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Bernie's Betrayal Sparks 1000% Jump In Donations To Jill Stein's Campaign
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, People are going to be pissed off no matter who wins this election and that is a very important social dynamic I believe is vastly under appreciated by the majority of mainstream pundits and analysts out there. This is also very distinct from the environment that prevailed in 2008.
"The Dominoes Are Fallling": Three Largest UK Property Funds Freeze $12 Billion In Assets, More To Come
As first reported last night, and following up this morning, in an episode painfully reminiscent of the Bear hedge fund "freezes" that preceded the bank's 2008 collapse and the great financial crisis , first Standard Life halted trading in its property fund, followed hours later by both Aviva and M&G which likewise announced they are suspending trading in their own portfolio funds.
Futures Spike After Banks Unveil Tens Of Billions In Buybacks
Between BofA, Citi, JPMorgan, and all the other big banks, announced buybacks amounting to dozens of billion have sent US equity futures spiking after hours. Bank of America Authorizes $5b Buyback; Boosts Div to 7.5c-Share Citigroup Plans $8.6b Buyback; Lifts Qtr Div to 16c From 5c JPMorgan Chase Plans $10.6b Buyback, Maintains qtr Div at 48c/shr Morgan Stanley Sets Buyback of Up to $3.5b, Boosts Div.
G-7, Central Bank Governors, Christine Lagarde Issue More Statements To Calm Markets
Showing once again that the world's elite has not learned any lessons from the UK Brexit, instead of focusing on the core issue at hand, namely the deterioration of the living standards of the developed world's middle class, the world's political and financial elite is instead scrambling to calm down global markets, i.e., assuage the fears of the 1%. Moments ago the G-7 issued the following statement: Statement of G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors(June 24, 2016?
Durable Goods Orders Crater In May - Longest Non-Recessionary Slump In American History
Durable Goods Orders cratered 2.2% in May, drastically below -0.5% expectations - the worst since Feb. The entire data series disappointed with unexpected declines in Durables Ex-Transports and non-defense orders and shipments. However this is now the 17th month in a row of YoY Core Durable Goods declines, something that has never happened without a US economic recession being present. Time to hike rates Mrs. Chairwoman. Charts: Bloomberg
An 85 Percent Probability of Black Swan Event in Bond Markets (Video)
Almost one year ago we released these five charts, demonstrating the extreme nature of the bear market in gold stocks.
Congressional Hopeful Wants To "Make America White Again"
If anyone happened to be driving down Highway 411 near Benton, Tennessee and saw a billboard with the words "Make America White Again" on it, that would belong to Rick Tyler, and Rick would like your vote.
'Traders' Panic-Buy Illiquid Markets Into Brexit Vote Close
Judging by markets, it's not a cliffhanger... VIDEO In fact, for stocks, it's inconceivable that The Brits vote Brexit... VIDEO But not every asset class is so excited... here's where assets have gone this year... it seems bonds and bullion remain a little more worried about 'something' than stocks and sterling... The machines went to town into the close... The Ramp Champ pic.twitter.com/uGOhGp6kVA — Ramp Capital™?? (@RampCapitalLLC) June 23, 2016 Volume was abysmal...
Pound Jumpes After JPM Brexit Poll Tracker Finds "Small Lead For Remain"
After a subdued close, moments ago sterling jumped above 1.47 again, following an internal Brexit poll tracker from JPM according to which it found a "small lead for remain" This follows JPM's report from Friday according to which it had found a 3-5% lead for "leave." That said, JPM's poll tracker is nothing more than a compilation of already available polls. This is how JPM's Malclom Barr explained it: We have three online polls to add since our last update.
Socialism's One-Percenters: "The Rich People Are Thieves... Our Socialist Dream Is Falling Apart"
Submitted by Thomas DiLorenzo via LewRockwell.com, A defining characteristic of socialism in all its forms in all places and at all times is a relatively small political elite (and its “private sector” cronies) that lives lavishly by plundering its population, destroying its economy, imposing a regime of equality of poverty and misery; and turning almost everyone into a dependent on the state for survival.
