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Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkgrieg All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him…The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and […]

To say that the last seven days have been tumultuous in Brazil would be a laughable understatement. The country – which is on the fast track to “banana republic” status – plunged into chaos this week after a Sao Paulo state judge said a decision on the arrest of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da […]

Two weeks ago, before first the ECB first and then, the Fed, unleashed two massive dovish surprises, we warned – citing JPMorgan – that the most painful part of the short squeeze “may be yet to come.” As a reminder, this is what JPM said on March 5: The covering of short equity positions continued […]

Submitted by Mark St. Cyr What’s The Frequency Janet? Once again, in spectacular fashion, the financial “markets” have miraculously rebounded from the aptly moniker’d “Bullard Bottom” and without pause has traversed in a near vertical assent to recapture the levels where all the uncertainties began. In other words, after all the gyrations over the last […]Read More

4 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The Osun State government described on Sunday as uncalled for reports last week that it would not pay salaries of its workers in March as a result of the N6million federal allocation that accrued to it for the month of February. A statement by the Bureau of Communication and […]

Nigerian Army Ambushes, Kills 7 #BokoHaram Members – SimonAtebaNews 6 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email Army Statement Troops of 7 Brigade have ambushed and killed 7 Boko Haram terrorists at Dawashi early this morning. The gallant troops that laid in wait at the terrorists suspected crossing point engaged them on sight, killed the 7 […]

3 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email Men and women killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Cameroon since 2013 have names and faces, and a non governmental organisation would be unveiling the names and faces of 1000 of them at an event this month ending. It would be the first time that the names and […]

PAT MELIK Pride they say often goes before a fall. In the case of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, it may be better described as hubris. Emefiele (or the emperor) as we like to call him here at Nariametrics has wielded absolute power in the past 2 years or so since […]

By EconMatters It is pretty ironic that Netflix disrupted Blockbuster, causing Blockbuster to go the bankruptcy route, and ultimately On Demand is already disrupting Netflix as we speak. This is a Sea Change in the space, the worm has turned because of the market arrival of On Demand through multiple alternative platforms. This deflationary trend […]

On Saturday, a suicide bomber detonated on Istiklal Street in Istanbul’s most popular shopping district killing 4 and wounding dozens in the fourth attack on Turkey’s largest urban centers since the beginning of the year. The blast came less than a week after a female TAK supporter carried out an attack on a transit hub […]

There are three crucial things to analyze and evaluate as an investor before investing even a penny. Most investors don’t do this and instead fail to understand risk and reward correctly, making poor decision after poor decision because the key to understanding risk and reward lies in the third point. Knowledge and Skill Preferring to […]

When you look out across markets and across the increasingly fraught geopolitical landscape, there are plenty of black swans waiting in the wings (no pun intended). And quite a few of them are Chinese. China has, among other problems: a massive debt overhang that, all told, amounts to more than 250% of GDP; a decelerating […]