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Riskiest End of the Junk Bond Market Just Blew Up
Riskiest End of the Junk Bond Market Just Blew Up You wouldn’t know by looking at the US Treasury market, which remained relatively sanguine this week, with only a little panic buying on Tuesday. So 10-year Treasuries ended the week near where they’d started it. But at the other end of the spectrum, the riskiest […]
The Canaries Continue To Drop Like Flies
The Canaries Continue To Drop Like Flies One would think as “canary” after “canary” falls silent either sickened with laryngitis, or worse – completely comatose. Those on Wall Street as well as the financial media itself would not only have seen, but heard, many of the warning calls that have been obvious for quite some time. […]
Even the Department of Homeland Security Says the CISA “Cybersecurity” Bill Will HURT Security and Destroy Privacy
Even the Department of Homeland Security Says the CISA “Cybersecurity” Bill Will HURT Security and Destroy Privacy Even Homeland Security says that CISA – the faux “cybersecurity” bill which may be rammed through the Senate any day without any debate – will harm America’s security and destroy privacy. DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the Senate Monday: […]
Bad Debt Soars 35% In China As Government Set To Fabricate Dismal Loan Data
Bad Debt Soars 35% In China As Government Set To Fabricate Dismal Loan Data Back in March, we noted that decelerating economic growth and bad debt are taking a toll on profitability at China’s largest banks, leading them to slash payouts to shareholders. “Particularly hard hit is ABC, which saw its non-performing loans jump 25bps Q/Q,” we […]
Deflation, Debt and Gravity
Deflation, Debt and Gravity Far too many people have already used lines like “We Are All Greeks Now” for the words to hold on to much if any meaning by now. But it’s still a very accurate description of what awaits us all. Just not for the same reasons most who used it, did. No, […]
Scotiabank Warns “The Fed Is Cornered And There Are Visible Market Stresses Everywhere”
Scotiabank Warns “The Fed Is Cornered And There Are Visible Market Stresses Everywhere” Part One, China An economic slowdown is underway in China. This is reflected in the steep drop in the commodity complex and in the currencies of emerging market countries. Large imbalances are being worked off as Beijing attempts to shift the composition of […]
8 Financial Experts That Are Warning That A Great Financial Crisis Is Imminent
8 Financial Experts That Are Warning That A Great Financial Crisis Is Imminent Will there be a financial collapse in the United States before the end of 2015? An increasing number of respected financial experts are now warning that we are right on the verge of another great economic crisis. Of course that doesn’t mean […]
The Tenth Man: Floor Monkeys and the Decentralization of Risk
The Tenth Man: Floor Monkeys and the Decentralization of Risk As most of you know, I used to be a clerk on the floor of the old P. Coast options exchange in San Francisco. What a place. I could tell stories about that floor for weeks. The craziest things you ever heard. But let’s keep […]
What U.S. Fed chair Janet Yellen doesn’t know: Don Pittis
What U.S. Fed chair Janet Yellen doesn’t know: Don Pittis Continued risks to a U.S. and Canadian economic recovery keep us guessing about interest rates If everyone is so confident interest rates are going to go up in the autumn, why doesn’t U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen just say they are going to go up in […]
Higher-risk ‘Shallow Fracking’ More Common than Suspected: Study
Higher-risk ‘Shallow Fracking’ More Common than Suspected: Study Lessons for BC, Alberta in new Stanford report. The fracking of oil and gas less than a mile from aquifers or the Earth’s surface now takes place across North America with few restrictions, posing increased risk for drinking water supplies, says a new Stanford study. The study examined […]
Risk Experts Who Predicted 2008 Financial Crash: GMOs Riskier than 2008 Crash … “The G.M.O. Experiment, Carried Out In Real Time and with Our Entire Food and Ecological System As Its Laboratory, Is Perhaps the Greatest Case of Human Hubris Ever”
Risk Experts Who Predicted 2008 Financial Crash: GMOs Riskier than 2008 Crash … “The G.M.O. Experiment, Carried Out In Real Time and with Our Entire Food and Ecological System As Its Laboratory, Is Perhaps the Greatest Case of Human Hubris Ever” Risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb predicted the 2008 financial crisis, by pointing out that commonly-used risk […]
Resilience: A New Conservation Strategy for a Warming World
Resilience: A New Conservation Strategy for a Warming World As climate change puts ecosystems and species at risk, conservationists are turning to a new approach: preserving those landscapes that are most likely to endure as the world warms. The San Francisco Bay was once one of the richest estuaries in North America. Almost completely enclosed and […]
It Starts: Greeks Rebel Against Bailout, Risk Collapse
It Starts: Greeks Rebel Against Bailout, Risk Collapse Greece’s union of civil servants, Adedly, called for a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, and for a series of demonstrations, the first one tonight at Syntagma Square, just below the Parliament, and another one on Wednesday evening, when Parliament is expected to vote on the new, even tougher, […]
Mapping The World’s “Grey Swans”
Mapping The World’s “Grey Swans” As H2 2015 begins, Goldman looks at so-called “grey swans” – known market risks that could prove particularly disruptive. From China credit risks to Russia and from rate volatility to Russia with Middle East tensions, cyber threats, and illiquidity-induced ‘flash-crashes’, the known-but-not-priced-in risks are rising… because – simply put – central bank omnipotence […]