The Selling Returns With A Vengeance: The "Smart Money" Dumps Most Stocks Since mid-April
Last week, when we reported that after a record, 19-consecutive-week long stretch of selling by BofA's smart money - hedge fund, institutional and private client - clients, this group had finally bought stocks for the first time since January, we said "with the smart money having sold for the duration of the short squeeze and the rally from February, is their flipping and resumption of buying at the highs, an indication that the top has finally been reached?" So far, with the market peaking...
Bailout Legislation For Puerto Rico Has Officially Been Passed By The House
As we reported last month, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan had put together a framework for a bill in which Republicans and Democrats in the House could agree on that would help Puerto Rico restructure its debt. Thursday, the bill overwhelmingly passed in the House with bipartisan support the WSJ reports: 297 to 127, with support of 139 Republicans and 158 Democrats. The bill was opposed by 103 Republicans and 24 Democrats.
Why Trump Must Not Apologize
Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org, “Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.” Donald Trump has internalized the maxim Benjamin Jowett gave to his students at Balliol who would soon be running the empire. And in rejecting demands that he apologize for his remarks about the La Raza judge presiding over the class-action suit against Trump University, the Donald is instinctively correct Assume, as we must, that Trump believes what he said.
The Startling Truth About How Working Families Are Truly Faring In This Economy
Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, It is hard to live the American Dream when the deck is stacked against you. Our politicians stood idly by as millions of good paying jobs were shipped overseas, our economic infrastructure was absolutely gutted and multitudes of small businesses were choked to death by miles of red tape. Now, we are reaping the consequences.
Obama: We Can't Let Truth Come Out About Saudi Involvement In 9/11, Or Else America's Terrorism Will Be Revealed
Obama told CBS News today that we can't allow bipartisan legislation subjecting the Saudis to potential liability for terrorism ... or else other countries could retaliate against the US (starting at 0:40): “The whole notion of sovereign immunity is at stake,” Earnest told reporters Monday.
Japan Goes Full Krugman: Plans Un-Depositable, Non-Cash "Gift-Certificate" Money Drop To Young People
The Swiss, the Finns, and the Ontarians may get their 'Universal Basic Income' but the Japanese are about to turn the Spinal Tap amplifier of extreme monetary experimentation to 11. Sankei reports, with no sourcing, that the Japanese government plans to unleash "vouchers" or "gift certificates" to low-income young people to stimulate the "conspicuous decline" in consumption among young people.
Stocks Stumble As Fed Hawks Tamp Down Terror-Attack Exuberance
Belgian PM Charles Michel said earlier that "this is the deadliest attack on Brussels ever," and as we noted in this morning's pre-open wrap: This morning's Brussels bomb attacks have led to risk-off sentiment across European asset classes, with Bunds higher and equities firmly in the red, although if the Paris terrorist attacks of November are any indication, today's tragic events may be just the catalyst the S&P500 needs to surge back to all time highs So it should be no surprise that...
"We Can Always Come Back": Video Shows Beginning Of Russia's Withdrawal From Syria
That’s from Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East studies at the University of Oklahoma, and a frequent commentator on Syria’s five-year conflict. On Monday, Putin surprised the world by announcing a partial withdrawal of the Russian military presence from Syria. Moscow’s warplanes, backed by Hezbollah ground troops, had effectively encircled Aleppo where rebels were preparing to make what amounted to a last stand just prior to the ceasefire that took effect late last month.
These Are The Energy Bonds Most Likely To Default In The Next Six Months
Over the past several weeks, courtesy of the jump in oil prices from 13 years lows, the narrowly reopened window granting some companies the chance to sell equity and in some cases debt (and promptly use the proceeds to repay their secured lenders), and the various last-ditch extensions afforded to near-default oil and gas companies, the dire reality of the default wave about to be unleashed in the shale patch has been swept under the rug, if only briefly. That is about to change.
