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In Show Of "Lethal, Overwhelming Force" US Flies Two B-1B Bombers Over Korean Peninsula
Less than a month after the US flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean Peninsula to show off "US attack capabilities", the US Air Force did it again on Sunday, when it the flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in "a show of force" on Sunday after Pyongyang's Friday test of an ICBM that can reach the continental US.
Yuuuge 10Y Auction: Whopping Demand For US Paper, Record Foreign Central Bank Demand
If yesterday's 3Y auction was impressive, and stopped well through the When Issued (as hinted by the negative repo rate), today's 10Y was an absolute blockbuster, stopping a whopping 2 bps through the 1.73% When Issued - the biggest stop through since September 2013 - on a yield of 1.71%, the lowest yield since December 2012.
Trump "Would Be Impeached" Over China, Mexico Tariffs, Chamber Of Commerce CEO Says
Donald Trump is going to make America great again. But you already knew that. The question many voters have, is how exactly he plans to do it. The frontrunner has thrown some rather vague ideas out there, some of which focus on trade. Everyone has by now heard the “Trump stump”: “We don’t win anymore. We’re getting killed on trade. We make terrible deals. We’re losing to China.” Trump’s solution - at least as it relates to China and Mexico - is to impose tariffs.
Today's Market's "Explained" In Just Two Headlines
Ten days ago, when we were struggling to find the answer for the biggest March 1 rally in history, especially after abysmal economic data, we resorted to the following two Reuters headlines which made it all clear, first this: Following in under two hours by this. Fast forward to today when in the aftermath of the ECB's announcement in which Draghi "pulled out all stops with rate cuts, stimulus boost", the market first soared then tumbled.
Buyback Bloodbath & Beyond: How BBBY Lost $1.7 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock
We have been following the slow at first, and now very fast-moving disaster that is Bed Bath And Beyond with close interest for years, at first with detached amusement (Bed, Bath & Beyond Buybacks Authorizes Another $2 Billion In Stock Repuchases) and increasingly with amazement, as the company launched an unprecedented stock buyback spree to mask the relentless deterioration in its underlying business.
Lucky Lucky Girl
From Slope of Hope: Over the past 15 years, Yahoo (YHOO) has lost nearly 70% of its peak value (and this is taking into account its utterly and completely lucky gains from Alibaba).
How Green Energy Really Works
After this week's vaporization of $29 billion of liabilities ($230 million of which was owed to the US Taxpayer) amid Abengoa's bankruptcy (Spain's 'Solyndra'), we thought it worth reminding the world's greater fools just how "green" energy works... As Pater Tenebrarum noted, oh so eloquently, Businesses that cannot possibly survive without subsidies are ipso facto not economically viable.
A Worrying Set Of Signals
Authored by Gavekal's Pierre Gave via Jhn Mauldin's Outside The Box, Regular readers will know that we keep a battery of indicators to gauge, among other things, economic activity, inflationary pressure, risk appetite and asset valuations. Most of the time this dashboard offers mixed messages, which is not hugely helpful to the investment process. Yet from time to time, the data pack points unambiguously in a single direction and experience tells us that such confluences are worth watching.
War Drums Beating: Bulgaria Blocks Russian Access To Its Airspace For Syria Flights
On Monday we flagged a notable escalation in the build up to the geopolitical “main event” in Syria where, thanks largely to the West’s ambition to break Gazprom’s leverage over Europe, the US and Russia are one “accidental” run-in away from taking the “proxy” out of the term “proxy war.” With the Kremlin now ramping up its military presence around the Assad stronghold of Latakia, the US is scrambling to do anything and everything in its power to slow the Russian build up - including putting...
Moscow Stock Exchange Breaks, All Trading Halted For "Glitch"
It appears the 'virus' of broken markets has spread... *MOSCOW EXCHANGE SAYS TRADING HALTED IN ALL MKTS *MOSCOW EXCHANGE SAYS CHECKING ON REASONS FOR GLITCH Yet another 'glitch' strikes yet another crucial convergence point of technology and business. Wil The Russians blame the Chinese? Or The Americans? As Bloomberg reports, Bourse working on determining reason for trading halt, Moscow Exchange spokeswoman says by phone.
Russian Military Presence In Syria Risks "Confrontation" With US-Backed Forces, Kerry Warns Lavrov
On Friday, Vladimir Putin conceded that the scope of Russian military involvement in Syria is “quite serious.” In a replay of the Kremlin’s official line regarding Russian involvement in Ukraine, Putin did not admit that his soldiers were on the ground to play a direct combat role. However, the Russian President’s comments did suggest that Moscow’s logistical and technical assistance goes far beyond the purely “political” cover the Kremlin has granted Assad via Moscow’s Security Council veto.
Germany Approves Third Greek Bailout By Wide Margin Despite Surge In "Nein" Votes
Following Wednesday's Greek vote approving the draconian terms of the Third Greek bailout, the next biggest hurdle for the implementation of another round of Greek aid was Germany's parliamentary vote whether to endorse the terms cobbled together over last weekend.
Eurogroup Officially Threatens Greece With 5 Year Grexit "Time Out"
As we noted this morning, EU finance ministers have effectively given Greece 24 hours to accept the set of rather draconian conditions outlined in a “draft” term sheet leaked to the press earlier today.
“An Unstoppable Zombie Holiday” - Humanity Shudders As America Exports Black Friday To the World
Because nothing gives "Thanks" like Americans fighting over things they don't need... Doorbuster deals at a Wal-Mart in Michigan City, Indiana, had shoppers literally stealing items from other people’s carts. Things appeared to get a little out of hand Thursday night, as shoppers swarmed the Wal-Mart in Michigan City, pushing and shoving as they fought to grab heavily discounted merchandise.
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