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China Threatened By “Vicious Circle Of Panic Selling” From Marketwide Margin Call
China Threatened By “Vicious Circle Of Panic Selling” From Marketwide Margin Call Two weeks ago, when commenting on the PBOC’s latest required reserve ratio cut, we pointed out that one of the more prominent risks facing the Chinese stock market, and potentially explaining why the Shanghai Composite simply can’t catch a bid during the recent […]
Leaked Chinese Memo Warns Of “Thucydides Trap” With US, “War Is Unavoidable”
Leaked Chinese Memo Warns Of “Thucydides Trap” With US, “War Is Unavoidable” A series of leaked internal documents reveal that China’s military reforms are aimed at allowing Beijing to “manage a crisis, contain a conflict, win a war” and overtake the United States in military strength, according to the Express. The leaked documents were published by […]
Russia Joins Global Trade War – Imposes Tariffs On US Energy, Mining Imports
Russia Joins Global Trade War – Imposes Tariffs On US Energy, Mining Imports Whether this is a coordinated response is unclear – and certainly on a much smaller scale – but Bloomberg reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree this morning imposing higher tariffs on U.S. products in retaliation for U.S. duties on metals […]
Eric Peters: “People Assume That Stocks Always Rise Over Time. They’re Wrong”
Eric Peters: “People Assume That Stocks Always Rise Over Time. They’re Wrong” This week on the MacroVoices podcast, host Erik Townsend welcomed Eric Peters, the CEO and CIO of One River Asset Management, for a discussion about the long-term future of the US economy, and how demographics, the expanding US debt, and the waning influence […]
Temps To Hit 110 Degrees – Officials Warn “Stay Inside” As Holiday Heat Wave Hammers East Coast
Temps To Hit 110 Degrees – Officials Warn “Stay Inside” As Holiday Heat Wave Hammers East Coast Just in time for American consumers to be “held hostage” by high energy prices as the WTI front-month contract eclipses $75 for the first time in three-and-a-half years, meteorologists are forecasting a heat wave that could drive temperatures […]
“Truly Awful Numbers”: Lira Tumbles After Turkish Inflation Explodes Most In 15 Years
“Truly Awful Numbers”: Lira Tumbles After Turkish Inflation Explodes Most In 15 Years Having stabilized modestly after its mid-June rout, which sent the Turkish Lira to a record low of 4.74 – on the re-election of president Erdogan of all things – overnight the TRY tumbled as much as 1.4% to 4.6813 after Turkey reported […]
This Is What A Massive X9 Class Solar Flare Looks Like
This Is What A Massive X9 Class Solar Flare Looks Like Scientists from Caltech Astronomy examined the great solar flare of 1990 that occurred in active region NOAA 6063. The eruption and subsequent shockwave were so massive that scientist decided to write a report on their findings titled “Tangential Field Changes in the Great Flare of 1990 […]
Carrier USS Truman Deployed To Atlantic As Russian Submarine Activity Surges
Carrier USS Truman Deployed To Atlantic As Russian Submarine Activity Surges Russia is modernizing its submarine force around Europe to directly challenge American naval dominance — greater than any other period since the Cold War, Admiral James Foggo told Stars and Stripes in an interview last week. The commander said the U.S. must expand its […]
Argentina Blew A Billion Dollars To Rescue The Peso On Friday… And Failed
Argentina Blew A Billion Dollars To Rescue The Peso On Friday… And Failed Even Eva Peron would be crying… The last 24 hours have not been great for Argentina. First – despite endless jawboning about The IMF bailout and how it will secure the nation’s future and enable reforms, the currency collapsed to a new […]
Turkey Defies Trump, Will Keep Importing Iranian Crude
Turkey Defies Trump, Will Keep Importing Iranian Crude Defying the Trump administration, Turkey said it would ignore the State Department’s call on US allies to stop importing Iranian crude oil by November 4, when the latest sanctions against Iran are set to kick in. Earlier this week, the State Department called on all US allies […]
Iran Furious After Trump Calls Saudi King, Demands 2MM Barrel Production Boost
Iran Furious After Trump Calls Saudi King, Demands 2MM Barrel Production Boost Update: as expected, it did not take long for Iran – which has the most to lose from any Saudi output hike which would not only send the price of oil lower but also allow Riyadh to capture Iran’s sanctioned market share – […]
We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Bailout – Argentine Peso Plummets To New Record Low
We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Bailout – Argentine Peso Plummets To New Record Low The Argentine Peso collapsed again today – plummeting below last week’s record low to 29/USD. Desk chatter suggests that no one turned up this morning as the central bank announced it would increase its daily spot auctions to USD150mn on Thursday […]
“Failing” Deutsche Bank May Be Kicked Out Of Key European Index
“Failing” Deutsche Bank May Be Kicked Out Of Key European Index One day after Deutsche Bank’s US operations failed the Fed’s “stress test”, it appears that this outcome had been priced in by the market as DB’s stock price rose as much as 3% in early Friday trading… … although looking slightly higher in the […]
Military Seizes Control Of Water Supplies As Venezuelan Infrastructure Collapses
Military Seizes Control Of Water Supplies As Venezuelan Infrastructure Collapses If there’s one group that has benefited from Venezuela’s economic collapse, it’s the country’s military, which has been handed control over much of the country’s remaining industry as the collapse has intensified. Venezuela’s army, about 160,000 strong, controls the mineral-rich Arco Minero del Orinoco, and […]
India Central Bank Intervenes As Rupee Crashes To Record Low
India Central Bank Intervenes As Rupee Crashes To Record Low Just weeks after Urjit Patel, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, wrote an op-ed in the FT warning that should the US maintain its current pace of monetary policy tightening, it could have serious repercussions for the global economy, it is… It was the […]
