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"Most Important Chart For Investors" Updated: Edwards Sees USDJPY 145 Next...
Less than two months ago, Albert Edwards presented "The Most Important Chart For Investors" in which he predicted, correctly, that the real action will come not in the Euro but the Japanese Yen, and at...
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"The hate us for our..." Americans’ Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program (WSJ)Ukraine and Russia take center stage as leaders gather for G20 (Reuters)Moscow and Kiev trade accusations; U.S....
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Scuttled deals worth $580 billion put hedge funds on back foot (Reuters)Mounting Pressure on OPEC Spurs More Wagers on Oil Rally (BBG)It's not just US real estate: Chinese Students at U.S. Universities...
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Anti-HFT Revulsion Grows: IEX Ties For Fourth In Dark Pool Trading Thanks To...
While Wall Street is certainly free to broken record that Michael Lewis' hugely popular story about HFT and market rigging did not impact the natural course of events, the reality is it did: the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 18
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Calls Snap Election (WSJ) - as repeatedly priced in...Flash Boys Raising Volatility in Wild New Treasury Market (BBG)Not Greece again: Greek Bailout Review Stalls as...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 19
Yellen Inherits Greenspan’s Conundrum as Long Rates Sink (BBG)West African Mining Projects Take Hit From Ebola Crisis (WSJ)Saudi oil policy uncertainty unleashes the conspiracy theorists...
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Bank Of Japan Warns Abe Over "Fiscal Responsibility" While Monetizing All Its...
If one were to look up the definition of hypocrisy, the image of BoJ head Kuroda should be front-and-center. Having tripled-down on his money-printing and ETF-buying largesse just last week, he came...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 20
Banks Had Unfair Advantage From Commodity Units (Bloomberg)Report Notes Deals Between Goldman, Deutsche and Others Drove Up Aluminum Prices (WSJ)Goldman, Morgan Stanley Commodity Heyday Gone as Units...
View ArticleThe Wrath of Draghi: Bailed-Out German Megabank Imposes “Negative Interest...
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichterCommerzbank, Germany’s second-largest bank, a toppling marvel of ingenuity during the Financial Crisis that was bailed out by ever...
View ArticleSwiss Gold Initiative: Good Idea with Unintended Consequences
by Keith Weiner There is now a very interesting initiative on the Swiss ballot, which will require the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold 20 percent of its reserves in gold. The voters will decide on...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 24
Grand jury expected to resume Ferguson police shooting deliberations (Reuters)PBOC Bounce Seen Short Lived as History Defies Bulls (BBG)Home prices dropped in September for the first time since January...
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Swiss Yes Vote Possible - First “Gold Rush” Of 21st Century?
Swiss Yes Vote Possible - First “Gold Rush” Of 21st Century?There are just 3 days left until the“Save Our Swiss Gold” referendum this Sunday. On November 30, voters in Switzerland will head to the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 1
Moody’s Downgrades Japan’s Credit Rating (WSJ)China Factory Gauge Drops as Shutdowns Add to Slowdown (BBG)Euro zone factory growth stalls in November as new orders sink (Reuters)Espírito Santo Faces...
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Energy Selling And "The Greatest Crisis Of Faith In The Markets Since The 1930s"
Submitted by Ben Hunt via Salient Partners' Epsilon Theory blog, Young nanny: Look at me, Damien! It's all for you. [she jumps off a roof, hanging herself] – "The Omen" (1976) When one has little...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 3
Fall of the Bond King: How Gross Lost Empire as Pimco Cracked (BBG)Hong Kong 'Occupy' leaders surrender as pro-democracy protests appear to wither (Reuters)Ashton Carter, Ex-Pentagon No. 2, Emerges as...
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"We Are All In A Ponzi-World Right Now, Hoping To Get Bailed-Out By The Next...
One of the most important Zero Hedge posts of the last few years was "The "Muddle Through" Has Failed: BCG Says "There May Be Only Painful Ways Out Of The Crisis"" where The Boston Consulting Group...
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Algo Eyes On Draghi Ahead Of ECB Announcement
Today we'll learn more about whether Mr Draghi becomes Super Mario in the near future as the widely anticipated ECB meeting is now only a few hours away. We will do another summary preview of market...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 4
Thanks Fed: Meet the high schooler who made $300K trading penny stocks under his desk (Verge)Protesters block NY streets after officer cleared in chokehold death (Reuters)U.S. Plans Probe of New York...
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Here Is Oil's Next Leg Down
Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,News reports about developments in the oil markets are coming fast and furious, and none of them indicate any stabilization, let alone rise,...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 8
Welcome to the recovery: Euro zone warning hits stocks, currency as oil plumbs depths (Reuters)Japan GDP Worse Than Initially Reported (WSJ)China trade data well below expectations (BBC)German...
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