Pensions and Debt Time Bomb In UK: £1 Trillion Crisis Looms
Pensions and Debt Time Bomb In UK: £1 Trillion Crisis Looms- £1 trillion crisis looms as pensions deficit and consumer loans snowball out of control- UK pensions deficit soared by £100B to £710B, last...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank: "The Fed's 'Transparency' Killed Long-Term Investing"
Two weeks ago, one of our favorite derivatives strategists, BofA Barnaby Martin wrote something we have said for years: "QE has been the most effective way for CBs to 'sell vol'", arguing that...
View ArticleCommodities King Gartman Says Gold Soon Reach $1,400 As Drums of War Grow Louder
Commodities King Gartman Says Gold Soon Reach $1,400 As Drums of War Grow Louder- 'Commodities King' Gartman sees $1,400 gold surge in months- "Gold is the one currency that will do the best of...
View ArticleWhat Wall Street Thinks Of Trump's Tax Plan
Over the weekend, several key aspects of Trump's tax plan were leaked, including a reduction in the tax rate for the wealthiest Americans to 35% as well as plans to cut the top tax rate for “pass...
View ArticleLevered Loan Volumes Soar Past 2007 Levels As "Cov-Lite" Deals Surge
If a surge in covenant-lite levered loans is any indication that debt and equity markets are nearing the final stages of their bubbly ascent, then perhaps now is a good time for investors to take their...
View Article"Gold prices to reach $1,400 before the end of the year" - GoldCore
"Gold prices to reach $1,400 before the end of the year" - GoldCoreby MarketWatchGold finished sharply higher on Monday, recouping roughly half of last week’s loss, as declines in the U.S. stock market...
View ArticleFinancial Advice From Man Who Made $1+ Billion in 1929 - Importance Of Being...
Financial Advice From Man Who Made $1+ Billion in 1929 - Importance Of Being Patient and "Sitting" - Listen to Jesse Livermore and ignore the noise of short term market movements, central bank waffle...
View ArticleGold Standard Resulted In “Fewer Catastrophes” – FT
Gold Standard Resulted In “Fewer Catastrophes” – FT- "Going off gold did the opposite of what many people think" - FT Alphaville- "Surprising" findings show benefits of Gold Standard- Study by former...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Downgraded, Fitch "No Longer Expects Franchise To Recover This...
Fitch has downgraded Deutsche Bank to BBB+ from A- due to continued pressure on earnings, combined with concerns over the prolonged implementation of its recovery strategy.Moody's and S&P remain at...
View ArticleGold Matches S&P 500 Performance In First 3 Quarters; Up 12% 2017 YTD
Editor Mark O'Byrne- Gold climbs over 12% in YTD, matching S&P500 performance- Palladium best performing market, surges 36% 2017 YTD- Gold outperforms Nikkei 225, Euro Stoxx 50, FTSE and ISEQ-...
View ArticleChina Announces RRR Cut Of At Least 50 bps; First Since February 2016
In a sign that China's ongoing attempts to delever (and decelerate) the economy may have gone a bit too far, on Saturday morning China’s central bank announced a targeted reserve requirement ratio...
View ArticleChina Catalyst To Send Gold Over $10,000 Per Ounce?
China Catalyst To Send Gold Over $10,000 Per Ounce?Jim Rickards is on record forecasting $10,000 gold.But is China about to provide the catalyst to send gold even higher? And by how much?Today, we fare...
View ArticleRussia Gold Rush Sees Record Reserves For Putin Era
Russia Gold Rush Sees Record Reserves For Putin Eraby Yuliya Fedorinova of Bloomberg via Irish IndepedentVladimir Putin is doing his part to keep the upswing in gold alive.Since the Russian president...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Performing Assets In September, Q3 And 2017 YTD
While September and Q3 were the latest solid month for US risk assets, which ended the month and quarter at all time highs, across the globe returns were relatively more mixed for the sample of assets...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 3
Gunman had ‘bump-stock’ device that could speed fire (AP)Supreme Court Takes On Partisan Gerrymandering (WSJ)Tom Petty, 'distinctively American' rocker, dies aged 66 (Reuters)White House: Now Isn’t the...
View ArticlePlan For Coming Run On The Pound
Run On The Pound ? Jeremy Corbyn Says Should Plan For- Right to plan for 'run on pound' if Labour wins says Corbyn and Labour party - British pound already down 20% since Brexit, collapse already in...
View ArticleKolanovic: "This Is What The Next Crisis Will Look Like"
There are two distinct parts to the latest, just released research note from JPM's quant "wizard" Marko Kolanovic.In the first part, the infamous predictor of market swoons takes on an unexpectedly...
View ArticleOne Of The World's Biggest Sovereign Wealth Funds Is About To Become A Seller
As regular readers may recall, one of the alleged reasons for the market swoon at the end of 2015 and early 2016 was what Deutsche Bank first dubbed "quantitative tightening" but not by central banks...
View ArticleSafe Haven Silver To Outperform Gold In Q4 And In 2018
Safe haven silver to outperform gold in Q4 and 2018- "Expect silver to eventually outperform gold" say Metals Focus- 2017 YTD, silver has underperformed gold, climbing by 5% versus 11%- Silver...
View ArticleDe-Dollarization & Disintermediation - Russian Mobile Phone Operator Issues...
Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, & Guns blog,For months now Russia has been moving into the blockchain space in a serious way. I’ve talked about these moves in previous articles (here, here...
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