We are Going Higher in the SP 500 Index (Video)
The extra 22 Billion in USD terms is going to find its way to US based Risk Assets via carry trades from European stimulus Measures. 2060 is the next upside target for the S&P 500 Index, we will have pullbacks and retracements along the way, but we should be considerably higher over the next 6 weeks in Risk On Assets like equities.
Ben Carson Endorses The Donald Press Conference - Live Feed
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Dallas Fed Hovers Near 'Lehman' Levels Despite Surge In Hope
The diversified "we're not just oil" economy continues to collapse. Missing expectations for the 17th month of the last 20, Dallas Fed printed -31.9, now in contraction for 14 straight months. While New Orders, Capacity Utilization, Inventories, Prices Paid, Prices Received, Wages, Employment, Hours Worked and CapEx all fell, but future expectations "hope" rose notably from -24.0 to -2.1 (but obviously still a negative expectation). The breakdown shows weakness across the baord...
With All Eyes Again On Draghi, This Is What Remains In The ECB's Toolbox
As Eurostat surprisingly reported earlier today, Europe has once again descended into deflation, and not just due to sliding energy prices but also in the core inflation rate, which strips out the volatile items of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, and which was also weak falling to 0.8% from 1%.
How The Seeds Of Revolution Take Root
That the dramatic upheavals of war, pestilence and environmental collapse can trigger social disorder and revolution is well-established. Indeed, this dynamic can be viewed as the standard model of social disorder/revolution: a large-scale crisis—often a bolt-from-the-blue externality—upends the status quo.
What Markets Are Telling Us
Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,Last week US stock markets tumbled yet again, leaving the Dow Jones index down almost 1500 points for the year. In fact, most major world markets are in negative territory this year.
If It Looks Like A Recession, And Smells Like A Recession...
Then we must be "peddling fiction..." And High yield bond risk knows its coming... And the fundamentals are catching up... Fed-driven mal-investment and over-production has once again led us to this cliff... The overall earnings growth trend continues in its downtrend... And despite all the balther about BLS-manufactured job "creation" - the fact is that the US labor force is weak and getting weaker... Does it look like we ever "recovered" from the last recession?
Exposing The Fiction Of Mainstream Macroeconomics (In 9 Simple Questions)
Parents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of economists, journalists, financial commentators and central bankers, which are designed to expose the contradictions in their economic beliefs. They are at their most effective using a combination of empirical evidence and simple, unarguable logic.
Here's Why Automaker Stocks Are Falling (Despite The Media's Exuberance)
How can it be that automaker stock prices are tumbling given that auto sales (if one listens to CNBC) are surging, that (if one listens to the CEOs) everything is awesome for automakers, and (if one listens to Phil LeBeau) there is no bubble in auto credit? The answer is simple... (you just don't want to admit it) In fact, as IceFarm Capital's Michael Green details, the credit-fueled over-productiuon has historically been disastrous for the global auto sector...
Texas Police Chief Warns Obama Of "Approaching Revolution", Urges Citizens To Arms Themselves
Randy Kennedy, the chief of the Hughes Springs Police Department (in Texas), is the latest in a string of police chiefs across the nation urging citizens to arm themselves following the recent mass shootings in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino.
Newly-Completed Fukushima 'Containment' Wall Already "Slightly Leaning"
Just weeks after re-starting the building of a giant ice-wall to contain groundwater leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant, TEPCO has been forced to admit that a 780-meter protective wall built alongside the crippled power station (completed only last month and designed to prevent contaminated groundwater from seeping into the sea) is already "slightly leaning." While this sounds a lot like being half-pregnant, TEPCO remains 'optimistic' that the wall will hold.
Why China Liquidations May Not Spike US Treasury Yields
There has been quite a bit of market chatter this week about how central bank selling of foreign exchange (FX) reserves could cause Treasury yields to soar. The market has branded this action ‘Quantitative Tightening’; borrowing the term from a note written by a London-based markets strategist. Investors seem quick to conclude that it will result in higher yields on Treasury securities. I disagree with this simplified assumption and will use this note to explain why. First some facts.
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