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  • March 17, 2016
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High-Risk Regime’s 6-Month Anniversary

Submitted by Salil Mehta of Statistical Ideas High-Risk Regime’s 6-Month Anniversary We are more than 1/2 a year since the August stock market crash, sometimes known as China’s Black Monday. …

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  • March 17, 2016
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What Happens To The Market Next: JPMorgan’s Head Quant Explains

JPM’s head quant, Marko Kolanovic, who turned somehwat gloomy in the past few months, has seen some hits and misses in his recent forecasts. On one hand he did accurately…

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  • March 17, 2016
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Month-End Market Weakness Looms As Monetary Base Trumps Buybacks

Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum via Acting-Man.com, A Useful Leading Indicator? We often see charts comparing the S&P 500 to the growth in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, or more specifically,…

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  • March 17, 2016
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Another Former Fed Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Secret Fed Data

Another day, another criminal Fed employee admits to being just that. Recall that just yesterday we wrote about former NY Fed employee Jason Gross who somehow managed to avoid a…

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  • March 17, 2016
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Hacker Group “Anonymous” Releases Trump’s Social Security, Phone Numbers

Earlier this month, infamous hacker collective Anonymous declared “war” on Donald Trump who they accuse of being a fascist and seeking to institute a dictatorship in America.  We’re not sure…

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  • March 17, 2016
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New Documents Reveal “Hillary Clinton Knew Her BlackBerry Wasn’t Secure”

Was Hillary Clinton just arrogant and ignorant (which is a decisively bad combination as it is) or did she knowingly traffic in state secrets on an unsecure server? That’s pretty…

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  • March 17, 2016
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Five Reasons A Trump Presidency Would Be Good For Gold

Submitted by Peter Diekmeyer via SprottMoney.com, The campaign rhetoric so far indicates that a Trump-led Republican administration would implement “big government conservatism,” policies, financed by increased borrowing and money printing.…

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  • March 17, 2016
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“Data Dependent” Fed Ignores Data But Valuations Matter

Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “Data Dependent Fed” Ignores Data I wrote on Tuesday of this week: “The Fed currently finds itself in a tough spot from a “data…

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  • March 17, 2016
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Fed ‘Downgrade’ Sends Stocks To Largest Quarterly Comeback…Ever

It’s easy… [embedded content] But, before we start, some context for just how different it is this time… if The Dow is able to hold this gain through the end…

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  • March 17, 2016
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“Is This Who We Want” – Hillary Strikes Back With Attack Ad Mocking Trump

When yesterday we showed Donald Trump’s first long overdue Hillary Clinton attack ad (which starred Jihadi John, a laughing Putin, and a barking Hillary) which had a simple message “we…

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