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BlackRock Warns Geopolitical Risk Is Highest Since 2014’s Crimea Invasion
BlackRock Warns Geopolitical Risk Is Highest Since 2014’s Crimea Invasion Rising geopolitical risk is not automatically bad news for risk assets, but, as Richard Turnill explains, BlackRock believes a new U.S. approach to trade bears watching. The economy is expanding, equities are at new highs, and markets appear calm. What is there to worry about? […]
Russia Defends Syrian Military Bases From Massive Drone Attack
Russia Defends Syrian Military Bases From Massive Drone Attack Russian security forces of the Khmeimim air base and Russian Naval CSS point in the city of Tartus ,thwarted a terrorist attack “with massive application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through the night of 5th – 6th January 2018,” according to the Russian Ministry of Defence. […]
Credit Card Debt Hits All Time High As Consumers Unleash Historic Shopping Spree
Credit Card Debt Hits All Time High As Consumers Unleash Historic Shopping Spree It’s official: the reason behind the recent rebound in the economy can be explained with two words: “charge it.” Readers may recall that one month ago, we reported that with Republicans in Washington on the verge of passing their first major piece […]
America Debating “Bloody Nose” Limited Military Strike On North Korea
America Debating “Bloody Nose” Limited Military Strike On North Korea With North and South Korea set to meet tomorrow amid a hopeful climate of de-escalation and renewed diplomatic relations, the US government has decided to remind Kim Jong-Un that he may well be a dead man walking. Confirming what the Telegraph reported on December 20, […]
A Curious Thing Happened When Ontario Hiked Minimum Wages By Over 20%
A Curious Thing Happened When Ontario Hiked Minimum Wages By Over 20% Minimum wage hikes, and the inevitable job losses that result from them, are a consistent topic of conversation for us…here are just a couple of recent examples: Seattle Min Wage Hikes Crushing The Poor: 6,700 Jobs Lost, Annual Wages Down $1,500 – UofW […]
Global Debt Hits Record $233 Trillion, Up $16Tn In 9 Months
Global Debt Hits Record $233 Trillion, Up $16Tn In 9 Months Last June we reported that according to the Institute of International Finance – perhaps best known for its periodic and concerning reports summarizing global leverage statistics – as of the end of 2016, in a period of so-called “coordinated growth”, global debt hit a […]
From Shahs To The CIA: The History Of Western Intervention In Iran – Part 1
From Shahs To The CIA: The History Of Western Intervention In Iran – Part 1 “Once you understand what people want, you can’t hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can’t hate them, because you can find the same desires in your own heart” – concluded Andrew Wiggins in the novel Speaker for the Dead. When Americans […]
China’s Xi Warns Military: Be Ready For War & “Don’t Fear Death”
China’s Xi Warns Military: Be Ready For War & “Don’t Fear Death” In what is being characterized as a rare address to the world’s largest fighting force, President Xi Jinping on January 04 urged the Chinese military to be ready for war and ‘don’t fear death’. As the beat of the war drums gets louder in East Asia and […]
One Bank Asks If The PBOC Is Secretly Goosing Markets
One Bank Asks If The PBOC Is Secretly Goosing Markets Something odd is going on in China. On one hand, the PBOC has been soaking up excess liquidity from the market like a drunken sailor, and after not conducting reverse repos for 10 consecutive days, it has reduced the excess liquidity level by 510bn yuan […]
The “Meltdown” Story: How A Researcher Discovered The “Worst” Flaw In Intel History
The “Meltdown” Story: How A Researcher Discovered The “Worst” Flaw In Intel History Daniel Gruss didn’t sleep much the night he hacked his own computer and exposed a flaw in most of the chips made in the past two decades by hardware giant Intel, something we discussed in “Why The Implications Of The Intel “Bug” […]
Global Disasters Wreaked Havoc In 2017 – Total Economic Losses Top $300 Billion
Global Disasters Wreaked Havoc In 2017 – Total Economic Losses Top $300 Billion According to a new reinsurance report issued by the Swiss Re Institute, total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared 63 percent in 2017 to an estimated $306 billion, up from $188 billion in 2016. Globally, insurers lost $136 billion from natural […]
“Bomb Cyclone” Explodes Over East Coast, Sends NYC Nat Gas Price To Record High
“Bomb Cyclone” Explodes Over East Coast, Sends NYC Nat Gas Price To Record High “The strong storm system off the east coast continues to rapidly strengthen, bringing strong winds, heavy snow, and bitter wind chills to the I-95 corridor. As of 11 AM EST Thursday, the system had strengthened to 951mb, which is a drop […]
Russia Slams US “Attempts To Interfere” In Iran After Macron Warns Of “Conflict Of Extreme Brutality”
Russia Slams US “Attempts To Interfere” In Iran After Macron Warns Of “Conflict Of Extreme Brutality” Russia has joined China in calling for a policy of non-interference in Iran’s domestic affairs after a week of unrest has gripped multiple major cities and towns across the country in what started as protests over economic grievances, but […]
NY Declares State Of Emergency: JFK, La Guardia Close Due To Huge Winter Storm
NY Declares State Of Emergency: JFK, La Guardia Close Due To Huge Winter Storm Flights at JFK airport have been temporarily suspended “due to strong winds and whiteout conditions” caused by Winter Storm Grayson. Kennedy Airport ✔@JFKairport Due to strong winds and whiteout conditions, flights at JFK have been temporarily suspended. Travelers are urged to […]
Petro-Yuan Looms – How China Will Shake Up The Oil Futures Market
Petro-Yuan Looms – How China Will Shake Up The Oil Futures Market The “huge story”,as Graticule’s Adam Levinson called it, will, it appears, be a “wake up call” for the West that seems to happily be ignoring this potential bombshell that is China’s looming launch of domestic oil futures trading. Additionally, Levison warns Washington that […]
