New From Epsilon Theory: ‘Things That Go Bump In The Night’

“Why should we pay good money to buy put options as a hedge on our portfolio when the Fed will give us a put option for free? I think this is the most far-reaching and transformative effect of the extraordinary central bank policies of the past eight years — we are no longer afraid of things that go bump in the night.”

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David Stockman: Politicians Should Be ‘Petrified’ Of This

“Even as a matter of economics 101, the forthcoming $1.8 trillion of combined bond supply from the sales of the US Treasury ($1.2 trillion) and the QT-disgorgement of the Fed ($600 billion) is self-evidently enough to monkey-hammer the existing supply/demand balances, and thereby send yields soaring.”

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Trump Calls Story He Ordered Mueller Fired ‘Fake News’ And Other Video Highlights From Friday

As you know, Donald Trump is loose in Switzerland where world leaders, titans of industry and various other luminaries are being forced to entertain the U.S. President in the interest of giving American citizens a well-deserved break from humoring the failed mail order steak salesman masquerading as a hapless autocrat.

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