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Author: therealheisenberg
The Incredible Shrinking Playground
“This mechanism of market functioning is a manifestation of systemic causation.”
Trump: ‘I Should Have Left UCLA Players In A Chinese Jail’
“Sins of the father.”
‘So They’ll Bleed’: Here Are The Winners And Losers From Trump’s ‘Middle Class’ Tax Cut
And you know what? It won’t matter.
Mnuchin On Whether He And Louise Linton Are James Bond Villains: ‘It’s A Compliment’
If you’re like everyone else in America, you’ve got some questions for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
Paul Krugman On The GOP’s Final Middle Finger To The Middle Class
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose; in the GOP’s case, that means the freedom to be the party of, by, and for oligarchs they always wanted to be.”
‘We’re Not Stupid’: Top General Says He Would Not Let Trump Launch Illegal Nuke Strike
“We’re not stupid people. We think about these things a lot.”
‘Anything Without A Cusip’
Does that ring a bell? It should.
Panic Time! Turkey Launches Investigation Into Preet Bharara As Zarrab Debacle Spirals Out Of Control
This is what panic looks like.
‘Stick ‘Em Up!’ $100 Billion To Be Recovered In Saudi Crackdown, Probe Widens To Military Officers
“Stick ’em up you rascals!”Â
Sour Note.
Well, an eventful week ended on a sour note, which is a shame for the bulls because Thursday was a barnburner.Â
You Can’t Make This Up
You can’t make this shit up!
‘Rational Exuberance’ – Which Is An Oxymoron
“It has become progressively difficult to say something new.”
A ‘Golden’ Opportunity: Mueller, Flynn, Trump And The Case Of Reza Zarrab
This opens all kinds of doors.
Exodus: U.S. Funds See 3rd Largest Junk Outflow On Record
Just how nervous did folks get during the junk bond rout that finally took a breather when spreads tightened materially on Thursday?
We’re All Doomed: Bitcoin Boy Band Edition
“I know a lot about Bitcoin.”
Mueller Issued Subpoena To Trump Campaign
“…and as a reminder that failure to provide documents as demanded would count as obstructing a grand-jury investigation.”
Jared Kushner Failed To Disclose WikiLeaks Contact, Russian ‘Backdoor Overture’, Dinner Invite
Such documents should have been produced in response to the third request but were not. Likewise, other parties have produced documents concerning а “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” which Mr. Kushner also forwarded.
Death & Taxes.
“That’s one small step for rich people and corporate ‘citizens’ and one giant leap for Republicans who can’t get shit done”…
Here Are Goldman’s Top Themes And Trades For 2018, So If You Don’t Get Rich That’s Your Problem, Ok?
Maybe you heard and maybe you didn’t, but Goldman’s got themselves some trade ideas for 2018 they want to tell you about, ok?
What Caused Japan’s Mini-Volatility Shock?
All’s well that ends well in Japan after a six-day slide. Or maybe not.
‘Father Of HFT’ On Bitcoin Futures: Peterffy Warns CFTC Of ‘Suicidal’ Decision
“…if the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or any other clearing organization clears a cryptocurrency together with other products, then a large cryptocurrency price move that destabilizes members that clear cryptocurrencies will destabilize the clearing organization itself.”
Your Oil And Gas Stocks Just Got Some Really Bad News Out Of Norway
But this is the kind of thing I’m talking about when it comes to markets not appreciating the extent to which everything is now tied up in self-feeding dynamics that no one appreciates.Â
What Global Selloff?
“…the nagging fear that the boy who cried wolf was only telling the truth when everyone had learnt to ignore him.”

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