Explaining The $1 Billion Hostage Deal FT Says Triggered Monday’s Qatar Drama
A hunting trip gone wrong…
A hunting trip gone wrong…
“We have received a number of questions”…
It was a rough day for financial assets in Qatar following a decision by Saudi Arabia,
You might be wondering why Saudi Arabia seemingly gave Qatar the Fredo Corleone treatment on Monday.
“Even if declines stay elevated, there is not room in our view for the market to handle “full capacity†from shale, OPEC and Top Projects at $55/bbl WTI without inventories moving well above the 5-year average on days of demand basis.”
In the middle of one night
Miss Clavel turned on the light
And said, “Something is not right!â€
“How can OPEC avoid this boom-bust cycle and achieve both fiscal stability and rising revenue through oil market share gains?”
Well, things have been “choppy” overnight and especially around the flood of OPEC headlines that
The OPEC headlines started coming in hot and heavy around 4:30 a.m. EST and it
“After Khalid Al-Falih’s comments over the weekend that “We think we have everybody on board†and “Everybody I’ve talked to indicated that nine months was a wise decision†It would appear that a 6-month extension would be a backtracking of sorts.”
“In a notable shift of public opinion, a substantial majority of Americans now favor a travel ban on a person who has recently visited a Muslim country, a new poll shows.”
Yea, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no geopolitical tail risk: for Donald Trump art with us; thy orb and thy staff they comfort me…
So what did we learn last week? Well, we learned that despite what amounts to
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No one should be surprised by this. Pyongyang is hell-bent on staying in the spotlight and Trump’s jaunt across the Mideast threatens to shift the focus away from the North/South tensions. So you know, some sabers needed to be rattled. They’re probably also intent on testing the mettle of new South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Surprise!… Donald Trump is already trying to impede former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s efforts to investigate
It feels quiet in America on Friday morning. Maybe that’s because Donald Trump is leaving
“To date no US President has been impeached by his own party, and given the highly charged partisan environment, we think that evidence of a breach deemed sufficient to trigger impeachment proceedings would have to be very robust. However, if there is a change in the composition of control in Congress post-Midterms and Democrats pick up significant seats, the political calculus could change.”
We start Tuesday on a treasonous note… So because he’s President, Donald Trump gets some
Early last month, we showed you a chart that “made no sense.” See how the
Let’s give it two weeks and revisit this to see who was actually “smart” and who was “dumb.”
“The weekend news – softer industrial production, Capex and retail sales in China, higher oil prices as Saudi Arabia and Russia agree that output cuts should be extended through Q1 2018, a North Korean ballistic missile test – sees us start in mild risk-friendly tone.”
It’s Monday. Hell yeah! Let’s start in China, because… well… because where else, right? We
It takes some time to figure out exactly the right mix of cuts and jawboning to get to that sweet spot. That’s all you’re seeing.
Well (get it?), it’s become apparent over the past two months that the whole “these
Ok, so it’s Monday and France didn’t elect a fascist. So we’ve got that going for
“Do you see what happens Larry?!”
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