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Rabobank: You Only See How Stable A System Really Is By Pushing It To Its Limits
Rabobank: You Only See How Stable A System Really Is By Pushing It To Its Limits “Stonks” and “Burneds” We are, it is now being widely decried, in the middle of a “stonk” bubble. The Financial Times(!) is carrying an article calling on the Federal Reserve to stop its easy money; and Bloomberg(!) has strategy […]
Rabobank: The Everything Bubble Has Become More Everything And More Bubble
Rabobank: The Everything Bubble Has Become More Everything And More Bubble Oh-No-Bi-Wan Kenobi For those who haven’t seen it –and I accept there are now probably many readers who haven’t– there is a classic scene in the first Star Wars film (Episode IV) in which Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi tells his villainous duelling opponent, his […]
Rabobank: The Purge Could Contribute To A Widening Of The Cultural And Political Divide
Rabobank: The Purge Could Contribute To A Widening Of The Cultural And Political Divide On Friday Twitter took the decision to permanently suspend President Trump from its platform due to the “risk of further incitement of violence”. The day before Facebook had already blocked him. Tech giants have also moved against right-wing social media platform Parler, […]
How Reality Became A James Bond Movie: Rabobank Explains
How Reality Became A James Bond Movie: Rabobank Explains What’s Your Favourite Bond Theme? We live in a world where all can agree on very little – but one thing that should be clear is that it’s all very James Bond. Charismatic billionaires; Cold War; secret agents; skulduggery; poisonings; spy apps in innocuous devices; military build-ups […]
Rabobank: Is Judge Dredd A Vision Of What Awaits Our Society
Rabobank: Is Judge Dredd A Vision Of What Awaits Our Society Elon and Eloi It was just a few short weeks ago that governments in Australia and the UK were congratulating themselves on how they had performed under Covid-19, and both were enthusiastically looking ahead to getting life back to normal. Today Victoria, Australia is under […]
It’s Easier To Pretend Our Economic System Works And Just Blow Endless Asset Bubbles
It’s Easier To Pretend Our Economic System Works And Just Blow Endless Asset Bubbles Yesterday saw the US comprehensively beat China. Not in any sporting sense, and certainly not in any dimension of the current Cold War: and for those who still like to think the latter isn’t happening, just listen to what US Attorney […]
Rabobank: “We Live In A Pretty Crazy World Right Now”
Rabobank: “We Live In A Pretty Crazy World Right Now” Crazy World I think we can all agree that we live in a pretty crazy world right now: and that’s an appropriate title for the Daily today too, for reasons that will be explained shortly. It’s a world where we are seeing staggering increases in […]
“Stupid And Ridiculous”: Rabobank Says The Fed Will Cause Everything To Come Crashing Down In Epic Ruin
“Stupid And Ridiculous”: Rabobank Says The Fed Will Cause Everything To Come Crashing Down In Epic Ruin Powell Play “Central banks carry out a nation’s monetary policy and control its money supply, often mandated with maintaining low inflation and steady GDP growth. On a macro basis, central banks influence interest rates and participate in open […]
Rabobank: Stocks Go Up As Everything Is Going Down In Flames
Rabobank: Stocks Go Up As Everything Is Going Down In Flames It’s All Going to the Dogs (and Goats) Friday’s April US payrolls report showed 20.5 million jobs lost when in an ordinary downturn 200,000 might be considered bad; the drop in March alone was larger than that seen during the worst of the global financial […]
Rabobank: “There Is Really Only One Headline Today – That PM Boris Johnson Is In Intensive Care”
Rabobank: “There Is Really Only One Headline Today – That PM Boris Johnson Is In Intensive Care” ICU There is really only one headline today – that UK PM Boris Johnson is in intensive care. Indeed, as several medical experts have attested, given the critical shortage of ICU beds he is likely to be on a […]
Rabobank: Over 100 Million Could Be In Lockdown In India
Rabobank: Over 100 Million Could Be In Lockdown In India Police State The headlines continue to shock. Firstly, the number of coronavirus cases surged past 300,000 on Sunday with more than 13,000 deaths now reported worldwide. Secondly, predictions about the fall out on the global economic outlook have rapidly gone from bad to worse over the […]
Rabobank: What Level Of Interest Rates Will Incentivize You To Risk The Death Of Yourself And Your Family
Rabobank: What Level Of Interest Rates Will Incentivize You To Risk The Death Of Yourself And Your Family “Tonight the super trouper lights are gonna find meShining like the sun (sup-p-per troup-p-per)Smiling, having fun (sup-p-per troup-p-per)Feeling like a number one…” So sang markets yesterday in excitement as we enter what I am dubbing “Super Trouper […]
Is The Coronavirus Pandemic About To Become Another Spanish Flu
Is The Coronavirus Pandemic About To Become Another Spanish Flu COVID-19 vs The Spanish Flu Summary In light of the recent outbreak in Europe, it appears a question of when –rather than whether– the COVID-19 epidemic will be declared a global pandemic Countermeasures such as quarantine or travel bans remain necessary to contain the virus’ […]
Rabobank: Markets Need To Start Pricing For One Of Two Things – One Bad, The Other Terrible
Rabobank: Markets Need To Start Pricing For One Of Two Things – One Bad, The Other Terrible It is that rarest of occasions. Not a global pandemic, because: 1) we still aren’t in one yet, officially; and 2) we have had that pandemic declaration made in the relatively recent past (2009-10). Rather, we are being […]
Rabobank: Several Things Cratered Yesterday
Rabobank: Several Things Cratered Yesterday Several things cratered yesterday. The first was global stocks. The S&P dropped 3.4%, which once upon a time was just a normal bad day in the office, but in our new normal of central banks tacitly and US presidents openly targeting stock prices as the key driver of the global ‘economy’, […]
