WSJ’s Fed Whisperer Confirms – Fed Is Confused
Federal Reserve officials are split into two camps, according to Wall Street Journal’s Jon Hilsenrath, those who believed that risks to the economy were materializing and those who wanted to…
The Case For Outlawing Cash
Submitted by Bill Bonner via Bonner & Partners, Investors are losing confidence… They’re probably losing confidence in corporate managers, for instance. Who wants to own stock in companies run by…
SEC Suspends Deutsche Bank Research Analyst For “Not Meaning What He Said”
Over a decade ago, Henry Blodgett was barred from the securities industry for promoting dot com companies which he personally though were a “piece of crap.” And while nothing has…
As “Plan A” Fails, This Is What The Fed’s “Plan B” Would Look Like
As you might have noticed, the Fed made a policy mistake in December. We could delve deeply into the specifics, but quite frankly it all boils down to this: Yellen…
Explaining The “General Violence Of The Market’s Extreme Moves”
Earlier today we reported that based on various internal metrics, the market-neutral quant space is suffering one of the most violent deleveraging episodes since the infamous quant blow up in…
Should You Believe The Vampire Squid On Gold?
Submitted by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, I find it fascinating the mainstream corporate media and Wall Street shysters spend SO MUCH time talking down gold and spending…
If Oil Stays At $35, This Is What Energy Company Leverage Will Look Like
With the market enjoying its biggest three-day short-squeeze since 2011, one can be forgiven to forget, if only briefly, that nothing has been fixed. Furthermore, if the OPEC meetings of…
Sudden Death? Junk-Rated Companies Headed for Biggest “Refinancing Cliff” Ever: Moody’s
Wolf Richter, www.wolfstreet.com Most of the defaults, debt restructurings, and bankruptcies so far this year and last year were triggered when over-indebted cash-flow negative companies could not make interest payments…
A New Hampshire Resident Rages Against The Political Machine
Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog, A week after the New Hampshire Presidential Primaries, what lessons, if any, can we take from the dramatic victories of…
Biggest Short-Squeeze In Over 7 Years Sparks 1000 Point Surge In The Dow
There really is only one clip for this… This is the first 3 consecutive 1% gains for S&P since Oct 2011 – most notably S&P remains well below its 50dma……