21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Kinder Morgan: Hitting The Shale Sweet Spot
Kinder Morgan: Hitting The Shale Sweet Spot
21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Weighing The Week Ahead: Is The Fed Behind The Curve?
Weighing The Week Ahead: Is The Fed Behind The Curve?
By Jeff Miller:
Once again, the market focus has turned to the Fed. For many months the official Fed policy has included an inflation target, an annual rate of 2%. For many months I have written that inflation will not matter until this level is in play. Suddenly, after a single month of data approaching this range, some believe that inflation is a threat.
21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ‘Hank’ Greenberg: A lifetime of clout and connections
‘Hank’ Greenberg: A lifetime of clout and connections
About two decades ago, a prominent New York lawyer named Ernest Patrikis met in China with Zhu Rongji, who at the time was the nation’s second-highest-ranking government official and who later would…
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21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Selling The Bear Case For Stocks
Selling The Bear Case For Stocks
Perhaps the miserable failure of the bear case on global equities over the past 5 years has more to do with marketing the message than anything actually wrong with the arguments for higher volatility and lower asset prices. As a reminder, ConvergEx’s Nick Colas notes the classic “4 P’s” of marketing are: Product, Price, Promotion, and Place (Distribution), pointing out that when it comes to getting the bear case out, it is clear which component is missing: Price.
21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Is Crude Setting Up for Something Big?
Is Crude Setting Up for Something Big?
By: Brad Thomas and Chris Tell at: http://capitalistexploits.at/
Our friend and colleague Harris Kupperman recently wrote an article about Kashagan and the massive delays being enjoyed by this particular project. The problem is that Kashagan is a poster child for the sector as a whole. This isn’t an anomaly.
Let me copy a few key paragraphs from his article:
21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Immigration Control? Hundreds Of Bodies Found In Mass Grave In Texas
Immigration Control? Hundreds Of Bodies Found In Mass Grave In Texas
The bodies of hundreds of undocumented immigrants who died (usually from exposure in the 100-degree-plus heat) while crossing the Texas-Mexico border over the last few years have been discovered in mass graves in a South Texas cemetery, with remains found in trash bags, shopping bags, body bags, or no containers at all, according to The Corpus Christi Caller Times.
21 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "End The Fed" Rallies Are Exploding Throughout Germany
"End The Fed" Rallies Are Exploding Throughout Germany
Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
This is a fascinating development and one that I had no idea was happening until today. It seems that rallies are spreading throughout Germany protesting the corrupt and dying global status quo. One of the key targets of these groups is the U.S. Federal Reserve system, which as I and many others have maintained, is the core cancer infecting the entire planet.