Frontrunning: July 3
Obama Decries Big Bonuses at Bank Trading Desks as Risky (BBG)India central bank seeks to swap gold to improve reserves quality (Reuters)There goes Q3 GDP: Arthur Strengthens to Become First Atlantic...
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Xi Says China Conflict With U.S. Would Be Disaster (BBG)Short selling drops to lowest level since Lehman (FT)Scoping the new subprime as watchdogs cry 'bubble' (Reuters)Carlos Slim to break up América...
View ArticleFrontrunning: August 4
New War Risk on Russia Fringes Amid Armenia-Azeri Clashes (BBG)Palestinians accuse Israel of breaking seven-hour Gaza truce (Reuters)Argentine Default Sours Outlook for Peso as Talks Ordered...
View ArticleFrontrunning: August 5
Second Ebola patient to arrive in U.S. on Tuesday (Reuters)Ebola Drug Made From Tobacco Plant Saves U.S. Aid Workers (BBG)Egypt plans to dig new Suez Canal costing $4 billion (Reuters)Apple Buybacks...
View ArticleFrontrunning: August 8
Pope Francis calls for action as Iraqi Christians forced to flee (Reuters) Richest Russians Deprived of Luxury Foods by Putin’s Ban (BBG)Exxon Drilling Russian Arctic Shows Sanction Lack Bite...
View ArticleWhat Hedge Funds Did In Q2: Complete 13-F Highlights
Curious what (long) positions hedge funds bought, sold, initiated or liquidated in the second quarter? Then the following summary, courtesy of RanSquawk is for you. And while these 13F reports are far...
View ArticleFrontrunning: August 15
Barack Obama's 'vacation from hell' (Politico)Russian aid convoy checked; military vehicles mass near Ukraine (Reuters)Ukraine Says APCs Entered From Russia to Aid Insurgents (BBG)Islamic State Said to...
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NAFTA Is 20 Years Old – Here Are 20 Facts That Show How It Is Destroying The...
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,Back in the early 1990s, the North American Free Trade Agreement was one of the hottest political issues in the country. When he was running...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 3
Confusion as Ukraine and Russia announce progress towards peace (Reuters)... but not for stock buying algos, they know everythingObama Expresses Skepticism About Possible Ukraine Cease-Fire...
View ArticleToxic Mix Blows up: Oil Price Collapse & Junk Bond Insanity
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichterIt’s now called a “collapse”: The US benchmark light sweet crude plunged 4.6% to settle at $81.84 a barrel on Tuesday, the lowest...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 23
Canada PM vows crackdown after capital shocked by fatal attacks (Reuters)Canada Gunman Was Convert to Islam With Criminal Record (BBG)Some U.S. hospitals weigh withholding care to Ebola patients...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 24
Doctor with Ebola in New York hospital after return from Guinea (Reuters)Ebola Puts Spotlight on Bellevue, Key NYC Trauma Center (WSJ)Uber Driver Transported Ebola-Positive Doctor in New York (BBG)GOP...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 7
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare (Matt Taibbi)Explains the midterm results: Optimism precedes job data (Reuters)EU Dream Ebbs Amid Weak Growth, Putin's Jets, 25 Years After...
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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The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy
Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatice Earth blog,Jack Delano Cafe at truck drivers’ service station on U.S. 1, Washington DC Jun 1940 We should be glad the price of oil has fallen the way...
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...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 12
Oil slide hits European stocks, safe-haven assets sought (Reuters)IEA Cuts Global Oil Demand Forecast for 4th Time in Five Months (BBG)Cue constant pro-Abe propaganda out of Japan: Japan’s Secrecy Law...
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First Oil, now US Natural Gas Plunges off the Chart, “Negative Igniter” for...
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichterFriday, natural gas futures plunged 6%. Monday morning, when folks were thinking about the beautiful Santa Rally, NG futures plunged...
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We Live In A New World And The Saudis Are The First To Get It
Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,There are many things I don’t understand these days, and some are undoubtedly due to the limits of my brain power. But at the same time some...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 2
The year of dollar danger for the world (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)Draghi Says ECB Prepares Action as Deflation Risk Non-Negligible (BBG)Obama Pivots to Lawmakers: New Plan to Advance Policy Goals by...
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