Today's Stock Ramp Caught On Tape
At 15:45:31 on a quiet Friday afternoon in August, someone decided that they needed to buy 7,000 e-mini contracts (or $582 million notional of equity exposure). By the end of that minute, 23,679...
View ArticleDR BeN DaRWiN...
Reguired reading: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/larry-summers-and-the-secret-end-game-mem...
View ArticleIs The US In A Recession?
Via Gordon T. Long,Will the US soon enter a Recession or is it actually in a Recession? Is there a possibility the US is in a Stealth Depression?Lance Roberts, Charles Hugh Smith and Gordon T Long...
View Article"Hello Scotia Mocatta, It's JPMorgan... Yes, Again... We Need More Gold"
It happened again.And like the last time JPM plundered 20K ounces of Scotia gold on August 8...... JPM took directly from Scotia's registered gold inventory. We wonder how regular, non-TBTF customers...
View ArticleChina's Unprecedented Demographic Problem Takes Shape
Chinese society is on the verge of a structural transformation even more profound than the long and painful project of economic rebalancing, which the Communist Party is anxiously beginning to...
View ArticleThe Taper Risk Is In Stocks Not Bonds
According to the Fed, QE's aim was to drive down interest rates to unattractive levels by purchasing bonds in the market, thus encouraging participants to purchase riskier (and higher-yielding)...
View ArticleDetroit Has Gone To The Dogs... Literally
Detroit may be on its way to becoming a ghost town, but the disappearance of homo sapiens from the streets just means the largest US bankrupt city is about to have a new master - man's formerly best...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Preparing A Cruise Missile Attack Against Syria
Earlier today, in "US Refines "Military Options" Ahead Of Syrian Strikes", we reported on what we thought was now inevitable especially since it was in agreemenet with what we predicted with absolute...
View ArticleSyriana: Official Tells CNN US Could Strike Within Hours; Russia Warns...
Things are now pretty much on autopilot:WAR DRUMS: An official tells @CNN The U.S. could strike #Syria within hours- @PoliticaILine -Israelis scramble for gas masks- @TimesofIsrael— Breaking911...
View ArticleAmericans Would Rather Get a Root Canal or a Colonoscopy than Launch War...
We noted last month than Congress is less popular than North Korea, cockroaches, lice, root canals, colonoscopies, traffic jams, used car salesmen, Genghis Khan, Communism, BP during the Gulf oil...
View ArticleDespite "Austerity" Greek Debt Is Rising At Its Fastest Rate Since March 2010
The total amount of Greek government debt outstanding has grown so much over the last 15 months that it has retraced over 60% of the 'haircut'-based reduction and has jumped a stunning 14.5% in that...
View ArticleGuest Post: 15 Signs That Obama Has Already Made The Decision To Go To War...
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,Following John Kerry's press briefing, it appears the Obama administration seems absolutely determined to help radical Islamic jihadists that...
View ArticleNew York, Miami and New Orleans to Flood
Follow ZeroHedge in Real-Time on FinancialJuiceA study carried out recently by Nature Climate Change took a look at and analyzed past and present floods in the world and was able to predict the future...
View ArticleGold Slamdown Deja Vu
It appears Mikael Charoze (remember him from the list of "people bringing you your daily does of 'currency manipulation'"), who once upon a time worked in Basel, and is now in HK, is bright and early...
View ArticleNope, No Inflation Here!
Once again we ask (rhetorically of course), just what is it that the-powers-that-be mean when they discuss "inflation"? As we noted a year ago, while the "ZIRP is the answer to all" solution has led to...
View ArticleRon Paul Warns "Middle Of The Road In Healthcare Leads To Socialism"
Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute,The ever-expanding role of government in healthcare provides an excellent example of Ludwig Von Mises’ warning that “The Middle of the Road Leads to...
View ArticleUS State Department Indefinitely Postpones Meeting With Russia On Political...
US-Russian relations are rapidly going from bad to worse to hopeless. As if open public disagreement over Syria expressed in every possible venue and medium, and foreign policy in general was not...
View ArticleAsian FX Bloodbath Re-ignites; Stocks/Bonds All Sliding
After a brief and hopeful respite, the Indonesian Rupiah has collapsed by 3.9% in the evening's session - the biggest drop in 5 years. A close second is the Indian Rupee which has colapsed back from...
View ArticleThe Creeping Fear Of The "Great Normalization" Of US Monetary Policy
There is a recurring nightmare that is playing out once again in many of the most leveraged asset-classes in the world's so-called 'markets'. The theme is that of an improving US economy which is...
View ArticleImages From 'Surgical' Damascus Explosions
At least 50 people have been killed in two strong explosions that ripped through the Syrian capital, Damascus, in the deadliest attack on the capital since the country's uprising began 14 months ago....
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