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The Dummies Guide To Understanding The Middle East
Over the weekend we laid out the textual "short guide to the Middle East", today we provide the graphic (visual) version of the dummies guide to the Middle East. Simple, right? h/t @DismantleFed
View ArticleGuest Post: China and Japan Really Don't Like Each Other
Submitted by Zheng Wang via The Diplomat,Having friends in both China and Japan, I have often been asked to explain both sides’ actions since the Diaoyu/Senkakus crisis began in September 2012. For...
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SocGen's Shocking Oil Forecast: $150 Upside; $125 Base Case Following Syrian...
If SocGen is right in its just released oil price forecast in a "Syrian war world", then the global economy is about to undergo an apoplectic shock the likes of which have not been seen since the...
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Crude Breaks Through An Asian Sea Of Red To 27 Month High
UPDATE 2:INR at 68.00 (-3.25% - biggest single-day drop since Sept 1995) and WTI Crude at $112.00 -- BNP Paribas Cuts India FY14 GDP Est. to 3.7% From 5.2%) -- *INDIA RUPEE DROPS 19.2% THIS YEAR, SET...
View ArticleTepco Lies Again, Admits Radioactive Leak "May" Have Started A Month Earlier
Remember that recently announced leak at Fukushima (which we first noted nearly a month ago), which Tepco promised was nothing really, only to subsequently admit 300 tons of radioactive water was...
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Indian Rupee Collapses By Most In Over 20 Years
UPDATE: It would appear Abe got a late-afternoon phone-call to sell some JPY and buy some Indian 10Y bonds... (since Traders have not seen the RBI intervene directly - or thru local banks) From a weak...
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DUPLICITY AND A GOOD CANING
DUPLICITY AND A GOOD CANINGBy Russ Winter of Winter ActionablesWhen I try to hazard a guess about what US policy is about, the word “duplicity” comes to mind. The Syrian crisis is no exception....
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This Company’s Burn Rate Should Scare The Hell out of You!
Posted at http://capitalistexploits.at/ Burn Rate: Investopedia - “The rate at which a new company uses up its venture capital to finance overhead before generating positive cash flow from operations....
View ArticleObama "Concludes" That Assad Carried Out Chemical Attack
One week after the fact, without the UN inspectors having completed their job, and without any actual evidence presented to the general public...BREAKING: Obama: US has 'concluded' that Syrian...
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Nigerian Scam Emails To Get Facelift Thanks To Goldman, UBS, Credit Suisse
Nigeria, Africa's top oil-producing nation, has a problem - too much money in its sovereign wealth fund and no idea what to do with it. Have no fear though, for as Reuters reports, Goldman Sachs, UBS,...
View Article22 Reasons Why Starting World War 3 In The Middle East Is A Really Bad Idea
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,While most of the country is obsessing over Miley Cyrus, the Obama administration is preparing a military attack against Syria which has the...
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Why Emerging Market FX Has Further To Fall
The current external environment and consequence of past policies are limiting options for EM nations (most specifically Indonesia and India). Citi believes the best they can do now is to smooth the...
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Syria: Over by Christmas or Voices from the Past?
Follow ZeroHedge in Real-Time on FinancialJuiceFrench President François Hollande jumped straight in declaring in more Sarkozy-style fashion than ex-President Sarkozy himself that he would attack...
View ArticlePresenting The Numerous, Undisputed And Very Clear Signs That India's...
Citizens of India have been watching, in stunned amazement, as over the past month the local currency has lost an unprecedented 15% of its value, with a record plunge taking place just last night. And,...
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The "War" Effect
How do markets (US equities, Gold, Crude Oil, and the USD) react around US military conflicts...?Citi shows what happened before-and-after the Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya... and why...
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Are FX Markets "Rigged" At The London Closing Fix?
"Banging the close," is hardly a new 'event' but the ubiquity with which it is occurring around 4pm GMT (when major FX market benchmarks known as 'WM/Reuters rates' are set) is prompting authorities to...
View ArticleGuest Post: On Syria, Don’t Bark Louder Than You Bite
Submitted by James R. Holmes via The Diplomat,“No one wants to be known as the leader who fought for justice half-heartedly. Take it from Truman and Bush.”What remedy does justice prescribe for a...
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War Games: The Syrian Military Theater Of Operations In Two Charts
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says that US forces are "ready to go" if the administration decides to strike against alleged Syrian chemical weapon use. As Bloomberg notes in the infographic below, US...
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The Ultimate Visual Guide To Syria
Everything you wanted to know about the potential Syrian conflict (and didn't want to read) in 10 handy infographics...Air BasesTargets of a U.S. strike could include helicopter and fixed wing aircraft...
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Citi Asks "How High Can Gold Ultimately Go?"
Via Citi FX Technicals,Gold looks to have found a base...Following the multi-year surge in Gold the recent fall took us 14% below the 55 month moving average. That is exactly what happened in 1976...
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