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Global Financial Market Volatility Crashes, China Warns "'National Team'...
Price swings in financial markets have become increasingly muted as investors mull the outlook for monetary policy in the world’s biggest economies, but with a little turbulence starting to creep into...
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China’s Rising Gold ETF Market: A Hybrid
In 2013 we’ve witnessed the inception of the Chinese gold ETF market. At first demand for the gold ETFs was neglectable, as investors mostly preferred to buy the physical gold directly at the Shanghai...
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Bob Farrell's (Illustrated) 10-Investment Rules
Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,Over the weekend, it was interesting to see the number of advisors/analysts quickly rushing to defend their “buy and hold” investing philosophies...
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Former Treasury Secretary Warns Banks Riskier Now Than In 2008 Crisis
Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,“Sir. SIR! This your bag,” the TSA agent barked at me last week, more as a statement than a question.“It is.”“Are you carrying any liquids?”I knew...
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BofA Fined $12.5 Million For Creating At Least 15 Mini "Flash Crashes"
One of our recurring activities over the past few years was, in collaboration with Nanex, to point out the countless mini-flash crashes that take place almost on a daily basis across the equity market....
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“Gold Will Likely Soar To A Record Within Five Years"
"Gold will likely soar to a record within five years as asset bubbles burst in everything from bonds to credit and equities, forcing investors to find a haven", reported Bloomberg last week, quoting...
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Everything You Need to Know About The Debate - Event Details, Rules, Scandals...
The highly-anticipated first presidential debate of 2016 is finally upon us. The event is expected to draw a record TV audience of 100mm likely making it the most-watched presidential debate of all...
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ALERT: Markets to implode, only FX will be left
Warning to investors - traditional markets are flawed. In one of many hypothetical futures, not so far in the future, FX may be the only game in town. As we explain in Splitting Pennies -...
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An Inside Look At Two "Unrelated" Banker Suicides Reveals A Fascinating...
It has been nearly four years since one of the most infamous, and still largely unexplained, banker "suicides" took place, the first in a series of many: we are talking about the death of the director...
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Over $1 Trillion In Bond Losses In Days: Second Worst Week Ever
Six months after we warned about the massive loss potential resulting from a spike in bond yields, one month after Ray Dalio did exactly the same, when he warned the NY Fed that "it would only take a...
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Donald Trump and the Republican Platform Called for Restoring Glass-Steagall and Breaking Up the Too Big to FailsThe Republican platform under Donald Trump called for restoring the Glass-Steagall...
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Muni-Massacre Leaves Bonds Most-Oversold Ever
US Municipal Bond yields have now risen for 10 straight days, spiking from 1.72% to 2.34% today - the highest since July 2015. This crash has now moved munis to the most-oversold-ever as the group...
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S&P Futures, Europe, Dollar Drop; Yields Rise As WTI Advances Above $50
Following a November to remember, which saw tremendous market gains following the election of Donald Trump, December has started off on the back foot, with US equity futures lower, European stocks...
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WACC Is Back: Getting Ready To Live In An Era Of Rising Rates
Submitted by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com,When I was fresh out of college in the mid-90s, I landed a job at Merrill Lynch. I was an "investment banking analyst", which meant I had no life...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 6
Trump heads back out on road for 'thank you' tour (AP)For Europe’s Unity, 2017 Will Be a Year of Reckoning (WSJ)Oil dips as OPEC, Russian output rises ahead of production cut (Reuters)The Pessimist's...
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Bullion Banking: Part I - The Mechanics and the Players
Submitted by Ronan Manly, BullionStar.com IntroductionWhen discussing bullion banking mechanics, it’s important to understand what a bullion bank actually is, and what activities bullion banks engage...
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How to Trigger a Silver Avalanche with a Pebble: : “Smash(ed) it Good”
By Allan Flynn, Guest Post at BullionStar.com“An avalanche can be triggered by a pebble if you get the timing right” Earlier this year at April’s hearings for London Silver and Gold Fix lawsuits, the...
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Futures Rise On Friday 13th Ahead Of Deluge Of Bank Earnings; Dollar...
European shares rose as Fiat rebounded on hopes concerns about parallel to Volkswagen are overblown, Asian stocks were little as Chinese shares fell to the lowest level of 2017 after poor export data,...
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As Wall Street Tries To Trade On Trump's Tweets, Problems Emerge
Remember when investing was about reading financial reports, following news, anticipating cash flows, inferring the impact of monetary policy on risk prices, occasionally looking at charts (because...
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Nomi Prins On The Goldmanization Of President Trump
Authored by Nomi Prins, originally posted at TomDispatch.com,How A Bank Conquered WashingtonIrony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar. In his Inaugural Address, having...
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