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SWIFT Caves To US Pressure, Defies EU By Cutting Off Iranian Banks
SWIFT Caves To US Pressure, Defies EU By Cutting Off Iranian Banks Shortly after Trump reimposed nuclear sanctions on Tehran on November 5, the international financial messaging system SWIFT announced the suspension of several Iranian banks from its service. “In keeping with our mission of supporting the resilience and integrity of the global financial system […]
World’s Largest Asset Manager Warns: The Dollar’s Days As Global Reserve Currency Are Numbered
World’s Largest Asset Manager Warns: The Dollar’s Days As Global Reserve Currency Are Numbered Have BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Russian President Vladimir Putin been comparing notes? In comments that sound eerily similar to a warning issued by Putin, who warned during a speech last month that the US risked undermining the dollar’s reserve currency […]
WTI Slumps To $61 Handle After US Crude Production Soars To New Record High
WTI Slumps To $61 Handle After US Crude Production Soars To New Record High Despite sliding after last night’s API-reported big Crude and Cushing build, WTI has rebounded overnight amid a post-midterms tumbling dollar, but a larger crude build than expected from DOE, combined with a smaller gasoline draw, could lead to WTI “set to […]
“Flashpoint For War”: U.S. And Japan Plan Military Response To Chinese Incursions Of Disputed Islands
“Flashpoint For War”: U.S. And Japan Plan Military Response To Chinese Incursions Of Disputed Islands Things are again rapidly heating up in the East China Sea amidst already heightened tensions in a region where Washington is increasingly asserting the right of navigation in international waters against broad Chinese claims and seeking to defend the territorial […]
“No One Has Outlawed Recessions” Stockman Sees S&P Fair Value “Way Below 2000”
“No One Has Outlawed Recessions” Stockman Sees S&P Fair Value “Way Below 2000” “If you’re a rational investor, you need only two words in your vocabulary: Trump and sell,” says David Stockman, former President Reagan’s Office of Management and Budget director, warning that a 40% stock market plunge is closing in on Wall Street. While […]
Iran Shuts Off Oil Tanker Tracking System As US Sanctions Start
Iran Shuts Off Oil Tanker Tracking System As US Sanctions Start The US on Monday (Nov 5) is reimposing disciplinary measures targeting Iran’s oil, shipping, insurance, and banking sectors in what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called “the toughest sanctions ever placed” against Iran. In response, Tehran has reportedly turned off all oil tanker […]
Turkey Vows To Make “Sea Bandits” Drilling Gas Off Cyprus Pay “Like Terrorists In Syria Did”
Turkey Vows To Make “Sea Bandits” Drilling Gas Off Cyprus Pay “Like Terrorists In Syria Did” Ankara will not allow any “sea bandits” to roam free and tap the disputed natural gas reserves off Cyprus, Turkey’s president has vowed, while commissioning a new warship to challenge competitors militarily, should the need arise. “We will not […]
Bubble-Watcher, Bob Shiller Warns “We’re Primed To Repeat 2008” As Housing Momentum Slows
Bubble-Watcher, Bob Shiller Warns “We’re Primed To Repeat 2008” As Housing Momentum Slows The US housing market is anything but healthy and even most bullish of realtors (especially since “it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it”) is admitting that all is not well. […]
“The Big Short’s” Steve Eisman Is Shorting UK Banks, Expecting A Hard Brexit
“The Big Short’s” Steve Eisman Is Shorting UK Banks, Expecting A Hard Brexit Amid fresh reports that Theresa May may have a “secret” Brexit deal up her sleeve, one that would finally allow her to secure a deal that could win parliamentary approval thanks to a major concession from the European Union, one famous trader […]
Iran’s Powerful Hardline Cleric Threatens To “Instantly” Create $400 Oil By Seizing Tankers
Iran’s Powerful Hardline Cleric Threatens To “Instantly” Create $400 Oil By Seizing Tankers Just ahead of U.S. sanctions on Iran set to snap back on Monday targeting primarily the energy, shipbuilding, shipping, and banking sectors, Iran’s most prominent conservative cleric has announced that if oil exports are halted, Saudi tankers will be confiscated and Gulf countries […]
US Threatens SWIFT With Sanctions If Iran Isn’t Cut Off
US Threatens SWIFT With Sanctions If Iran Isn’t Cut Off Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin threatened the global financial messaging service SWIFT on Friday that it could be penalized if it doesn’t cut off financial services to entities and individuals doing business with Iran. The warning came just days ahead of the US re-imposition of all […]
Saudi Arabia Answers Pompeo’s Call For Yemen Ceasefire By Ramping Up Airstrikes
Saudi Arabia Answers Pompeo’s Call For Yemen Ceasefire By Ramping Up Airstrikes The Saudi Air Force has unleashed a massive attack across the Sana’a Governorate over the last 48 hours, reports Middle East-based Al Masdar News citing Yemeni sources on the ground. This appears to be the Saudi response to the U.S. call for a ceasefire “in the […]
China’s Senior Leadership Prepares For Economic Collision In Spring 2019
China’s Senior Leadership Prepares For Economic Collision In Spring 2019 China’s senior leadership has just signaled for more stimulus, as its economy and stock market prepares for a possible economic collision in early 2019 from the trade war with the United States. The Communist Party’s Politburo, a group of 25 people who oversee the Communist […]
Oil Prices Plunge As Storm Clouds Gather Over Global Economy
Oil Prices Plunge As Storm Clouds Gather Over Global Economy Oil declined more than 3% on Thursday, and extended those losses Friday, with ICE West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures probing lows not seen since April, due to weakening global demand at a time when the output from the Organization of the […]
