US Futures, Bonds Rise, Dollar Dips As Fed, BOJ Meetings Begin
If yesterday one could "explain" the overnight stock levitation due to the move higher in crude oil, today there is no such catalyst with WTI down modestly, and yet the broader push higher across...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 20
How Police Tracked Down Bombing Suspect Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami (WSJ)Dollar Falls With Treasuries Amid Fed, BOJ Countdown; Oil Rises (BBG)Fed again poised to cut longer-run interest rate forecast...
View ArticleIs This Why Deutsche Bank Is Crashing (Again)?
Deutsche's dead-bank-bounce is over. The last few days have seen shares of the 'most systemically dangerous bank in the world' plunge almost 20%, back to record lows as the DoJ fine demands reawoken...
View ArticleThree Charts Every Investor Needs to See Now
The markets are in waiting mode as the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve meet this week.However, smarter markets than stocks are already adjusting to a weak global economy. Oil, which lead the S&P...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank's Trading At a Quarter of Book Value and Here's Why
Deutsche Bank is trading at 1/4 its book value. Book value is the measure that the street uses to value banks. Unfortunately, boo value is meaningless for banks today, who's books are no longer marked...
View ArticleAll 4 Signals That Have Led To A Recession Before Are Present Again: Just One...
According to Deutsche Bank, four signals are in place that have been associated with US recessions in the past: The US profit recession: US NIPA margins peaked in Q2 2014 and have been on a declining...
View ArticleGold 'Bugs' Rejoice – Central Banks Think You’re On To Something
Gold Bugs Rejoice – Central Banks Think You’re On To Somethingby John Stepek, Editor of Money WeekCentral banks have got the economy and markets covered.They know what they’re doing. Their theories are...
View ArticleCould Germany Ever Allow Deutsche Bank To Go Under?
Via Golem XIV blog,Deutsche Bank, one of Europe’s behemoths, is in very deep trouble having lost 90% 0f its share price value since 2007, has been falling sharply all this last year (48% loss this...
View Article"Deutsche Bank May Ultimately Need A State Bailout" - Handelsblatt
While the most recent set of troubles plaguing Deutsche Bank have been duly documented here, most recently yesterday when the stock price tumbled once again just shy of all time lows over fears the...
View ArticleHanging by a Thread: “Very skeptical” judge - a former FBI/SEC official, eyes...
By Allan Flynn, Guest Post at BullionStar.comFive months have lapsed without decision, since London gold and silver benchmark-rigging class action lawsuits received a cool response in a Manhattan...
View ArticleTrump and Clinton Are “Positive For Gold” – $1,900/oz by End of Year
Trump or Clinton are "positive for gold" and prices could rise to between $1,700 and $1,900 per ounce by year end according to Canadian gold mining magnate Rob McEwen.Gold “is a currency that doesn’t...
View ArticleMonte Paschi Rescue On The Rocks: Regulators Now "Expect Bank To Ask Italy...
Ever since two months ago, when Italy's third largest bank - and the world's oldest - Sienna's Monte dei Paschi, failed Europe's latest stress test, it had scrambled, and assured markets, that it would...
View ArticleAn Analysis of Deutsche Bank's Likely Recapitalization - German Tax Payer...
Deutsche Bank is going to need some money, and it's going to need some quite soon. The next two or three articles that I write will focus on why there is such a need. In a concerted effort to reduce or...
View ArticleGold Up 1.5%, Silver Surges 3% - Yellen Stays Ultra Loose At 0.25%
Gold was up 1.5% and silver surged 3.1% yesterday after Janet Yellen again failed to raise rates from record lows at 0.25%. The Fed maintained ultra loose monetary policies which are again creating...
View ArticleGerman Politicians Are Getting Nervous About Deutsche Bank
Just a few short days after Germany's premier financial publication Handelsblatt dared to utter the "n"-word, when it said that in the aftermath of last week's striking $14 billion DOJ settlement...
View ArticleGlobal Central Bank-Driven Stock Rally Fizzles; Crude Rebounds On Saudi Oil...
Until several minutes ago, the rebound in global equities observed this week on the back of continued easy central bank policy, appeared to be running out of steam as oil retreated from a two-week high...
View Article"It May Be Over For The BOJ" - Wall Street Throws Up On Kuroda's "Disastrous"...
Two days day after the BOJ unveiled its “QQE with Yield Curve Control” (but no fries), the sellside has had time to digest the central bank's latest proposal and the assessment, unlike that of Dan...
View ArticleWhy Europe Secretly Roots For Donald Trump
Submitted by Matthew Karnitschnig via Strategic-Culture.org,Careful observers of European politics might be forgiven for asking if — behind the exclamation of shock and horror over the prospect of a...
View ArticleMerkel Rules Out Bailout For Deutsche Bank: Depositor Bail-In Coming Up?
Submitted by Mish Shedlock of MishTalkThe €42 trillion (notional) derivatives mess known as Deutsche Bank remains under severe pressure. Its market cap is $17 billion. It has no earnings and pays no...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Stock Plunges To All Time Low After Merkel Rules Out State...
As reported over the weekend, in an unexpected announcement Angela Merkel announced that she has ruled out state aid for Deutsche Bank, and the market reaction has been swift and brutal, with the...
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