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US Equities Slump To Worst Week In 5 Months
This week saw the largest plunge in US macro data in 11 weeks pushing us back towards the lowest levels since August. Fundamentals (macro and also micro- earnings) did have some impact - with stocks...
View ArticleThe Week That Was: April 15th-19th 2013
Succinctly summarizing the positive and negative news, data, and market events of the week...PositivesGold selling off hard - Investors no longer worried about inflation is the meme (What Happened Last...
View ArticleBoston Bomber Tweeting In August 2012: "Boston Marathon Isn't A Good Place To...
Now that the media has identified the twitter account of one of the two Boston bombers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, who used the handle @J_tsar, the poring over each tweet begins for hints into his motivations....
View ArticleJohn Hussman: The Importance Of Understanding The Tenuous Equilibria Of The...
Via Adam Taggart of Peak Prosperity,At the Wine Country Conference in Sonoma, California two weeks ago, John Hussman gave a presentation on the importance of equilibrium in today's markets.Many of the...
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A Potential "Boston Bomber" Getaway Car?
It was reported previously that police were on the hunt for a Honda CRV, allegedly a car belonging to a potential Boston suspect. Shortly thereafter the car was found, but not the suspect. However, we...
View ArticleGuest Post: Is Cyber War The New Cold War?
Submitted by Trefor Moss of The Diplomat,Cyberspace matters. We know this because governments and militaries around the world are scrambling to control the digital space even as they slash defense...
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Police Surround House Where Dzhokar Tsarnaev Is Hiding - Live Feed And Police...
Just breaking headlines, well, tweets in this case:Multiple shots fired in Watertown. A body has been found on a boat inbackyard. #wcvb— Kristen Setera (@KristenWCVB) April 19, 2013BREAKING:...
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Options Expiration Market Distortions
There was little in the way of economic data Friday but primarily there was the earnings hangover from IBM (negative) and beats from GOOG and MSFT. The latter allowed a rally Friday in the tech laden...
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100 Years Of Government's Takeover Of The Economy
The ever-encroaching 'might' of the government - or perhaps, put another way, the ever-decreasing need to be gainfully employed or productive... (h/t @Not_Jim_Cramer)
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Italy's 87 Year Old Outgoing President To Break Political Impasse, To Get...
Update: 87 year old Giorgio Napolitano has been reelected as president of Italy during the 6th consecutive vote. He becomes the first Italian president to serve two terms. Earlier today the fifth...
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Obama To Sell $10 Billion In Weapons To Israel, Saudi Arabia And The UAE
Having been denied the ability to control guns by the democratically-controlled Senate last Wednesday in the biggest slap to the administration's face in a long time, Obama decided promptly to put as...
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FBI Interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev In Early 2011: Suspects' Mother Claims FBI...
Yesterday we reported that the initial, and largely expected, response by the father of the Boston bombing suspects, Anzor Tsarnaev, was that they had been set up by US secret services. As RT reported...
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"Terrorista#1"
Last night we showed what turned out to be Dzhokar Tsarnaev's 'getaway' vehicle from images on his twitter feed. It turns out that in one of those images was another car - a black BMW 330Xi - that has...
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What An 'Alleged' Terrorist Looks Like In Infrared
Massachusetts State Police have just released these stunning images of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's 'heat signature' as he hid in the boat... Via @MassStatePolice
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“Before We Plunge Ahead In Creating a Fishbowl Society of Surveillance, We...
Americans are already the most spied upon people in history.Yet spying didn't stop the Newtown massacre, the Boston terror attacks or 9/11.(Indeed, the FBI interviewed one of the Boston terrorist...
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Jim Chanos On China's 'Edifice Complex'
Since 2009, Jim Chanos has been warning of the real estate bubble in China and he is as concerned as ever given the new government's actions (and likely inactions). The presentation (from last week’s...
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Japan's Inflation Propaganda And Why The BoJ Better Hope It's Not Successful
The existing (and ongoing) massive expansion of base money into the banking systems of the US, England, and Japan is without precedent. As Nomura's Richard Koo notes, at 16x statutory reserves, the...
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10 Signs The Paper Gold Crash Unleashed An Unprecedented Demand For Physical...
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,The crash of the price of paper gold on Monday has unleashed an unprecedented global frenzy to buy physical gold and silver. All over the...
View ArticleThe Secret World Of Gold
In a wide-ranging look at the history and present of the barbarous relic, CBC's Brian McKenna and Ann-Marie MacDonald have gathered many perspectives (pro and con) on gold. The following documentary...
View ArticleBill Gross' World View In Four Words
"Tough Slog" or "The Unimaginable"Gross: The world looks 4 a new Keynes but w/ hi deficits & 0% rates there is only a long tough slog ahead @ best & the unimaginable @ worst.— PIMCO (@PIMCO)...
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