps Goldman Up At Night About 2017
With 2016 still fresh in most investors' minds, and questions about 2017 pressing, here is a summary, courtesy of Goldman's Allison Nathan, of where Goldman believes we closed out 2016, what is in...
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Kunstler: 2017 Is When The Wheels Finally Come Off
Submitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,“There is no other endeavor in which men and women of enormous intellectual power have shown total disregard for higher-order reasoning than monetary...
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Trump Takes Victory Lap After Ford Cancels $1.6 Billion Mexican Expansion...
Update: sure enough, here comes Trump's twitter victory lap:"@DanScavino: Ford to scrap Mexico plant, invest in Michigan due to Trump policies"https://t.co/137nUo03Gl— Donald J. Trump...
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Senate Begins Process To Repeal Obamacare
Trump just can't seem to lose today. The President-elect scored two early victories with Ford announcing plans to keep a plant in the United States, a move they described as a "vote of confidence" in...
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Bill And Hillary Clinton Will Attend Trump's Inauguration
The hits just keep on coming for Donald Trump, who not only scored several high profile wins today just by tweeting, when first Ford cancelled a Mexico expansion plan after Trump scolded GM for a...
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Mexico Responds To Ford's Decision To Scrap Its New Plant
Mexico "regrets" Ford's decision to scrap the plan to build a plant in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, the Economy Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that it has made sure Ford will...
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Dow 20k Disappoints For 14th Day As Crude Crumbles, Peso Pounded
Disappointment again... Early exuberance in stocks - as overnight gains suggested panic buying at the US open, faded rapidly as financials and tech faded and crude plunged (despite better than expected...
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Risk On: 2017 Stock Rally Continues As Global Inflation Accelerates
Following another day of upbeat economic data, with growing signs that inflation on both sides of the Atlantic is accelerating, investors rediscovered their faith in the Trumpflation rally, pushing...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 4
Trump Tariff on GM Would Violate NAFTA. That May Not Stop Him (BBG)Obama Tries to Save Parts of Health Law Amid GOP Attack (WSJ)Trump Puts Auto Makers, Trade Policy in Spotlight (WSJ)British consumers...
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Art Cashin On The "Multiple Personalities" Of 2017's First Market Session
There was some confusion for those trading yesterday's first session of the year, which started off in euphoric fashion with the Dow Jones printing once again just shy of 20,000, then slumped after...
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Peso Plunges To Record Low After Trump Tweet
The Mexican Peso is plunging once again this morning - very close to all-time record lows - as fears spread that Ford's decision yesterday may become the norm following president-elect Trump's tweet...
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December Auto Sales Jump To Record 18.4 Million SAAR As Light Truck Sales Surge
After Ford warned that North American auto sales had reached a plateau a few months ago, December 2016 auto sales blasted through that plateau to reach all-time record highs. At a seasonally adjusted...
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Donald Trump Has An Enormous And Very Dangerous Wall Street Blind Spot
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,The biggest disappointment regarding Donald Trump since being elected President has been his total embrace of dangerous Wall Street thieves. As it...
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Mexico Panics As Trump's Leverage "Far Greater Than What Mexican Elites Thought"
Earlier this morning we noted that the Mexican Peso was plunging once again - very close to all-time record lows - as fears spread that Ford's decision yesterday to cancel a $1.6 billion plant may...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 5
Dollar Posts Biggest Drop Since Trump's Win (BBG)World stocks hit 1-1/2 year high after strong China data (Reuters)Apple pulls New York Times apps in China after government request (Reuters)Macy’s Axes...
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Trump Threatens Toyota: "Build New Plant In The US Or Pay Big Border Tax"
Poor Mexico just can't catch a break. After its currency crashed to record lows this week after Ford cancelled plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico, prompting the central bank to intervene and...
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Trump’s Favorability Up Bigly Before Inauguration – Increasing Number Of...
Given the left’s predilection for using identity politics to slander opponents and incite hatred, it’s important to try and shed light on who actually thinks what. In the latest People’s Pundit Daily...
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