Aug 132017
 
 August 13, 2017  Posted by at 9:20 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  3 Responses »
Debt Rattle August 13 2017

Vincent van Gogh Still life with bible 1885   • China Takes On State-Owned Firms (Balding) • Trump Warns Xi: Trade War With China Begins Monday (ZH) • The Actual Terrorists (PCR) • How Money Launderers Used Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CNBC) • The Euro Area Is Due for a Reboot. Here’s What Is Being Proposed • Italy’s Midsummer Dream: Shaking Off Sick Man of Europe Label (BBG) • Greece Seen Needing Credit Line To Exit Program (K.) • Stop

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Aug 122017
 
 August 12, 2017  Posted by at 8:39 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  4 Responses »
Debt Rattle August 12 2017

Giorgio de Chirico The Enigma of the Hour 1910   • The Logic of War (Jim Rickards) • Russia Says Bellicose Rhetoric On North Korea Is ‘Over The Top’ (R.) • US ‘Volatility Index’ Spikes To Highest Level Since Election (G.) • Chinese Foreign Real-Estate Spending Plunges 82% (ZH) • Battle of the Behemoths (Jim Kunstler) • US Poised To Become World’s Largest Public-Private Partnership Market (IBT) • The Fed Has 6,200 Tons of Gold in a Manhattan Basement—Or Does

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Aug 112017
 
 August 11, 2017  Posted by at 8:36 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,  7 Responses »
Debt Rattle August 11 2017

Jackson Pollock Reflection of the Big Dipper 1947   • It’s Hard to Price an ‘Extinction Event’ Like a North Korea War (BBG) • In Debt We Trust for US Consumers With $12.7 Trillion Burden (BBG) • Tesla Cars Aren’t As Carbon (And Taxpayer) Friendly As You Think (FMS) • Uber Gets Run Over by its Own Subprime Auto Leases (WS) • Amazon Online Grocery Boom? Not So Fast… (WS) • Amazon Paid Just £15 Million In Tax On European

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Aug 102017
 
 August 10, 2017  Posted by at 9:18 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,  1 Response »
Debt Rattle August 10 2017

Dorothea Lange Rooms for Rent, Mission District. Slums of San Francisco, California 1936   • An Indicator of Peril (Lebowitz) • Former CBO Director: Fall 2017 Will Be “Very Scary”, Expect A Market Crash (ZH) • US Still Stuck Firmly In The Great Recession (BI) • 10 Years After Crisis, Another Crash Is ‘Almost Inevitable’ – Steve Keen (RT) • This $5 Trillion Time Bomb Will Devastate Americans (IM) • New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack

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Aug 092017
 
 August 9, 2017  Posted by at 5:20 pm Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , ,  21 Responses »
It's Time To Support Your President, America

Jean-Michel Basquiat Self Portrait 1982   A Guardian headline today shouts: “Trump Has Taken Us To The Brink Of Nuclear War. Can He Be Stopped?”. And I’m thinking that is such obvious nonsense, how dare you print it? The North Korea nuke build up has been going on for decades, and neither Bill Clinton nor George W. Bush nor Obama ever took any decisive actions against it. And now it all falls into Trump’s lap. But that doesn’t mean he’s

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Aug 092017
 
 August 9, 2017  Posted by at 7:56 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , ,  2 Responses »
Debt Rattle August 9 2017

Fred Stein Police car, New York 1942   • The Only Thing Keeping Italy’s Debt Alive is the ECB (DQ) • Federal Bank Regulator Drops a Bombshell as Corporate Media Snoozes (Martens) • Officials Spend Big In The Run Up To China’s Communist Party Congress (BBG) • China Is Taking on the ‘Original Sin’ of Its Mountain of Debt (BBG) • Jeff Gundlach Predicts He Will Make 400% On Bet Against Stock Market (CNBC) • Our Broken Economy, in One

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Aug 082017
 
 August 8, 2017  Posted by at 9:06 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,  Comments Off on Debt Rattle August 8 2017
Debt Rattle August 8 2017

Vincent van Gogh Tree Roots 1890 (painted July 28, the day before he died)   • That Whoosh You Heard? It’s The Great Chinese Property Pullback (BBG) • Has China’s Rise Topped Out? (BBG) • Credit Card Debt; Student, Auto Loans All Set New Record Highs (ZH) • Asking Prices Slashed At High End of the House Price Bubble (WS) • Is Trump Winning? (Robert Gore) • Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft (Ron Paul) • Just Wait a Little While (Jim

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Aug 072017
 
 August 7, 2017  Posted by at 9:08 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,  1 Response »
Debt Rattle August 7 2017

Fred Stein Man on bumper, New York 1949   • EU Membership For Poland Is Like A Teaser Rate On A Bad Loan – Steve Keen (RT) • How China’s Billion Savers Embarked On A Household Debt Binge (SCMP) • Trump Challenging China On Trade Would Spark ‘Very Aggressive’ Response (G.) • Imperial Folly Brings Russia and Germany Together (Escobar) • A Supervolcano Waiting To Erupt Beneath A Seemingly Beautiful Market (CNBC) • Dead. Market. Walking (ZH) • The Transformation

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Aug 062017
 
 August 6, 2017  Posted by at 8:26 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  7 Responses »
Debt Rattle August 6 2017

Giorgio de Chirico Piazza d’Italia 1913   • The Bursting of the China Credit Bubble (Crescat) • The Swamp Is So Undrainable It Will End Up Making Mincemeat Of Trump (Stockman) • How The Trump Administration Broke The State Department (FP) • Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (Atl.) • Amazon Isn’t The No. 1 Villain In Retail Sector’s Demise (Katsenelson) • On The Beach (John Pilger) • Merkel Is Kowtowing To The German Car Industry (Spiegel) • North Korea Sanctions

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Aug 052017
 
 August 5, 2017  Posted by at 8:54 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , ,  4 Responses »
Debt Rattle August 5 2017

Pablo Picasso Absinthe Drinker 1901   • The Body Language of Power (Handelsblatt) • Let This Be Your Final Warning On US Stocks’ Overvaluation (MW) • Beneath The Glow Of Stock-Market Records Lurk Darkly Bearish Trends (MW) • Albert Edwards: Central Banks To Blame For Impending Disaster (CW) • Paul Singer Rages Against Everything From Passive Investing To Safe Spaces (ZH) • The Amazon Effect: Part Time Jobs Soar By 393K, Full Time Jobs Slide (ZH) • Where The Jobs

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