Trump To Fed: “Bow Down To Caesar” Or Risk “Horrifying Misstep”
“The institutional threats they face make the thought of any misstep horrifying. With all of the sniping from other parts of Washington and the looming new appointments, they understand the need to be the perfect Caesar’s wife. A lot to ask as they disengage the policy auto-pilot of the last eight years.”
No Trouble In Little China And Nothing Doing In Oz
It was a relatively quiet overnight session on the news front, although you wouldn’t know
Key Calls (Tuesday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations
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Goldman: Turns Out It’s Best If You’re Fully Invested On Good Days And Out On Bad Days
The peanut gallery really enjoys bombarding me with criticism regarding my repeated calls for investor
Black Brain Surgeon: When You Think About Immigrants, Don’t Forget That Slaves Worked Really Hard For “Even Less”
Frederick Douglass would be proud. Assuming he wasn’t so busy today that he missed this…
Oklahoma Lawmaker Just Wants To Know If All Muslims Beat Their Wives
A lot of times when you see something absurd, it strikes you as funny at first
Beware The German “Hump”
I’ve talked tirelessly (well, I haven’t gotten tired of it, maybe you have) about the
Chart Check: Was $13 Trillion “Peak Negative”?
Earlier today we discovered that while the total stock of negative yielding debt may be
Monday Humor: Compare & Contrast
Courtesy of a guy who no one except Donald Trump takes seriously…
WTF Chart Of The Day: “And Now For Something Even More Bizarre”
Well, I guess this is what happens when a central bank moves to corner the market on corporates just as swap spreads balloon wider on a flight to safety bid triggered by mounting political risk.
“This Is How You Sustain A Dictatorship”: Trump’s Ministry Of (Twitter) Truth
“They believe that the words that come from their mouths as powerful leaders are the truth and that the media, when it strays from them, is telling lies. That’s autocratic thinking — and it is how you sustain a dictatorship.”
“There Are Plenty Of Investors Who Would Celebrate An 8% Drop”
“There are also plenty of investors who’d celebrate a drop of 8% or so as an opportunity to finally buy in to this bull market that they’ve missed”…
Oil Demand Set To Overtake Supply, Goldman Imagines
There’s an old saying in Tennessee – it’s probably in Tennessee, I know it’s in
Key Calls (Monday): Goldman Lifts Alcoa Plus Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations
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Don’t Be A “Killjoy”, Richard
“I feel like a bit of a killjoy. I can’t quite bring myself to try to play the hero and call the end of recent moves. But I’m close.”
This “Elephant” Chart Proves It’s Good That ‘Joe’ Lost His Job
Earlier, I explained why ‘Joe’ losing his job was a good thing. I won’t recap the
A Stunning Disconnect: Asset Price Inflation Versus Real Economy
Things that make you go hmmm…
Joe Lost His Job! Good.
“Mr Trump’s anti-globalisation posturing may be, as Mr Moore has put it, “sweet music†to the ears of the white working class. But it won’t bring back Flint, or Frankfort.”
7 Signs Of The (Market) Apocalypse
“While we’re not (yet!) expecting the equivalent of the fall of the Roman Republic, we are nevertheless very suspicious of the presumption that recent technical strength can continue.”
2/3 Of The World Is Pissed At Their Government
“Is the country you live in on the right track? If your answer is no, then you’re in good company. Nearly two thirds of people around the world believe their country is heading in the wrong direction.”
High Cotton: Commodity Bets Soar To Records, Hogs Still Skeptical
“Bullish bets on oil, copper and cotton futures all hit record levels in January, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that goes back to 2006. That was the first time in nearly a decade that this cross section of materials and resources established new highs simultaneously.”
Your Ultimate Visual Guide To Angry Politics
On Saturday, I brought you “3 Dramatic Charts Show The ‘Collapse’ Of Global Political Order.”
National Lampoon: HuffPo Hilariously Mocks Trump Rallies As “Tens Of People” Turn Out
“With the help of Trump protesters, many of the crowds appeared to top dozens of people or more”…
Surprise! Trump Relied On Bannon’s Breitbart For Obama Phone Tap Story
Heisenberg is no “fan-o-Breitbart.” Indeed, I contend that the outlet formerly run by Steve Bannon is a
3 Dramatic Charts Show The “Collapse” Of Global Political Order
Over the past couple of months, I’ve written quite a bit in these pages about
Making America Great Again, One Recession At A Time
“According to research from the Peterson Institute, under a full trade war, the US economy would be pushed into a recession over the next 2 years and the unemployment rate would push above 8%.”
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