Internal Bundesbank Report Predicts New Greek Bailout In Early 2014, More...
An internal Bundesbank document discovered by Der Spiegel states, in opposition to the comments by Germany's electioneering Chancellor Merkel, that Europe "will certainly agree to a new aid program for...
View ArticleThe Incredible Shrinking COMEX Gold Warehouse Inventories
During this banker raid on paper gold and paper silver, while banking shill Nouriel Roubini was spouting more propaganda in the distribution channels of the mass media of a gold collapse to sub-par...
View ArticleGuest Post: British PM Calls On Communities To Support Fracking
Submitted by Joao Peixe via OilPrice.com,British Prime Minister David Cameron has written an article in the Daily Telegraph in which he has called for all UK communities to show support for the...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Hopes "Not All Margin Calls Come At Once In Case Of A Sell-Off"
A recent survey of asset managers globally, managing USD 27.4 trillion between them, found that 78% of defined-benefit plans would need annual returns of at least 5% per year to meet their commitments,...
View ArticleDeutsche: "Either The Central Banks Lose Credibility Soon Or The Markets Have...
Some unpleasant observations from Deutsche Bank below for fans of either central planning and/or risk assets, as having one's cake and eating it too is no longer an option, and one or the other is...
View ArticleMerkel Has Some Words Of Encouragement... Or Is That Warning?
Germany's Angela Merkel visited the German concentration camp in Dachau - the first such visit by a sitting German Chancellor- where one may say, she could have picked her words a tad more...
View Article18 Signs That Global Financial Markets Are Entering A Vicious Circle
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,You can see it coming, can't you? The yield on 10 year U.S. Treasuries is skyrocketing, the Dow has been down for 5 days in a row and...
View ArticleFOMC Minutes Jitters Push Risk Lower
More of the same downward drift this overnight trading session, with early Asian outflows coupled with a fresh record low in the Indian currency, driven in part by reports the Fukushima leak severity...
View ArticleFirst Signs of Hyperinflation Have Arrived: US National Debt Can Travel From...
original artwork above courtesy of @williambanzai7 The first signs of hyperinflation have arrived. As I will explain later in this article, it began last week with the meeting of POTUS Obama and his...
View ArticleFrontrunning: August 29
UN Insecptors to leave Syria early, by Saturday morning (Reuters) Yellen Plays Down Chances of Getting Fed Job (WSJ)JPMorgan Bribe Probe Said to Expand in Asia as Spreadsheet Is Found (BBG)No Section 8...
View ArticleUncertain Market Digests Splintering Of Syria Pro-War Alliance
Overnight, the market continued to digest news out of the UK that the formerly solid pro-war alliance has splintered following a historic vote by the House of Commons, leaving Obama to "go it alone."...
View ArticleFrontrunning: August 30
Al-Qaeda Links Cloud Syria as U.S. Seeks Clarity on Rebels (BBG)Administration Tells Lawmakers of Evidence Linking Assad to Attack (WSJ)Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper to publish...
View ArticleSilver Beats Brent To Top August Performance
It was overall a fairly dismal month for most assets as Deutsche's Jim Reid notes sentiment was weighed down by a) ongoing tapering fears, b) a further shakeup in EM assets and currencies, and later...
View ArticleIt's A Syria's Market
Today's morning summary is a carbon copy of yesterday's. Some things happened, China continues to make up data to fit its current policy outlook, things in Europe continue to go bump in the night ever...
View ArticleSantelli Rants On The Looming Auto Subprime-Loan Crisis
With interest rates rising and now clearly weighing on the housing recovery (and affordability, as we noted earlier), many look at the extreme jumps in auto sales being pumped out today and worry that...
View ArticleMapping The 7 "Risk" Horsemen Of The Sept-ocalypse
Ahead of September, historically the worst month for stocks, Deutsche Bank notes that volatility has picked up and corporate bond issuance has slowed. There are several possible risks over the next few...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 5
BOE Leaves Policy Unchanged as Carney’s Guidance Assessed (BBG)Surprise or not, U.S. strikes can still hurt Assad (Reuters)Samsung Gear: A Smartwatch in Search of a Purpose (BusinessWeek)'Jumbo'...
View ArticleWill Berlusconi Be Responsible For Another European Crisis?
Sylvio Berlusconi is no stranger to being a catalyst for European crisis: in November 2011 it was his unwillingness to leave the PM post (and be replaced with a Goldman technocrat), that precipitated a...
View ArticleThe Complete German Election Preview: The Worst Case Scenario
The 2013 German federal elections may bring about pretty complicated results. With Merkel's junior coalition partner's (FDP) support dropping below the mandated 5% to enter parliament (according to...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 10
Obama Shrinking Second-Term Hastened by Syria Opposition (BBG)Obama says Russian proposal on Syria a potential 'breakthrough' (Reuters)Poll Finds Support Fading for Syria Attack (WSJ)France to...
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