Its Deja BTFD All Over Again
The last 3 weeks have seen the S&P go practically nowhere... but for the majority of those days there has been one 'pattern' that seems mostly predicated on the opening of the US day session and...
View ArticleIs Government Just Spying Like a Giant Peeping Tom … Or Is It Actively USING...
You know that the NSA and other government agencies are spying on all Americans.But is the government just passively spying on us like some giant peeping Tom? Or doing something with that...
View ArticleCarl Icahn Speaks (On Twitter): Reveals "Large Apple Position"
Curious why Carl Icahn has a twitter account? Here's why:We currently have a large position in APPLE. We believe the company to be extremely undervalued. Spoke to Tim Cook today. More to come.— Carl...
View ArticleI've Got Nothing to Hide
Originally posted at: www.capitalistexploits.atI've had 2 speeding tickets in my life. I've never been in a fist fight. I've never robbed a convenient store, or anyone else for that matter. I pay my...
View ArticleGuest Post: That Which Is Incapable Of Reforming Itself Disappears
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,When organizations are incapable of reforming themselves, breakdown is the only possible endpoint. Every failing organization, from empires to school...
View ArticleAbout iCahn's AAPL Activism, And Those AAPL Bonds
While we congratulate Carl Icahn (or is that iCahn) for once again taking over the spotlight in what has otherwise been a newsflow empty summer doldrum week, and like everyone else, are surprised by...
View ArticleChina's $1 Trillion GDP Lie
From goal-seeked GDP, manipulated inflation, liquidity-flow-exaggerated trade data, and hidden (and divergent) PMI details, the question of the unreliability of Chinese data is not a new one. However,...
View ArticleGoOGLe PoRN...
. .h/t @blumaberlin WTF!. Can I rape you?. All Search with no Porn, makes Jack a dull boy... . Pitiful Net Serflings.... I would be concerned too if I weren't in the government.... . Is it safe?...
View ArticleTime To Rotate Into This Best YTD Performing Stock Market
Taper worries got you down? Then forget Europe, don't mess with China, and run from Emerging markets and instead do what all other professional traders do and chase the momentum in this best performing...
View ArticleBinary Bulls Betting On Bullard Brief, Bounced
It seems the headline-reading algos are in charge once again... as Fed's Bullard held an informal discussion this lunchtime, Bloomberg headlines sent the S&P 500 (the index that represents 500...
View ArticleJPM Scapewhaling Conference: Live Webcast
Nothing like kicking a beached scapewhale when it's down. Remember: Jamie Dimon and Ina Drew had no idea, NO IDEA, what the junior traders were doing for months on end when they were losing billions...
View ArticleWhen Inflation Doves Cry
Submitted by Allan Meltzer, originally posted at Project Syndicate,The Wall Street Journal recently ran a front-page article reporting that the monetary-policy “doves,” who had forecast low inflation...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Chimes In, Calls Egypt Situation "Deplorable"
It appears John Kerry has once more disembarked from the "Isabel" and was kind enough to share his latest incisive thoughts on the borderline civil war in non-coup'y, democratic Egypt. From the BBC.US...
View ArticleRecord Student Loan Debt Crushes American Enterpreneurial Spirit
Freshly-minuted MBAs "are willing to sleep on a couch for a year or two, but they can't do it with the burden of student loans," is how on senior lecturer describes the entrepreneurial-spirit-sucking...
View ArticleGuest Post: How Bad Can Things Get?
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,How bad can things get? Nobody knows, but it makes sense to look ahead and plan a response to all 10 problems heading our way rather than bask in the...
View ArticleSantelli Slams Liesman: "There's A Difference Between Real-Life Inflation And...
We have not been shy of sharing our opinion on the hedonics-adjusted, constantly recalibrated-basket-based idiocy that is the government's measures of inflation. However, this morning's Liesman-led...
View ArticleStocks Slump Most In 7 Weeks As Silver Surges
The cluster of Hindenburgs is indicating a very worried market (for example 99 New Highs and 231 New Lows) and for a change a Fed speaker was unable to provide the headline-reading BTFD ammo to save us...
View ArticleWhat Corporations Spend Their Cash On
While bullish talking heads are quick to point out that corporate earnings have never been higher, they tend to get very quiet the second corporate cash flow generation is mentioned. The reason is...
View ArticleMichael Pettis On China's Urbanization Fallacy
Authored by Michael Pettis, originally posted at China Financial Markets blog,The latest default bull argument supporting higher levels of growth in China than I believe possible is the urbanization...
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