Frontrunning: September 29
Commodities in crisis as Asian shares tumble and shipper files for bankruptcy (Reuters)Global Rout Eases as S&P 500 Futures Advance With Oil, Glencore (BBG)Chinese Stocks Decline Most in a Month in...
View ArticleVaroufakis Releases Full List Of Public Speaking Fees To Mute "Greek Outrage"...
He may no longer be antagonizing Djisselbloem and the Eurogroup of finance ministers with his inexplicable adherence to practical mathematics, but former Greek fin min Varoufakis remains firmly in the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 25
European stocks up, oil slides as concerns ease over Russia-Turkey tension (Reuters)ECB discusses two-tiered bank charges, broader bond buys (Reuters)Skies Darken for Accord on Syria With Turkish...
View ArticleObama Put Taiwan on ISIS Radar
By EconMattersOne big news widely reported in Taiwan right now is that the national flag of the Republic of China (R.O.C. Taiwan) appears on ISIS web site video. Above is a screenshot of the video...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 28
Terror Network’s Web Sprawls Beyond Brussels and Paris (WSJ)Dollar firms, Asia stocks slip as U.S. data, Fed comments awaited (Reuters)Pakistanis hunt militants behind blast that killed at least 70...
View Article"The System Has No Chance Of Regaining Stability"
Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,John McDonnell, UK Shadow Chancellor of the Treasury (at least it sounds important) appealed to his -Labour- party on Sunday morning TV...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 18
Dollar Sees Record Winning Run Versus Euro on Trump Policy View (BBG)Dollar heads for best fortnight vs. yen since 1988 (Reuters)Jeff Sessions Said to Be Trump’s Pick for Attorney General (BBG)Flynn...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 3
Stocks Gain With Commodities Amid China Optimism (BBG); Dollar, global stocks firm as 2017 trading starts in earnest (Reuters)Oil hits 18-month highs as markets eye output cuts (Reuters)Earnings...
View ArticleBritish Government Publishes 77-Page Brexit "White Paper": Main Highlights
The British government published its long-awaited White Paper on Brexit, which formally lays out its strategy for the U.K.'s exit from the European Union. The 77-page document was presented in the...
View ArticleFrontrunning: April 17
Trump’s Renewed Focus on Health Bill Vexes GOP Tax Strategy (WSJ)Wall Street banker Cohn moving Trump toward moderate policies (Reuters)Trump Rejects Protests Over Tax Returns (WSJ)Merkel Calls on...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 26
Demise of Obamacare Repeal Shows How Far GOP Remains From Goal (BBG)Republican’s Latest Tax Plan Has Little Room to Maneuver (WSJ)Mexico in three-day countdown to search for earthquake survivors...
View ArticlePlan For Coming Run On The Pound
Run On The Pound ? Jeremy Corbyn Says Should Plan For- Right to plan for 'run on pound' if Labour wins says Corbyn and Labour party - British pound already down 20% since Brexit, collapse already in...
View ArticleHead of MI5: UK Facing Most Severe Terrorist Threat Ever
In the UK, it’s extremely rare that interviews with members of the British intelligence, let alone the head of MI5, are broadcast on primetime news programs, yet this is what happened, when Andrew...
View ArticleBudget Preview: Chancellor Philip Hammond's Impossible Task To "Square The...
At lunchtime today, Philip Hammond will give the weakened Conservative government’s first budget in the new parliament. Against a likely backdrop of downgrades for the economy from the OBR, the...
View Article"You're Right, I'm A Threat To Big Banks" - UK Opposition Leader, Jeremy...
Earlier this week, Morgan Stanley published a report arguing that UK opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister, was a bigger threat to UK asset markets than Brexit. MS saw a two thirds...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 12
Parties Make Final Push Ahead of Dramatic Alabama Senate Race (WSJ)Oil hits two-and-a-half year high on pipeline shutdown, stocks take breather (Reuters)Alabama drama nears an explosive end (The...
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