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  • 7 – 2016-03-02 15:25:32 –

    Justice Ruth Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court (Lagos division) has been knocked for misconduct by the National Judicial Council (NJC). The sanction was contained in a statement signed by Acting Director, Information, NJC Soji Oye on Wednesday. The council warned Ofili-Ajumogobia and placed her on its “watch list” for the next four years. Consequently, […]
  • Oil Options Traders Ain’t Buying It – Bearish Bets Biggest In A Year

    Despite Andy Hall’s wish hope forecast guess statement that “the bottom is in,” for crude (and oil analysts unicorn-like forecast of $47 by year-end), it seems oil options traders disagree significantly. The cost of protect against downside risk is the highest it has been in a year, despite underlying oil prices being at 8-week highs […]
  • Sheep Line Up For Slaughter: Investors Buy Most Junk Bonds Ever

    HYG – the high yield bond ETF – is trading at its richest to NAV in over 4 years after 7 straight days of inflows. This flowgasm seemed to crescendo yesterday where Credit Suisse estimated a very sizeable HY retail fund inflows (total amount hitting ~$1.9bn) which they note beat 5-Nov-2014 as being the largest […]
  • US Stocks Are The Most Overbought In 12 Years

    With GAAP valuations topping 22x, macro data weakening everywhere, and US equities at their most overbought since 2004, what could possibly go wrong? The McClellan Oscillator has reached over 90 which represents a highly overbought level. However, more amazingly, if you look at it through the lens of a monthly chart there is no evidence […]
  • Great Depression Redux: First Currency War, Now US Unleashes Trade War With China

    Given the vicious downward spiral of competitive devaluation that is washing around the world’s economic bathtub, it appears – just as we saw during The Great Depression – that currency wars have given way to mal-investment-fueled protectionism as US launches the first missile in the trade wars with a massive 266% tariff on imports of […]
  • Corporate Default Rate Jumps Past Lehman Moment

    Wolf Richter   www.wolfstreet.com The US corporate default rate, according to Standard & Poor’s Global Fixed Income Research, soared from 2.8% in January to 3.3% in February, a big jump for just one month, and the highest rate since December 2010, when it was recovering from the Financial Crisis, with QE and ZIRP running at full bore, […]Read More
  • Breaking! Why I’ll Take My Daughter To T. B. Joshua – Ese’s Dad

    Breaking! Why I’ll Take My Daughter To T. B. Joshua – Ese’s Dad – SimonAtebaNews 26 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email By Sam Oyadongha YENAGOA — Mr. Charles Oruru, father of abducted Ese, who regained freedom yesterday at his Opolo residence in Yenagoa, said he will seek spiritual help from Lagos cleric, Pastor T. B. […]Read More
  • Hard Drugs Responsible For Insecurity In West Africa – INCB 2015 Report

    3 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The 2015 report of the International Narcotic Control Board (INCB) has attributed rising cases of insecurity to illicit drug use in the region. It also identified Africa as a key transit point for drug trafficking to Europe and other parts of the world. According to the report which […]