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Как же я скучаю по этому крутому, но ныне мертвому жанру — Офтоп на DTF
Тот нереальный драйв, стиль, забористая музыка и превосходный геймплей. До чего же это было круто и как же сейчас всего этого не хватает. 287 просмотров
Max Damage - Блог на DTF
Как же я скучаю по этому крутому, но ныне мертвому жанру
Europe Rebounds From Chinese Rout After Stellar PMIs; US Closed For Holiday
Nothing can keep the BTFD spirit at bay in Europe this Thanksgiving morning.
German Q3 GDP Growth Smashes Expectations
German GDP growth for Q3 2017 printed at 0.8% Q/Q, easily beating the consensus estimate of 0.6%, which was in line with growth in the previous quarter, driven by fixed capital formation amid stable household and government consumption. While year-on-year GDP growth was reported as 2.3%, the underlying growth was 2.8% after adjusting for calendar effects.
"Take A Deep Breath": Citi Cuts Through The Political Noise
With markets having gone from complacent to sheer panic in the span of a day, here is Citi's FX strategist Todd Elmer, urging traders to take a deep breath with a note which "cuts through the political noise" and as one would expect, says that the "risk-off response across markets to overnight political news is exaggerated." Perhaps...
Greece Lashes Out At IMF
Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The game playing in Greece gets curiouser and curiouser. German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble went on TV saying the only way Greece can get a haircut is if it leaves the Eurozone. The IMF reiterated that Greece will not be able to make its payments. Greece insists the IMF is wrong, yet it wants credit relief. The Financial Times reports Greeks Escalate Bailout Divisions by Lashing out at ‘Misleading’ IMF Report.
Janus Capital Shares Tumble After Soros Said To Pull $500 Million From Gross' Fund
Janus Capital shares have tumbled back from earlier gains after WSJ reports that a firm run by George Soros has pulled a $500M investment with Bill Gross. The firm reportedly invested the money a year ago after Gross started at Janus Capital. George Soros’s firm has pulled its roughly $500 million investment with Bill Gross, less than a year after the billionaire investor gave the former bond king his stamp of approval, according to a person familiar with the matter and industry data.
China Rate Cut Reaction - Bullion Best, Bonds Bruised, Exuberance Everywhere Else
For now, the biggest loser is Treasury bonds - which are up 2-4bps in yields post-China. As for everything else - buy it with both hands and feet. US equities are extending tech gains (Nasdaq up 3% post-cash close), Gold has surged back above its 200DMA, Commodities are all loving it and the USD is bid... The last two days have been quite impresive... But bonds are suffering as gold leads the reaction With gold breaking back above its 200-day moving-average... Europe is loving it too...
Futures Continue Surge On Global Draghi Euphoria, Tech Earnings
Yesterday morning, when previewing the day's tumultuous events, we said that "Futures Are Firm On Hope Draghi Will Give Green Light To BTFD." And boy did Draghi give a green light, that and then some, when his press conference unleashed one of the biggest one-day US equity rallies in 2015.
Frontrunning: October 23
- Plunging currencies in mineral-rich nations are helping some companies cut production costs and expand output of commodities such as iron ore and coal, contributing to gluts that are driving prices down.
Futures Surge As ECB Bankers Resort To Verbal Intervention, Suggest More QE Needed
After two consecutive days of miserable Chinese econ data, when first imports and exports, and then wholesale deflation disappointed for one more month, overnight we got even more Chinese data this time on the "credi input end" when Beijing reported its September money creation statistics.
Greece May Need To Issue IOUs Schaeuble Says After Latest Failure To Reach A Deal
In many ways, four months of negotiations between Greece and its creditors can be summed up with the following two headlines from this morning: Those came back-to-back believe it or not, which underscores the whole problem: the Greek government wants money but doesn’t want the conditions which come with the money because those conditions entail the wholesale abandonment of the mandate that got them elected in January.
WTF Chart of The Day: China Suspends Chinese Lottery Firm, CEO Resigns; Stock Rallies 25%
Filed under WTF - 500.com Limited (WBAI) - the Chinese online sports lottery firm - announced today that the Chinese Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Civil Affairs, demands they temporarily suspend accepting online purchase orders for lottery products. This means 500.com is not cuirrently generating any revenue at all. The CEO and another Director of the firm resigned. The result...
Ten Things We're Grateful For (Irony Alert)
Being grateful boosts your happiness. Ten wonderful things I'm grateful for. Since every volume on the nearly endless shelf of pop psychology self-help books recommends working up some gratitude as the key to happiness, I've conjured up a list of what I'm grateful for. (Please turn your irony setting on.) 1. I'm grateful that our choice of president has been reduced to two equally detestable dynasties or their proxies.
Stocks Roundtrip From Friday's Cliff-Dive
If and when Greece finally defaults it will be able to place the blame squarely at the feet of the European elites. If an agreement has not been reached by Friday when the Eurogroup of Finance...
China To The Rescue: Global Equity Market Rebound After Latest Chinese Easing
It is only fitting that the next business day following a headline that "Global Futures Slide China Tumbles On Short Selling Boost" we would see China, in an apparent panic, not only cut its RRR by 100 bps to 18.5% - far more than expected and the most since 2008 - but, more importantly, hinted that the Friday regulatory decision to encourage short sales and tighter margin rules on "umbrella trusts" was in no way meant to pop that the Chinese stock bubble, ridiculous as it may be.
Europe To Propose 6 Month Extension After Greece Warns It May Get Funds From Russia Or China
Moments ago Bloomberg blasted a headline which has to be validated by other members of the European Commission as well as Merkel and the other Germans (and may well be refuted, considering this is Europe), which said that: So did Greece just win the first round of its stand off with Brussels? It remains to be confirmed, but congratulations to Greece if indeed it caused Merkel and the ECB to fold. But what caused it?
Oil Prices Collapse To New Cycle Lows, Canada Heavy Tumbles Under $50
The crude carnage continued overnight with oil prices across the entire complex crashing through support to new cycle lows. Despite recent strategic reservce demand in China, the world's oil glut continues as global growth expectations plunge leaving WTI trading as low as $64.10, Brent $66.77 (narrowing the Brent-WTI spread to $2.68 from $3.23 on Friday), and most stunning of all, Canada Heavy as low as $49.24.
Peak Patek: This Watch Is Set To Sell For Record $15 Million Today In Geneva
Just 24 hours before "the most important watch in the world" goes up for auction in Geneva today, the owner - 48-year-old Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar has died suddenly; somewhat ironically confirming that "you never actually own a Patek Philippe, you merely look after it for the next generation." Though, it appears, in this case, as Hodinkee reports, the sale of Henry Graves Jr. Patek Philippe Supercomplication - which is expected to sell for in excess of $15 million today -...
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