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Bob Janjuah Warns The Bubble Implosion Can’t Be “Fixed” This Time
Bob Janjuah Warns The Bubble Implosion Can’t Be “Fixed” This Time Having correctly foreseen in September that “China’s devaluations are not over yet” it appears Nomura’s infamous ‘bear’ Bob Janjuah has also nailed The Fed’s subsequent actions (hiking rates into a fundamentally weakening economy in a desperate bid to “convince markets that strong growth and inflation are on their […]
“Nowhere To Hide” As Baltic ‘Fried’ Index Careens To Fresh Record Low
“Nowhere To Hide” As Baltic ‘Fried’ Index Careens To Fresh Record Low Another day, another fresh all-time record low in The Baltic Dry Index as Deutsche Bank’s “perfect storm” appears ever closer on the horizon. Plunging 4.7% overnight to 445 points, this is 20% lower than the previous record low in 1986 and as one strategist warns, “It’s […]
Perfect Storm!
Perfect Storm! One of the (many) fascinating things about this latest global financial crisis is that there’s no single catalyst. Unlike 2008 when the carnage could be traced back to US subprime housing, or 2000 when tech stocks crashed and pulled down everything else, this time around a whole bunch of seemingly-unrelated things are unraveling […]
The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil
The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil The market was supposed to save the planet. That, at least, was the argument of many economists grappling with the problem of climate change. As fossil fuels became scarcer, they pointed out, the price of oil and natural gas would go up. And then other options, like solar and wind, […]
Nations Scramble to Compete in ‘Currency War’ as China’s Yuan Falls to Five-Year Low
Nations Scramble to Compete in ‘Currency War’ as China’s Yuan Falls to Five-Year Low Allan Ajifo / (CC BY 2.0) China, Europe and Japan are driving down the value of their currencies in order to make their exports more attractive on the global market, leaving millions of workers in associated industries “protected or vulnerable, depending on which […]
China, Oil and Markets: It’s All One Story
China, Oil and Markets: It’s All One Story If there’s one thing to take away from this year’s developments in markets and economies so far, it’s that they are all linked, they’re all part of the same thing. If you can’t see that, you’re not going to understand what’s happening. Looking at falling oil prices […]
7 Percent Crash Causes Emergency Shutdown Of Stock Markets In China For The 2nd Time In 4 Days
7 Percent Crash Causes Emergency Shutdown Of Stock Markets In China For The 2nd Time In 4 Days Did you see what just happened in China? For the second time in four days, a massive stock market crash has caused an emergency shutdown of the markets in China. On both Monday and Thursday, trading was […]
China Has A “Colossal Credit Bubble” And No One Knows How It Will Unwind, Marc Faber Warns
China Has A “Colossal Credit Bubble” And No One Knows How It Will Unwind, Marc Faber Warns A little over a week ago, Marc Faber dialed in from Thailand to chat with Bloomberg TV about the outlook for US equities, the American economy, and USTs in the new year. The US is “already in a recession,” the […]
A “Perfect Storm Is Coming” Deutsche Warns As Baltic Dry Falls To New Record Low
A “Perfect Storm Is Coming” Deutsche Warns As Baltic Dry Falls To New Record Low Following disappointing China PMI data and a collapse in US ISM Manufacturing imports data, the fact that TheBaltic Dry Index has collapsed to fresh record lows will hardly be a surprise to many. However,as Deutsche Bank warns, a “perfect storm” is brewing […]
“We Frontloaded A Tremendous Market Rally” Former Fed President Admits, Warns “No Ammo Left”
“We Frontloaded A Tremendous Market Rally” Former Fed President Admits, Warns “No Ammo Left” In perhaps the most shocking of mea culpas seen in modern financial history, former Dallas Fed head Richard Fisher unleashed some seriously uncomfortable truthiness during a 5-minute confessional interview on CNBC. While talking heads attempt to blame China for recent US […]
The Europe Question in 2016
The Europe Question in 2016 NEW YORK – At the cusp of the new year, we face a world in which geopolitical and geo-economic risks are multiplying. Most of the Middle East is ablaze, stoking speculation that a long Sunni-Shia war (like Europe’s Thirty Years’ War between Catholics and Protestants) could be at hand. China’s […]
China’s Slow-Motion Sleight Of Hand Shatters
China’s Slow-Motion Sleight Of Hand Shatters The Chinese stock markets broke through 2 circuit breakers today, breakers that were introduced only a few months ago in response to the market selloff, triggered by a surprise yuan devaluation, in August. The first breaker, at -5%, forced a 15-minute trading halt. The second one, at -7%, halted […]
Slouching Toward Global Disaster
Slouching Toward Global Disaster There are many disturbing signs that the West is creating conditions in the Middle East and Asia that could produce a wider war, most likely a new Cold War, containing, as well, menacing risks of World War III. The reckless confrontation with Russia along its borders, reinforced by provocative weapons deployments […]
What Secret Do Global Banks Know about Chinese Banks?
What Secret Do Global Banks Know about Chinese Banks? They’re dumping their stakes. “Now is the right time for us to sell this investment,” announced Deutsche Bank’s newish co-CEO John Cryan on Monday after the long Christmas weekend when no one was supposed to pay attention. It was how Cryan justified the deal to sell Deutsche’s entire […]
2016 Is An Easy Year To Predict
2016 Is An Easy Year To Predict No year is ever easy to predict, if only because if it were, that would take all the fun out of life. But still, predictions for 2016 look quite a bit easier than other years. This is because a whole bunch of irreversible things happened in 2015 that […]
