Frontrunning: January 30
Falling Prices Spread Pain Far Across The Oil Patch (WSJ)ISIS Group Claims Responsibility for Attacks That Killed 27 in Egypt (NBC)Russia Unexpectedly Cuts Key Rate as Economy Eclipses Ruble...
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Denmark Launches "Back-Door QE", Halts Treasury Issuance: Why DKKEUR Could Be...
While much has been said about last week's third in two weeks rate cut by the Danish Central Bank, one which brought the deposit rate to -0.50%, having previously cut it to -0.35% and -0.2% in the...
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RBA cuts interest rates to record low of 2.25% (SMH)RBI keeps rates on hold (Reuters), India allows banks flexibility on big projects to reboot growth (Reuters)BP slashes capital spending by 20%...
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Arab World Unites to Condemn ‘Barbaric’ Death of Jordanian Pilot (BBG)Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot's death (Reuters)As Oil Prices Climb, Some Harbor Doubts (WSJ)Taiwan plane...
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Rate cuts since Lehman: 542 and counting
Follow Zerohedge in Real-Time on FinancialJuiceHEADLINES MOVING MARKETS TODAYGreece's Tsipras Insists On New Deal With CreditorsGreek FM pledges 'frenzy of reasonableness'Greek Cbank Gov: Greek...
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RadioShack files for bankruptcy; Sprint to take over some stores (Reuters)Kansas To Issue Bonds and Invest Proceeds to Boost Pension Returns (WSJ)Merkel to Make Last Push With Putin as Pessimism...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 9
Greek Risk Draws Global Concern on Lehman Echo Warnings (BBG)Merkel to urge caution in U.S. as pressure builds to arm Ukraine forces (Reuters)West Races to Defuse Ukraine Crisis (WSJ)German-French Push...
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Greek defense minister says Greece has Plan B if EU rigid on deal (Reuters)Germany rejects Greek claim for World War Two reparations (Reuters)Greece to Seek $11.3 Billion in Financing to Avoid Funding...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 11
Methodology change sees Indian economy grow faster than China's (Reuters)Can Greek Businesses Even Survive? (WSJ)Putin to travel to Minsk talks raising hopes of a deal over Ukraine (Euronews)Ukraine...
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Bank Of America Used Government-Backed Funds For "Reckless, Extremely...
When we recently described in detail the reason, or rather 70.3 trillion reasons, why Citigroup scrambled to make sure the swap push-out provision language remained in the Cronybus government funding...
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Austria's 3rd Largest Bank Goes Full Bear Stearns: CEO Blames "Short Sellers"...
You know it's bad when... you start blaming speculators. Very reminiscent of the "it's not us, we have a solid balance sheet, it's the short selling speculators" bullshit in the days before and after...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 12
'Glimmer of hope' for Ukraine after deal at Minsk peace summit (Reuters)Ruble Rebounds, Russian Stocks Surge on Ukraine Cease-Fire Deal (BBG)Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout...
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GATA And Martin Armstrong Have Gone At It For Nearly 17 Years!
A couple of days ago a Café member sent me some of the latest commentary by Martin Armstrong of Armstrong Economics, formally of Princeton Economics International. As you will read, he continues his...
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HSBC Bank: Secret Origins To Laundering The World's Drug Money
Submitted by the Drug Trafficking & Narco-Terrorism Department of GreatGameIndia HSBC Bank : Secret Origins To 26/11 Mumbai Attacks#SwissLeaks what the media has termed it is a trove of secret...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 17
Markets From Stocks to Debt to Euro Show Little No Panic (BBG)Greek Euro Exit Risk Increases as EU Delivers Ultimatum (BBG)Oil rises to $62, near 2015 high as Mideast risks support (Reuters)Texas judge...
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How To Trade The Grexit Scenarios, And What The "Worst-Case" Looks Like
When it comes to trading the possibility of a Grexit, Bloomberg strategist Vassilis Karamanis writes,that there are three possible outcomes.Scenario 1: Greece exits the euroProbability of Grexit is now...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 19
Greece requests euro zone loan extension, offers big concessions (Reuters)Germany Rejects Loan Request Saying Greece Must Meet Conditions (BBG)Did the Fed Just Enter the Currency Wars (BBG)French...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 20
Greece Should Not Give In to Germany’s Bullying (FP)Greece Can Pay Its Debts in Full, but It Won’t (WSJ)Early Friday humor: Euro Region Economy Strengthens Amid Wrangling on Greece (BBG)Euro zone may...
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Tsipras Tamed as Economists Declare Greece Loses Austerity Fight (BBG)Greece readies reform plans to first sign of leftist unrest (Reuters)Yellen Faces Congress Amid Direst Threat to Fed Since...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 24
Yellen faces Senate grilling on Fed rate policy, transparency (Reuters)Big Banks Face Scrutiny Over Pricing of Metals (WSJ)Greece makes more concessions to euro zone, Germany sets vote (Reuters)Time...
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