Jan 132019
 
Debt Rattle January 13 2019

Vincent van Gogh Field with Flowers near Arles 1888   • Venture Capital Spending Hit All-Time High In 2018 In Tech Bubble 2.0 (Colombo) • Trump Vents Fury Over Russia Stories (G.) • House Democrats Eye Reported FBI Probe Of Trump (R.) • Schumer To Force Vote On US Decision To Lift Sanctions On Russia Firms (R.) • The Manafort Revelation Is Not a Smoking Gun (Maté) • What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals (Stephen Cohen) • Republican Baby Boomers

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Jan 112019
 
 January 11, 2019  Posted by at 10:16 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  7 Responses »
Debt Rattle January 11 2019

Hieronymous Bosch The Haywain Triptych c.1516 (click to enlarge)   • The Stock Market Just Got Off To Its Best Start In 13 Years (MW) • 78% of US Workers Live Paycheck To Paycheck (CNBC) • Fed’s Powell Says He Is ‘Very Worried’ About Growing Amount Of US Debt (CNBC) • Trump Digs In As Shutdown Continues (BBC) • Michael Cohen To Testify Publicly Before Congress In February (G.) • China Set To Lower GDP Growth Target In 2019 (R.)

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Jan 102019
 
Debt Rattle January 10 2019

René Magritte The menaced assassin 1927   • ‘Total Waste Of Time’: Trump Walks Out Of Shutdown Talks With Democrats (RT) • Fed May Be Open To Changes To Balance Sheet Plan (R.) • China Still Borrows Billions In Low-Cost Loans From World Bank (CNBC) • Germany Probably Just Went Into A Recession (BI) • Yellow Vests Hope To Trigger Bank Run With Financial Protest (RT) • Salvini Suggests ‘European Spring’ To Bring End To ‘German-French Axis’ (RT) • MPs

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Jan 092019
 
 January 9, 2019  Posted by at 7:27 pm Finance, Primers Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  9 Responses »
China Won't Be Taking Over

Pablo Picasso Massacre in Korea 1951   In the New Year, after a close to the old one that was sort of terrible for our zombie markets, do prepare for a whole lot of stories about China (on top of Brexit and Yellow Vests and many more windmills fighting the Donald). And don’t count on too many positive ones that don’t originate in the country itself. Beijing will especially be full of feel-good tales about a month from now, around

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Jan 092019
 
Debt Rattle January 9 2019

René Magritte Where Euclid walked 1955   • Trump Calls Illegal Immigration A ‘Crisis,’ Doesn’t Declare Emergency (AP) • House Democrats To Test Republicans On Trump’s Wall Demand (R.) • Cross-Party Alliance Of MPs Tells May: We Will Stop No-Deal Brexit (G.) • May May Have To Draw Up New Brexit Plan Three Days After Commons Defeat (G.) • Brexit Moment in 80 Days, No One Knows What’ll Happen (DQ) • China’s Stability Is at Risk (Christopher Whalen) • China

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Jan 082019
 
Debt Rattle January 8 2019

Pablo Picasso Bather on the beach 1920   • German Industrial Production Unexpectedly Slumps (WSJ) • China’s Current GDP Growth Likely Less Than 6% (CNBC) • Samsung Warns Of 29% Profit Drop (BBC) • UK Not Looking To Extend Article 50, Brexit Minister Says (R.) • UK MPs Raise Safety Fears With Police (G.) • Yanis Varoufakis Says France’s Macron Is a ‘Spent Force’ (BBG) • A Farewell to “Bargain Shopping” (Kunstler) • Rival Fiefdoms Emerge In Scramble Over Trump’s

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Jan 072019
 
Debt Rattle January 7 2019

Berthe Morisot Julie and her boat 1884   • China Has a Dangerous Dollar Debt Addiction (Balding) • China Drops Hints Of Trade Pain Ahead (BV) • US and China To Resume Trade Talks With Both Eager For Compromise (G.) • May To Hold Parliamentary Brexit Vote On January 15 (R.) • Theresa May Pleads For EU To Give Ground And Rescue Brexit Deal (G.) • Germany and Ireland Step Up Efforts To Find Brexit Border ‘Fix’ (G.) • Average

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Jan 062019
 
The Fed IS the Ugly Truth

Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a falcon on his wrist (possibly St. Bavo) 1661   This Fed thing just keeps going on, and it needs to stop. There is nothing in the discussion about the Federal Reserve these days that has any value other than it provides even more proof that the Fed has killed off the most essential elements of what once made the US economy function. All markets, stocks, bonds, housing markets, all price discovery, all murdered. No

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Jan 062019
 
Debt Rattle January 6 2019

Paul Gauguin Osny, rue de Pontoise, Winter 1883   • You Won’t Hear The Ugly Truth From The Fed (Henrich) • Yellow Vests Torch Cars In Chaos Of France’s 8th Weekend Of Clashes (Exp.) • If Corbyn Backs Brexit, He Faces Electoral Catastrophe (O.) • Brexit Deal Critics Risking Democracy – May (BBC) • EU Dashes May’s Hopes Of Landing Better Brexit Deal (Ind.) • Hackers Release 9/11 Papers, Say Future Leaks To Burn Down US Deep State (RT) •

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Jan 042019
 
Debt Rattle January 4 2019

Yasuhiro Ishimoto Untitled, Chicago 1950   • Congratulations! Apple Loses Record $463 Billion in Market Cap in Three Months (Mish) • Apple Just Lost A Facebook (CNBC) • Apple Suffers Its Biggest Single-Day Loss In 6 Years (CNBC) • Why This Time Is Different (MooTrades) • Democrats Introduce Impeachment Articles On 1st Day In The House (RT) • Canada Says 13 Citizens Detained In China Since Huawei CFO’s Arrest (R.) • UBS Chairman Pours Cold Water On Deutsche Bank Merger

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