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Forget Greece … China Is the Real Threat
Forget Greece … China Is the Real Threat When the ATMs Went Dark … There’s a time for calm, rational behavior … and a time to panic. On Tuesday, investors in U.S. stocks decided not to panic. Monday’s sell-off halted. But it did not reverse. And it left the street with its worst half-year performance since […]
Asia depends on Middle East for 66 % of its oil imports
Asia depends on Middle East for 66 % of its oil imports This post uses data from the inter area oil movement section of the BP Statistical Review published in June 2015. It is a continuation of an earlier post on Asian oil consumption and production Global trade and Asia’s share Total global oil trade […]
16 Facts About The Tremendous Financial Devastation That We Are Seeing All Over The World
16 Facts About The Tremendous Financial Devastation That We Are Seeing All Over The World As we enter the second half of 2015, financial panic has gripped most of the globe. Stock prices are crashing in China, in Europe and in the United States. Greece is on the verge of a historic default, and now Puerto Rico […]
THE GREAT TPP DEATHTRAP FOR INDIA, CHINA & 10 OTHER MEMBER-NATIONS
The Great TPP Deathtrap for India, China & 10 Other Member-Nations The Terms of Destruction. The Clues are all there in Obamatrade and Obamacare. The truth emerges out of the shadows of secrecy… Let’s start here. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade treaty, coming down the homestretch toward ratification, involving 12 nations which account for […]
Chinese Stocks Crash Most In 19 Years, Re-Open Limit Down (Despite PBOC Hail Mary)
Chinese Stocks Crash Most In 19 Years, Re-Open Limit Down (Despite PBOC Hail Mary) Carnage… *CHINA STOCK PANIC SELLING TO CONTINUE, CENTRAL CHINA ZHANG SAYS This leave China’s CSI-300 broad stock index futures up just 7% year-to-date… *CHINA CSI 500 STOCK-INDEX FUTURES FALL BY MAXIMUM 10% LIMIT *CHINA CSI 500 STOCK-INDEX FUTURES FALL BY LIMIT […]
Its 1929 In China—-Here’s The Chapter And Verse
Its 1929 In China—-Here’s The Chapter And Verse I’ve mentioned the Chinese stock market mania here briefly in recent weeks. I’ve now compiled a fair amount of data along with some interesting anecdotes that show just how crazy it’s gotten so I thought I’d spend this week’s market comment laying it all out for you. […]
“Risk of Collapse” and “Panic” in the Air, China Cuts Rates
“Risk of Collapse” and “Panic” in the Air, China Cuts Rates It didn’t take long: the frazzled People’s Bank of China tries to put a stop to the worst 2-week crash since 1996. The whole world piled into what had been the hottest stock market in the universe. Chinese stocks had been endlessly hyped in […]
“Critical” Debt “Domino Chain” Threatens To Destabilize China’s Financial System, SocGen Says
“Critical” Debt “Domino Chain” Threatens To Destabilize China’s Financial System, SocGen Says Since the beginning of March when we first explained why QE (or at least some manner of “unconventional” monetary policy) may be inevitable in China, we’ve tracked developments around the country’s local government debt refi effort closely. For those in need of a […]
There’s Something Wrong With The World Today and It’s 1995
There’s Something Wrong With The World Today and It’s 1995 There weren’t any surprises in the “final” GDP update for Q1. Going back to -0.2%, the same interpretations still apply, especially and including the inventory contribution. Economists and policymakers want to talk particularly about how Q1 is prone to “residual seasonality” but that is missing […]
Asia’s oil consumption at record high while production peaked in 2010
Asia’s oil consumption at record high while production peaked in 2010 The annual BP Statistical Review has come out, as usual in June. In this post we focus on the Asia Pacific region. This is important because the Australian government has offered the help of “Team Australia” to build the “Asian Century”. The question no one […]
Container Shipping Rates from China to US, Europe Collapse
Container Shipping Rates from China to US, Europe Collapse “Sluggish westbound volumes have brought about the worst spot market rate collapse that this trade has experienced.” That’s how Drewry Maritime Researchsummarized it in a report a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the collapse of the rates for shipping containers from China to the West has […]
Geopolitics Will Trump Economics in Greece
Geopolitics Will Trump Economics in Greece Based on the continued failure of the negotiating parties to make any substantive progress in the talks over Greek debt payments, the financial world is tied up in knots over a possible Greek exit from the European Union. The uncertainty has manifested in both high and low finance, with […]
China’s Island Building Reveals the True Power in Asia
China’s Island Building Reveals the True Power in Asia China’s land reclamation moves in the South China Sea may be cause for reproach, but no one will do a thing about Beijing’s island-building program beyond the huff and puff of objection. While the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has been […]
Six Tough Questions about the China Trade Deal
Six Tough Questions about the China Trade Deal Gus Van Harten, author of ‘Sold Down the Yangtze,’ breaks down the FIPA’s impacts. In his new book, Sold Down the Yangtze, trade law expert and Osgoode law professor Gus Van Harten takes apart the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China, detailing how he perceives […]
The Lesson In China: Don’t Go Bubble In the First Place
The Lesson In China: Don’t Go Bubble In the First Place There can be no mistaking that Chinese stocks are in a bubble. Since November 21, the Shanghai SSE Composite index has risen more than 100%. Going back to July 22, the gain is nearly 145%. Those dates are not random coincidence, as they mark […]
