William Henry Jackson Eureka, Colorado 1900 • Contracting US Industrial Output Associated With Onset Of A Recession (WSJ) • “We Frontloaded A Tremendous Market Rally” Former Fed President Admits (ZH) • “It’s A Really Messy Start To The Year” For Markets (BBG) • Saudis Slash European Oil Prices as Middle East Tensions Grow (WSJ) • Saudi Arabia Hikes Domestic Gas Prices By 50% Amid Budget Cuts (CNN) • Spread Between Onshore, Offshore Yuan Widest Since September 2011 (Reuters) • Dow
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DPC Broadway at night from Times Square 1911 • The $289 Billion Wipeout That Blindsided US Bulls (BBG) • A Stock Market Crash Of 50%+ Would Not Be A Surprise (BI) • Bank of America Thinks The Probability Of A Chinese Crisis Is 100% (ZH) • China Injects $20 Billion Into Markets, Hints At Curbs On Share Sales (Reuters) • China Said to Intervene in Stock Market After $590 Billion Rout (BBG) • China Rail Freight Down 10.5% In 2015,
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Marion Post Wolcott Natchez, Mississippi, grocery window 1940 The Chinese stock markets broke through 2 circuit breakers today, breakers that were introduced only a few months ago in response to the market selloff, triggered by a surprise yuan devaluation, in August. The first breaker, at -5%, forced a 15-minute trading halt. The second one, at -7%, halted trading for the rest of the day. For many people, today’s bust can’t have been a huge surprise, because it’s been known for
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AP Refugee carries child in freezing waves off Lesbos 2016 • China Halts Stock Trading After 7% Rout Triggers Circuit Breaker (BBG) • China Factories Struggle As Weak Exports Drag Industry In Asia (Reuters) • China’s Tech Sector Likely Faces Tougher Sledding in 2016 (WSJ) • Obama Dollar Rally Is Forecast to Join Clinton, Reagan Upturns (BBG) • Global Stock Markets Overvalued And Unprepared For Return Of Risk (Telegraph) • Reserve Bank of Australia Index of Commodity Prices (RBA) •
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Russell Lee Bike rack in Idaho Falls, Idaho 1942 • “This Is The Worst Global Dollar GDP Recession In 50 Years” (ZH) • New Year’s Hangover For Wall Street: Earnings Season Misery (MarketWatch) • China’s Factories In The Grip Of Longest Contraction In Six Years (Ind.) • How a Turbulent Year Derailed China’s Reform (WSJ) • Chinese State-Owned Finance Firm Goes Global To Raise Funds (SCMP) • 2015: Peak Cognitive Dissonance (Noland) • Bank of Greece Governor Warns on Measures
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Earl Theisen Walt Disney oiling scale model locomotive at home in LA 1951 • After a Tumultuous 2015, Investors Have Low Expectations for Markets (WSJ) • Will Corporate Investment and Profits Rebound This Year? (WSJ) • A Year of Sovereign Defaults? (Carmen Reinhart) • The Next Big Short: Amazon (Stockman) • The Real Financial Risks of 2016 (Taleb) • High-Yield Bonds: Worthy of the Name Again (WSJ) • Slowdown In Chinese Manufacturing Deepens Fears For Economy (Guardian) • Opinion Divided
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Unknown Gurley-Lord service station, San Francisco 1929 • US Stocks Close Out The Worst Year For The Market Since 2008 (AP) • Oil Drops 31% In 2015 On Global Crude Glut (MarketWatch) • Gold Sinks 10% For 3rd Annual Loss as Platinum, Palladium Hit Hard (Reuters) • Copper Ends Dismal Year on a Low Note (WSJ) • Half a Million Bank Jobs Have Vanished Since 2008 Crisis (BBG) • China December Factory Activity Shrinks (Reuters) • Chicago PMI Plummets To
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