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As we’ve covered extensively in the past (here and here), home prices and vacant offices in Calgary have been a complete disaster as a result of the collapse in oil prices. Recall the troubling divergence in home prices that Calgary is experiencing in relation to other major cities in Canada. And also, vacancy rates ebb […]

A day after yesterday’s “biggest quake since 2011’s tsunami,” at 1:25 local time, Japan was just struck with a massive aftershock in the form of a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which means it was roughly 10 times stronger than yesterday’s tremor: The earthquake was centered just southeast of Kumamoto. It struck about at a shallow depth […]Read More

For many months we have covered the “world’s most bearish hedge fund“, Horseman Global, which over the past several months (and years) has had a stunning run and has generated unprecedented returns (even as it has maintained a net short exposure for the past 4 years) and just last month, after returning 9.6% YTD went […]Read More

A new fox poll was released yesterday, and it shows Donald Trump jumping out to a commanding 18 point lead over Ted Cruz in the Republican race for the nomination. As Fox News notes, Trump’s best numbers are coming from voters without a college degree (54%), and who describe themselves as “very conservative (50%). This […]

As the following chart showing the collapse in trading revenue across the banks who have reported Q1 earnings so far shows… … it has been a very bad start to the year for America’s largest, too big to fails/too big to prosecute. It has been just as bad for bank employees, but while most US […]

Authored by Bill Bonner of Bonner & Partners (annotated by Acting-Man.com’s Pater Tenebrarum), Positivist Delusions [ed. note: this article was originally published on March 5 2013 – Bill Bonner was on his way to his ranch in Argentina, so here is a classic from the archives] We’re still thinking about how so many smart people […]Read More

After a week like this: Retail Sales Tumble Industrial Production Plunge Inventories-to-Sales Surge 30Y Yield UNCH Oil UNCH Small Caps +3% This seemed appropriate: [embedded content] This was the worst two-week period for US Macro surprises since Dec 1st 2015… And GDP expectations plunged…but stocks don’t care… On the week it was all about a […]Read More

Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, I noted in yesterday’s post that individuals, while still fully invested in the financial markets, are saying they are extremely bearish on the market. To wit: “Speaking of the Fed, the surge in the market over the last couple of days have many scratching their heads despite deteriorating economics, […]

Now that not only Mario Draghi but also Ben Bernanke have joined in the loud and growing chorus of “economic experts” debating the arrival of the monetary paradrop and suggesting that that helicopter money “may be the best available alternative“, it is just a matter of time before helicopter money is actually implemented, “maybe not […]Read More

???????????????????????????????????? Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle), with Coordinator, Study Group Committee, Research Institute for Security Studies, Abuja, Professor Aminu Mohammed Dorayi (right); Special Adviser, Office of Overseas Affairs & Investment, Prof. Ademola Abass (left) and other participants of the Institute during a courtesy visit to the Governor, at the Lagos House, Ikeja on […]

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Cameroonian Troops Cameroonian Troops The operation in conjunction with the Nigerian Army took place on Monday. Previous articleBreaking Pictures! Nigeria’s Research Institute For Security Studies Visits Ambode Next articleYes, Mr. President, Deal With Pipeline Vandals Like #BokoHaram, But What About Fulani Herdsmen? By Ime Akpan We are the best […]

Akpan Mr. President, did I hear you well when you said your administration would crush oil and gas pipeline vandals, hereinafter referred to as OGPVs the same way the Nigerian Army has dealt with the Boko Haram terrorists, hereinafter referred to as BH? If you really mean it you have my full support. OGPVs are […]