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Beijing Accuses Washington Of “Undermining Global Stability” In New Defense Report
Beijing Accuses Washington Of “Undermining Global Stability” In New Defense Report For the first time since President Xi began his second term in 2017, China has released a defense white paper that doesn’t elaborate on the country’s military priorities so much as it criticizes Beijing’s chief political adversary – the US – while defending the […]
“Abrupt, Alarming” Leveraged Loan Collapse Highlights Fragile Nature Of Credit Markets
“Abrupt, Alarming” Leveraged Loan Collapse Highlights Fragile Nature Of Credit Markets A leveraged loan taken out by a company called Clover Technologies about five years ago lost about a third of its value without warning over the past week, according to Bloomberg. The “alarming” and “abrupt” collapse of the recycling company’s debt surprised even sophisticated investors that deal in […]
Global Central Banks “Are Trapped By Their Own Inflation Targets”
Global Central Banks “Are Trapped By Their Own Inflation Targets” Negative Rates Would Lead To #Chaos Central bankers attending the G-7 meeting are sounding remarkably coordinated in their message. The global economy is growing but inflation isn’t. And that, along with the oft-cited global headwinds, means they’re ready and able to add more liquidity to the system. […]
Bank Run: Deutsche Bank Clients Are Pulling $1 Billion A Day
Bank Run: Deutsche Bank Clients Are Pulling $1 Billion A Day There is a reason James Simons’ RenTec is the world’s best performing hedge fund – it spots trends (even if they are glaringly obvious) well ahead of almost everyone else, and certainly long before the consensus. That’s what happened with Deutsche Bank, when as […]
Renewables power forward
Renewables power forward Renewable energy continues to outperform and outmuscle traditional sources of energy in the majority of countries across the globe. Renewables are now the cheapest power technology for new electricity generation across two-thirds of the world. This is the startling finding of a new study from an authoritative agency published earlier this month. […]
China’s Central Bank: “Everyone, Please Don’t Worry”
China’s Central Bank: “Everyone, Please Don’t Worry” Many unhappy returns. Thirty years ago, British ambassador Sir Alan Donald cabled home his classified report on the bloody goings-on in Tiananmen Square: “Students linked arms but were mown down. Armored personnel carriers then ran over the bodies time and time again to make, ‘pie’, and remains collected […]
“A Big Wake Up Call”: Chinese Bond Market Roiled By First Ever Bank Failure
“A Big Wake Up Call”: Chinese Bond Market Roiled By First Ever Bank Failure Late last Friday, we reported that several hours after the market close, China’s financial regulator and central bank made a shocking announcement: for the first time in nearly 30 year, China would take control of a bank, in this case the troubled inner […]
“China’s JPMorgan” Seeks Money From Its Employees To Avoid Collapse
“China’s JPMorgan” Seeks Money From Its Employees To Avoid Collapse Ever since Beijing allowed private Chinese companies (even certain state-owned enterprises) to officially fail for the first time in 2015, and file for bankruptcy to restructure their unsustainable debt loads, it’s been a one-way street of corporate bankruptcies, one which we profiled last June in […]
Trader: “The Facts Are Lining Up For A Nasty Correction In The S&P 500”
Trader: “The Facts Are Lining Up For A Nasty Correction In The S&P 500” U.S. Equity Optimism Is Starting To Look Misplaced It’s time to turn bearish on the S&P 500, at least for a few weeks. The benchmark U.S. equity index just made a fresh record high, but it’s unlikely to keep ignoring warning […]
Orwell Goes Retail: Stores Now Track Where You Shop… And Sleep
Orwell Goes Retail: Stores Now Track Where You Shop… And Sleep In news that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, retailers are now tracking not only where are you shop, but also where you sleep, according to a new Bloomberg article. For instance, Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave, Texas used information and location data […]
Thousands Of Amazon Alexa Eavesdroppers Can Also Access Users’ Home Addresses
Thousands Of Amazon Alexa Eavesdroppers Can Also Access Users’ Home Addresses Bloomberg has it in for Amazon these days. Two weeks after we finally got confirmation what everyone had known for so long, namely that an internal Amazon team numbering in the thousands was secretly listening in to Alexa users’ commands without their prior knowledge, Bloomberg reported that the […]
Contrarian Alert: “Is Inflation Dead?” Makes The Cover Of Businessweek
Contrarian Alert: “Is Inflation Dead?” Makes The Cover Of Businessweek In the financial world, those who subscribe to the contrarian school of thought (including myself) keep an eye out for certain cues or indications that a trend has become overcrowded and is nearing its end. Some examples of these contrarian indicators are investor sentiment indexes, fear gauges […]
New Canadian Bonds Are Backed By Junk Rated Retailers And Consumer Loans Charging 40% Interest
New Canadian Bonds Are Backed By Junk Rated Retailers And Consumer Loans Charging 40% Interest In a unique twist on the excesses of the last credit bubble, Canada’s bond market is now issuing bonds backed by increasingly riskier assets, but that hasn’t stopped investors from jumping at the chance to buy them – because why would […]
Cancer-Causing Chemical Over Houston Channel Sends Hundreds To Hospital
Cancer-Causing Chemical Over Houston Channel Sends Hundreds To Hospital Bloomberg’s update in the wake of the week-long Deer Park oil processing plant fire (now extinguished) and chemical spill holds nothing back, but underscores the seriousness of the situation after both city and Intercontinental Terminals Co. (ITC) previously sought to reassure residents days ago that “everything’s fine”. […]
France To Deploy Military Against Next Round Of Yellow Vest Protests
France To Deploy Military Against Next Round Of Yellow Vest Protests If the black smoke over the Paris skyline and charred cars and buildings along the Champs-Elysees which have become characteristic of France’s increasingly violent Yellow Vest protests over the past months weren’t alarming enough, things look to get much worse as the government prepares to […]
