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It’s all starting to fall apart for Japan, whose “lost decade” now appears as though it may turn into a “lost forever” and that’s if QQE doesn’t dead end in “failed state” status in 2018.  A rebound in inflation is nowhere in sight (even when Japan attempts to game the numbers by removing components where […]Read More

Flip-flopping Fed President Jim Bullard has done it again. Having helped spark the recent ramp in mid-Feb with his uber-dovish comments that “tightening was unwise,” he now expresses his hawkish opinion – with stocks back nearer record highs – that it would be “prudent policy to edge rates toward normal levels.” Is that a “sell’? Markets […]Read More

One week ago we showed something the oil bulls did not expect: oil producer hedging had started.  As a trader cited by Reuters said “Brent’s flattening contango since January comes as many producers want to cash in immediately on recent price rises. They’ve been heavily selling 2017/2018 and beyond, and it shows that they don’t […]Read More

As it becomes ever more clear that ZIRP and NIRP are not only entirely inadequate when it comes to reviving global growth and trade, but in fact may be counterproductive for a number of reasons, the world is looking for other answers. Perhaps the most oft-repeated suggestion is “helicopter money.” One might fairly say that […]

Submitted by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org, “If his poll numbers hold, Trump will be there six months from now when the Sweet 16 is cut to the Final Four, and he will likely be in the finals.” My prediction, in July of 2015, looks pretty good right now. Herewith, a second prediction. Republican wailing over […]

While “most shorted” stocks have ripped higher in the last few weeks, and “weak balance sheet” stocks have soared, the real winner in this “dash for trash” is… garbage!! It appears investors can’t get enough of “Waste & Disposal” stocks… h/t @jlyonsfundmgmnt The last time this index surged so far so fast was Oct 2011… […]Read More

What happens next? [embedded content] Well it’s been another week… As Goldman said this was the 4th most dovish Fed surprise since 2008 Surprises at FOMC meetings with the “dot plot” in the Summary of Economic Projections have on average been almost twice the size of pre-crisis norms. Which enabled the 5th weekly S&P rise […]Read More

On the heels of reports that Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam’s fingerprints were found during a raid on a Brussels apartment earlier this week and following media reports that he was likely one of two suspects who escaped when police closed in leaving one jihadist gunman dead, “the most wanted man on earth” (well, other than Bakr al-Baghdadi) […]Read More

Having demanded that ‘we, the people’ vote for John Kasich, Mitt Romney has flip-flopped to support Cruz in his #NeverTrump crusade… This week, in the Utah nominating caucus, I will vote for Senator Ted Cruz. Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism. Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated […]

Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The past two week’s have been full of Central Bank interventions starting with the ECB last week and culminating with a more accommodative Fed and BOJ interventions this week. As stated earlier this week: “The Fed currently finds itself in a tough spot from a “data dependent” standpoint. Last […]Read More

10 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The saying that “the devil you know could be better than the angel you have not met”, is illustrated in Nigeria by the administration of President Muhammed Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and former President Goodluck Jonathan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It has been […]

5 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The government of the southwestern state of Ekiti described on Friday as “ridiculous and the height of rascality” the reasons given by Nigeria’s secrete police for detaining a lawmaker from Ekiti, who was presented alive to journalists on Thursday but looked sick and struggled to walk or talk. The Department […]Read More