Watch As A Ukraine MiG "Buzzes The Trees" To Spook East Ukraine Civilians
A few days ago, in an attempt to regain the Krematorsk air base in the "separatist" eastern region, as part of the "counter-terrorist" offensive launched against the pro-Russians, Kiev also started...
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Groupthink Or Black Swan Rising? Not A Single 'Economist' Expects An Economic...
Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog,A 100% ConsensusThis doesn't happen very often. Marketwatch reports that Jim Bianco points out in a recent market comment that the 67 economists taking...
View ArticleFrontrunning: April 25
Russia raises interest rates to 7.5% (FT)Shanghai to Allow Raw Material Exchanges in Trade Zone (BBG)US, Japan Fail to Clinch Trade Deal (WSJ)'We don't have a magic wand', says ECB's Constancio...
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Goldman's Q&A On "Where We Go From Here For Equities" (And Why The Peripheral...
Earlier today, it was BNP which, after launching the first rumors that a QE from the ECB is imminent (it isn't as Mario Draghi himself explained back in November 2011, but the ECB sure knows how to...
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CEO Of Russia's Largest Oil Company, Rosneft, On US Sanctions List
Yesterday we reported that among today's expanded sanctioned individuals would be the heads of Rosneft and Gazprom:Sources say the heads of Rosneft and Gazprom will be on the list of expanded US...
View ArticleFrontrunning: May 1
Two-Thirds of Insurance Exchange Enrollees Paid Premiums (WSJ)Panic: Criminal Charges Against Banks Risk Sparking Crisis (BBG)Did the junk bubble pop: Junk Loans Pulled as Investors Say No After Fed...
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Russia And China Do Pipelineistan
Submitted by Pepe Escobar, the roving correspondent for Asia Times/Hong Kong, an analyst for RT and TomDispatch, and a frequent contributor to websites and radio shows ranging from the US to East...
View ArticleUSDJPY Desperate To Drag S&P To All Time High
Following the only major overnight econ event, which was the May German IFO Business Climate Index which dropped from 111.2 to 110.4 missing expectations of 110.9, the USDJPY has been on a soaring...
View ArticleChina Blocks "High-Level Hooligan" US Consultants Amid "Spying Concerns"
It appears the tit-for-tat cyber-spying debacle between China and the US is escalating (unless it's all curious coincidence). Having blasted the US as a "mincing rascal" and "high-level hooligan" in...
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Shale Boom Goes Bust As Costs Soar
"Traditionally we’ve been a financially conservative company," explains one fracking company, warning that "we’ve become more leveraged than we historically have been and we’ve become uncomfortable...
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Embracing Inequality
From the Slope of Hope: This is one of those posts that has nothing to do with trading, the "markets", charting, or anything else related to our efforts to claw a few dollars out of financial...
View ArticleFrontrunning: June 6
Canada Aims to Sell Its Oil Beyond U.S (WSJ)ECB Unanimity May Prove Fleeting (WSJ)Chinese military spending exceeds $145 billion, drones advanced: U.S. (Reuters)France to sell 10 warships to Russia...
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Is A Second American Revolution Now Inevitable?
Submitted by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market blog,"Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." - Militia Captain John Parker at the Battle Of...
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Down And Out In Rio: What To Expect At The World Cup
Submitted by Douglas Herman (AlexCojones) via Strike The Root blog,“Most people go on holiday to escape. They pick a far away destination in the assumption that the further away they are from home, the...
View ArticleOil Surges To Highest Since September As Algos Finally Find Iraq On The Map
With another day of little otherwise completely irrelevant macro news (because following last night's abysmal Australian jobs data one would think the AUD would be weaker; one would be wrong), market...
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Fourth Turning Accelerating
Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog,“In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst...
View ArticleEquity Futures Unchanged Ahead Of Today's Quad-Witch
As of this moment, US equity futures are perfectly unchanged despite what has been an almost comical reactivation of the 102.000 USDJPY tractor beam. Considering the pair has been trading within a 75...
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Mainstream Media Admits "The US Dollar's Domination Is Coming To An End"
Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog,“Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.” – George OrwellWise words indeed as they aptly describe misguided confidence in the...
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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 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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