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SocGen: “Now We Know Why The Fed Desperately Wants To Avoid A Drop In Equity Markets”
SocGen: “Now We Know Why The Fed Desperately Wants To Avoid A Drop In Equity Markets” With the ECB now unabashedly unleashing a bond bubble in Europe of which it has promised to be a buyer of last resort with the stronly implied hint that European IG companies should issue bonds and buy back shares, and promptly […]
A Quarter Century Of Monetary Voodoo
A Quarter Century Of Monetary Voodoo A Witless Tool of the Deep State? Finance or politics? We don’t know which is jollier. The Republican presidential primary and Fed monetary policies seem to compete for headlines. Which can be most absurd? Which can be most outrageous? Which can get more page views? Politics, led by Donald J. […]
“I’ll Go Full Power If There’s No Agreement” – Kuwait Breaks OPEC Production Freeze
“I’ll Go Full Power If There’s No Agreement” – Kuwait Breaks OPEC Production Freeze Back in late February, when crude prices had just hit a 13 year low, one catalyst unleashed a furious short-covering rally: a WSJ report which cited a delayed SkyNews interview with the UAE energy minister, according to which OPEC would freeze, […]
Why Tomorrow’s “Secret” Meeting Between Russian, Saudi Oil Ministers Will Not Lead To A Cut In Production
Why Tomorrow’s “Secret” Meeting Between Russian, Saudi Oil Ministers Will Not Lead To A Cut In Production For the past two weeks recurring flashing red headlines of an agreement, or at least a meeting, between Russia and Saudi Arabia – the world’s two largest oil producers – have led to aggressive short-covering rallies in oil […]
Chinese Shipyards “Vanish” As Baltic Dry Collapses To New Record Low
Chinese Shipyards “Vanish” As Baltic Dry Collapses To New Record Low Another day, another plunge in The Baltic Dry Index, which just dropped a further 3.1% to 402 today – a new record low. While the index is driving headlines, under the surface, reality in the shipping (and shipbuilding) industry is a disaster. Total orders at Chinese […]
America’s “Inevitable” Revolution & The Redistribution Fallacy
America’s “Inevitable” Revolution & The Redistribution Fallacy Here’s the good news: The chaos and upheaval we see all around us have historical precedents and yet America survived. The bad news: Everything likely will get worse before it gets better again. That’s NYPost.com’s Michael Goodwin’s chief takeaway from “Shattered Consensus,” a meticulously argued analysis of the growing disorder. Author James Piereson […]
An Exasperated Tsipras Calls For Syriza Referendum On Bailout Cancellation
An Exasperated Tsipras Calls For Syriza Referendum On Bailout Cancellation Anyone who thought Greece’s third bailout program was a done deal or that, at the very least, the market would get a few months of respite before having to grapple with daily Grexit headlines again, got a rude awakening late last week when reports of […]
Greece Caves, Formally Requests ESM Bailout: Full Headline And Next Steps Summary
Greece Caves, Formally Requests ESM Bailout: Full Headline And Next Steps Summary As we reported yesterday, following the latest European leaders summit, Greece was given until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe’s currency […]
